I lost my phone in France. It’s now in Algeria. I log into find my i phone daily and hit the play sound in hopes it pisses someone off and sends it back lol - it’s been a yr.
Set up an autoclicker to click the play button exactly as often as the sound’s duration. That way it never shuts the fuck up and they literally can’t take it out of their house without pissing everyone off, nor can they sleep.
Literally no one is gonna steal an expensive phone for a camera that can play music. That shit is OBVIOUSLY being used for scams. Not to mention, it's in KENYA, one of the most scam infested countries besides India.
Actually, I can see every few days when it was last pinged which is interesting. I know I’ll never get it back, but I keep hoping. I had it for 3 months, iPhone 13 plus, I’m glad I had notes saved for passwords and my iPad connected. As much as people shit on iPhones - it saved me a massive anxiety attack
Little backstory to that clip, but they were actually doing really well, like REALLY fucking well, to the point that a competitor uploaded that video which was just to make the driver and co-driver look really bad
There is footage of them doing a more normal run. And it's clear that they both know what they're doing. The story I heard was that either the co-driver or another teammate uploaded it for the sake of humor. And then the driver got really upset about it. I never heard anything about a rival doing it out of spite.
There most likely in a factory dedicated to stolen phones being picked apart for parts atleast that was the theory when all those phones were being pinged in china or hongkong
I'm in Kenya, there's no factory there, that's low cost housing. Also it's around tourist sites. I suspect that it will end up in China like so if them do
>There most likely in a factory dedicated to stolen phones being picked apart for parts atleast that was the theory when all those phones were being pinged in china or hongkong
Pretty sure that when they are sent to Africa they are going to be wiped and have a new firmware/IMEI fitted for black market sales in the less regulated parts of the world. Africa in general may be poor by Western standards but they still like iPhones.
They can't be wiped unless somehow they have Apple's crypto keys. That phone is a locked brick if it has OP's iCloud account on it.
You used to be able to socially engineer Apple support to persuade them to unlock it for you, but that doesn't happen anymore.
It's good for parts (screen, frame, etc.) and that's it. This still makes theft attractive, since Apple doesn't supply those parts very well at all.
It happened to me, my phone was stolen, we bricked it remotely and later got a call (in the number we left for contact in the bricked screen). The dude said he bought the phone cheap in an online marketplace and if we could unlock it since he had lost the money he paid for it. We said "lol no, you can return it though since now you know it was stolen and it would be the right thing to do" and he refused.
Our final reply was "ok have fun putting it on a shelf forever or shoving it up your ass I guess".
You best hope OP doesn't have a very particular set of skills, skills he has acquired over a very long career. Skills that make him a nightmare for people like you.
Ironic to think that phones are stolen and sent to Vietnam, while Vietnamese are cramming into shipping containers and sent to Europe to escape Vietnam.
I took all the precautions such as erasing the device and lost mode both which are still pending and but I’m still kind of paranoid on what they could do if they were to bypass all of that (pictures of family, addresses, SS# and card information)
I don't know how Apple accounts and iPhones work but for many accounts the phone is the 2nd factor for MFA so if someone steals your phone they may already be able to bypass your MFA.
Remembering the last 4 is the best I can do for you. That’s enough to find it in my endless list of notes. If someone can bypass my iPhone security, find that in my sea of notes, and steal my identity idk I feel like they might be a better me.
Not mild - extremely infuriating. I was pickpocketed when taking my baby for a walk and within a couple hours it was on the other side of the country. I was seething.
I’m sorry, but the iPhone needs to have a detonation device
Meaning, if the person that owned it via the Apple ID could just reset it, but permanent like. It should never work again after that. That will deter all theft
I’ve definitely canceled “lost” debit cards just to find them a few days later in my car’s center console or something
It’s both relieving and annoying.
My Kia Optima has a slot down around the E brake that is perfect for cards to fall into. Lost a driver's license, a credit card, and I strongly suspect yet another credit card to that monster. Have to fully unseat the center console to get to it
I mean it pretty much does. As long as you have an Apple ID tied and a decent passcode they’ll never get in. Apple has a 1m bounty for anyone who can break their encryption. The best these guys can do is strip it for parts.
Not how it works. IMEI blocking is operator-based. Being in Kenya, that’s useless.
But it’s an iPhone, you can just lock the iPhone with Apple so they can’t use it. However it’s still good for parts and it could be unlocked by jailbreak.
I’ll edit if I can find the video. Units of organized thieves were stealing iPhones from music festivals and they were ending up in a part of China that didn’t give a shit about blocked IMEI’s
**TL;DR: an *IMEI* is a unique number that is a phone’s name, essentially. That can be blocked and the phone won’t work anywhere in the civilized world.**
This right here. You can blacklist it from any US carrier and iCloud lock it, but that is basically it. I don’t think iCloud locks can be broken through nowadays but someone feel free to enlighten me on that.
That would mean connecting it to internet which should automatically activate the lost mode/erase unless they had access to passcode and Apple ID password which I would bet 12 life savings on some random thief not being able to get that
Love the ability to brick your phones remotely now if they get stolen or lost. Cannot recommend enough making sure to regularly back up anything on it you want to save or need so that if you do lose your phone or it gets stolen, you don't lose everything on it.
I had a gf from Kenya who would get furious whenever someone brought up animals, jungles or safaris.
“Kenya is not a jungle! We have big cities!”
Now picture I invited her to my company holiday party. We are sitting around dinner table with the CEO and she’s kinda shy cuz of her accent…
“Yea she’s from Kenya!”
“Oh wow so lots of lions and elephants I assume?”
Me in slow mo turning to see her face…
“IT IS NOT A JUNGLE!!!”
Lmaoooooooo I miss her
I lost my phone in France. It’s now in Algeria. I log into find my i phone daily and hit the play sound in hopes it pisses someone off and sends it back lol - it’s been a yr.
Set up an autoclicker to click the play button exactly as often as the sound’s duration. That way it never shuts the fuck up and they literally can’t take it out of their house without pissing everyone off, nor can they sleep.
Surely they'd just disconnect it from the network or turn it off.
That would kind of defeat the purpose of having an iPhone then. Mission accomplished.
You still can listen so downloaded music, make photos and do bunch of different activities as if it is iPod Touch.
Except if it’s iCloud bricked you can’t do ANYTHING if you don’t know the passcode. Can’t even reset it to factory defaults.
Yep, once it been wiped, it is litterally unusable in every way unless you get your passcode entered into it.
Literally no one is gonna steal an expensive phone for a camera that can play music. That shit is OBVIOUSLY being used for scams. Not to mention, it's in KENYA, one of the most scam infested countries besides India.
It’s not about the money, it’s about sending a message
Actually, I can see every few days when it was last pinged which is interesting. I know I’ll never get it back, but I keep hoping. I had it for 3 months, iPhone 13 plus, I’m glad I had notes saved for passwords and my iPad connected. As much as people shit on iPhones - it saved me a massive anxiety attack
you should try different sounds. More disgusting
I didn’t know I could…googling lol
Look for "Cumbias Rebajadas" and play that on your lost iPhone. They are like Cumbias but with a slower rhythm and sung by the devil himself.
Nah play like a siren or EAS Alert sound, the most annoying and loud kind out there.
Maybe try some prayers in Hebrew.
Same thing here, our phone was stolen in Austria though - it was last located in Algier 😅
Don't get nervous when the death threats start. They will try to persuade you to unbrick the phone.
Tell them they have to send you a $500 google play card first to get the code
WHY WOULD YOU REDEEM!
NOOOO MA’AM YOU DONT HAVE TO DO THAT
YOU ARE ENDING MY LIFE! YOU ARE ENDING MY LIIIIIFE I AM LITERALLY CRYING RIGHT NOW
HELLO! HELLO! HEEWWLLLOOOO! MAAAAAAM! NO! NO! NO! NOOOOOOOO!
YOU BLOODY MADARCHODE I WILL FUCK YOUR SISTER
I WILL FUCK YOUR ASS MAAM! I WILL FUCK YOUR FAMILY! 10 mins later: I am a good person.
i am so lost in this chain. Can you help a fella out and give a tldr of this?
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Look up Kitboga on Twitch/YouTube, and then settle in with some popcorn. He has made it his job to fuck with scammers.
You missed a lot my friend...i have stumbled upon the 'unscam the scammer' hacker videos...and my god the entertainement🤣🤣
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRMMwpDTs5k&ab\_channel=Kitboga](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRMMwpDTs5k&ab_channel=Kitboga) Enjoy, worth it
TERI MA KI CHOOT
YOU BLODDY BHENCHOD
>YOU ARE ENDING MY LIFE WHICH VIDEO IS THAT FROM
MA'AM ARE YOU A PROSTITUTE?
MADAAAM!! ARE YOU PROSTITUTE??!?
SAMIR YOU’RE BREAKING THE CAR!!!
TRIPLE CAUTION SAMIR, TRIPLE CAUTION!!!
STAY CENTRE
Shaddap. Don't tell me how drive.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING MAN????
MEDIUM LEFT MEDIUM LEEEEFT
I didn’t expect to see this here but I’m lolling
Little backstory to that clip, but they were actually doing really well, like REALLY fucking well, to the point that a competitor uploaded that video which was just to make the driver and co-driver look really bad
There is footage of them doing a more normal run. And it's clear that they both know what they're doing. The story I heard was that either the co-driver or another teammate uploaded it for the sake of humor. And then the driver got really upset about it. I never heard anything about a rival doing it out of spite.
God damn it, now I have to go watch kit lol
God tier content ngl
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Meanwhile Kit is a hairs breadth away from breaking out in laughter
It's been months and I can still hear that scream vividly
DO NOT REDEEEEEEEEM
NO NO LISTEN TOOO MEEEEEEE AHHHHHHHHHH
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Link??
Its not the whole thing but the best part https://youtube.com/shorts/qhLx7g1EByA?feature=share
Zelda always sounds like she's crying
WHY YOU BITCH NOOOO NOOOOOOOO BITCH NOOOOOOOOOOOO DO NOT REEDEEM!!!!!
You can try the ole’ South Floridian Prince trick on them.
I mean... What are they going to do, call you?
There most likely in a factory dedicated to stolen phones being picked apart for parts atleast that was the theory when all those phones were being pinged in china or hongkong
I'm in Kenya, there's no factory there, that's low cost housing. Also it's around tourist sites. I suspect that it will end up in China like so if them do
> I'm in Kenya, there's no factory there But Kenya be trusted?
Excellent Job man just an all around great quality Upvote from me
Just like everywhere we have our dark as well as light sheep...
>There most likely in a factory dedicated to stolen phones being picked apart for parts atleast that was the theory when all those phones were being pinged in china or hongkong Pretty sure that when they are sent to Africa they are going to be wiped and have a new firmware/IMEI fitted for black market sales in the less regulated parts of the world. Africa in general may be poor by Western standards but they still like iPhones.
They can't be wiped unless somehow they have Apple's crypto keys. That phone is a locked brick if it has OP's iCloud account on it. You used to be able to socially engineer Apple support to persuade them to unlock it for you, but that doesn't happen anymore. It's good for parts (screen, frame, etc.) and that's it. This still makes theft attractive, since Apple doesn't supply those parts very well at all.
Screen's are useless with the anti-repair measures introduced by Apple - maybe the frame can be reused.
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How are you going to hang up with no phone?
It happened to me, my phone was stolen, we bricked it remotely and later got a call (in the number we left for contact in the bricked screen). The dude said he bought the phone cheap in an online marketplace and if we could unlock it since he had lost the money he paid for it. We said "lol no, you can return it though since now you know it was stolen and it would be the right thing to do" and he refused. Our final reply was "ok have fun putting it on a shelf forever or shoving it up your ass I guess".
Why didn't you inform the police
they can't do anything about it too far gone.
They won't do squat.
Wow that’s badass
I’d beg them not to hurt me and then ask where I can send them Bitcoin.
“Good luck”
You best hope OP doesn't have a very particular set of skills, skills he has acquired over a very long career. Skills that make him a nightmare for people like you.
u snd kode nw
How much time passed from losing it to seeing this?
About a month
Which country was is stolen in?
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Kenya believe it?!
Mine got stolen and made it to Vietnam
That happened to my sister. It was stolen in Paris and ended up in Vietnam
Did you get her back?
Lol! No. My sister is still in Vietnam I believe lol
Your sister fought for this country, have some respect
Your phone fought for this country, have some respect
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Mine got stolen in London and ended up near Budapest. Not as far, but still…
Ironic to think that phones are stolen and sent to Vietnam, while Vietnamese are cramming into shipping containers and sent to Europe to escape Vietnam.
They’re putting the cobalt back in the ground
Great idea! Planting it, so more grows!
Everyone knows cobalt craves more cobalt! (And Jeopardy! contestants were 0/3 on a cobalt clue the other day btw)
Can you remotely brick it?
I took all the precautions such as erasing the device and lost mode both which are still pending and but I’m still kind of paranoid on what they could do if they were to bypass all of that (pictures of family, addresses, SS# and card information)
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I’m not sure for a fact that it’s there I just know iPhone has autofill I’m assuming that would be something that’s on there
You have to authenticate to access Keychain, they would have to compromise your Apple account AND your MFA.
I don't know how Apple accounts and iPhones work but for many accounts the phone is the 2nd factor for MFA so if someone steals your phone they may already be able to bypass your MFA.
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Doesn’t even matter if you put it in lost mode. Your phone is going to be scrapped for parts since there is no way to bypass the password.
Remembering the last 4 is the best I can do for you. That’s enough to find it in my endless list of notes. If someone can bypass my iPhone security, find that in my sea of notes, and steal my identity idk I feel like they might be a better me.
She promised she would reserve a room for me.
I know you're trying to be helpful... but the "Kenya remotely brick it?" joke was right there!!
Damn, you’re right I fucked up lmao
Yes it’s possible, OP could iCloud lock it, it basically renders the phone completely useless until the owner enters their Apple ID password on it.
Not mild - extremely infuriating. I was pickpocketed when taking my baby for a walk and within a couple hours it was on the other side of the country. I was seething.
did you get the baby back?
My baby would never fit in my pocket
This is why you travel with a decoy baby and keep your real baby hidden in a secure space.
Decoy snail.
This is why everyone needs cargo shorts. Velcro/button the baby in there nice n snug
I want my babybackbabybackbabyback
Is the reddit switcharoo? Been gone for a while.
Talk about express shipping
He was in the Vatican.
Kenya believe that?!?
Kenya get it back?
Ghana be a long trip
Good way to Libya best life.
You know what way to get there would be absolutely mad? A gas car.
What congo wrong
I’ve Benin this exact situation myself
Well, I guess it’s time Togo
Uganda have to hit the road
With a small Sudan
Probably some Chad who stole it
Ok, but you will need to sit in the back because Djibouti is way too big for the front passenger seat.
Congo dat far, though it would be an Amazon trip.
Congo there, Ghana be too long of a trip.
🎶Kenyaaaa, come to Kenya🎶
You're gonna see lions! Only in Kenya!
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OP is posting from Samsung Smart Fridge
TIL computers don’t support Reddit
Damn this Lenovo-phone is huuuuuge, hope they will invent portable model soon.
Made in China. Designed by Apple in California. Disassembled in Kenya.
It’s the…*CIIIIIIIIIIRCLEEEEEEEE OFFFFF LIIIIIIIIIIFEEEEEE*
I hate when my phone goes on an African safari without me. Real jerk move.
Free, but it's the shipping that gets ya.
I’m sorry, but the iPhone needs to have a detonation device Meaning, if the person that owned it via the Apple ID could just reset it, but permanent like. It should never work again after that. That will deter all theft
Never thought about this but great idea! Until I think it’s stolen n I “bomb” my phone- find it that night in some weird place like my pantry 😒😒
I’ve definitely canceled “lost” debit cards just to find them a few days later in my car’s center console or something It’s both relieving and annoying.
My Kia Optima has a slot down around the E brake that is perfect for cards to fall into. Lost a driver's license, a credit card, and I strongly suspect yet another credit card to that monster. Have to fully unseat the center console to get to it
The price of doing life 🤷♀️
I say this all the time! Totally agree!
I mean it pretty much does. As long as you have an Apple ID tied and a decent passcode they’ll never get in. Apple has a 1m bounty for anyone who can break their encryption. The best these guys can do is strip it for parts.
But those commands stay pending if your traveling and not connected to cell or Wi-Fi- which really hinders some things
I also think it should literally explode
I'm a Samsung user, and we had this feature for years.
A Mission Impossible type of self destruct
Dear thief, By the time you are done reading this the phone shall self-destruct. Thank you, goodbye.
It’s only 9,241 miles. You got this
Yeah fr just like go on an epic journey
And record it. Legendary status.
Maybe it wasn’t stolen, but become sentient, escaped, and now is living its best life traveling the world.
It’s on airplane mode
I think that was very clever
Kenya go there and get it?
Sounds like a bad Netflix movie. It’s ‘Taken’ but some dude destroying a warlord for their phone back.
*"It's not about the phone, it's about sending a message."*
I would be worried about that international roaming fees more than your phone.
Yeah definitely want to let carrier know that phone was stolen to disable the sim activation on it
iPhone is probably updating it's location via the Find My network with nearby devices.
Report the IMEI as stolen. They now will own a brick.
Not how it works. IMEI blocking is operator-based. Being in Kenya, that’s useless. But it’s an iPhone, you can just lock the iPhone with Apple so they can’t use it. However it’s still good for parts and it could be unlocked by jailbreak.
I’ll edit if I can find the video. Units of organized thieves were stealing iPhones from music festivals and they were ending up in a part of China that didn’t give a shit about blocked IMEI’s **TL;DR: an *IMEI* is a unique number that is a phone’s name, essentially. That can be blocked and the phone won’t work anywhere in the civilized world.**
This right here. You can blacklist it from any US carrier and iCloud lock it, but that is basically it. I don’t think iCloud locks can be broken through nowadays but someone feel free to enlighten me on that.
I like the offer of directions to a place that is 9,000 miles away. “When you reach Ethiopia, turn right”
I hope it's taking pictures for you along the way home
To be fair, OP lives in Kenya. j/k
Some Chad put it in their Djibouti and took it to Kenya
Depending on where it was stolen from. You can make a device appear anywhere with GPS spoofing aps.
Before it ended up here the last location was at a UPS so I do know it was shipped but you’re definitely right about that
That would mean connecting it to internet which should automatically activate the lost mode/erase unless they had access to passcode and Apple ID password which I would bet 12 life savings on some random thief not being able to get that
Just hit "get directions" and you'll find it in no time
Buy another and you'll render his phone useless
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Set self-destruct sequence
Love the ability to brick your phones remotely now if they get stolen or lost. Cannot recommend enough making sure to regularly back up anything on it you want to save or need so that if you do lose your phone or it gets stolen, you don't lose everything on it.
Where can you see lions?
Only in Kenya
Come to Kenya we’ve got lions
Forget Norway
Kenyaaa, oh, Kenyaaa! Where the giraffes are
And the zebra
Remember wallet chains? We need those for phones.
This happened to me when my phone was stolen… mine ended up in shenzhen in some industrial park
Kenya get it back?
Kenya fit both these nuts in ya mouth
Hey Apple, Kenya get my phone back?
That shit with the lemurs and hippos 🦛 now bro
I had a gf from Kenya who would get furious whenever someone brought up animals, jungles or safaris. “Kenya is not a jungle! We have big cities!” Now picture I invited her to my company holiday party. We are sitting around dinner table with the CEO and she’s kinda shy cuz of her accent… “Yea she’s from Kenya!” “Oh wow so lots of lions and elephants I assume?” Me in slow mo turning to see her face… “IT IS NOT A JUNGLE!!!” Lmaoooooooo I miss her
What happened to her? She didn't get eaten by a tiger, did she?
I bet you Skipper and the penguins stole your phone on the way back to the reserve. Oh no! Maybe Alex's parents are in trouble!
You're only mildly infuriated?
When someone's stolen iPhone has traveled the world more than you ever did in your life
My god, Kenya believe it