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After reading this manual, you can understand where your iPhone is from, if it was used before, if it was unlocked, and much more you need to buy.

1. What to look for when buying a device.
Information about the use and hardware problems can be found already with the purchase of the device.
  • In order to check whether your device can call, you should immediately make / buy a SIM card of the necessary form factor:
    • iPhone 2G, 3G, 3Gs - Mini-SIM
    • iPhone 4, 4S - Micro SIM
    • iPhone 5 and above - Nano-SIM
  • Before buying, it is also advisable to look at several reviews with unpacking, in order to understand how the films are located, which documents should accompany the device, and which should not, the box and so on.
  • Air bubbles between the device and the film should not be!
  • As a rule, the cheapest devices are phones with a shop window or replaced by previous customers.

2. What you need to know before buying an iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch.
In order to conduct a more in-depth inspection of the apparatus, you should know the following data:
  • The correspondence between the data on the package and the data on the device.
  • IMEI
  • Model number
  • Serial number

This information about the device can be found without opening the package. On the back of the box will be a sticker with bar codes with data on the iPhone.
1. Model number
2. Serial number
3. IMEI number
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The same information can be obtained by turning on the phone and launching the “Settings” application. In the “Major” menu>“About the device“.
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Check if the numbers shown on the box and in the phone settings match. If not, then it is likely that this device has been in the warranty workshop.
If the serial number starts at 5K, then this is the unit restored at the factory.

We recognize the country from which the iPhone was brought
To understand whether the device will be unlocked, you should check its country of origin.
By model number, you can find out from which country the iPhone was brought.
The letters after the numbers to the “/” mark indicate the region of sale and warranty service.
For example, MC131TA / A - iPhone 3G 16Gb Black, purchased in Taiwan (Chunghwa Telecom)
The official Russian phone (PCT) numbers are:
MB489RS / A, MB496RS / A, MB500RS / A, MC131RS / A, MC132RS / A, MC133RS / A, MC134RS / A
Guaranteedunlockedthere will be iPhones from such countries: OAU (AE), Czech Republic (CZ), Indonesia (FN, ID, PA, SA), Greece (GR, GB), India (HN), Italy (IP, T), Malaysia (MY) , Russia (RS, RU, RP, QB), South Africa (SO), Ukraine (SU), Taiwan (TA), Thailand (TH), Singapore (ZA), Hong Kong (ZP)
Guaranteedlocked upthere will be iPhones from such countries: Japan (J, JP), Lithuania (LT), Philippines (PP), Jamaica (ZQ).
To check the model and country of origin, you can also use special services:
http://iphonefrom.com
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http://appstudio.org/models/
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3. iPhone Verification by Serial Number
By serial number you can find out much more information than using the model number.
The serial number is 11 or 12 characters by which you can find out the device model, color, date of manufacture.
The information obtained can immediately verify with what you have in your hands.
1.1 Manual iPhone serial number verification
11-digit serial number
87 1 08 4СQ A4 T

  • The first two characters are the unit identifier, roughly speaking, the shop number. There is no information about the divisions on the web.
  • The third character is the last digit of the year the device was manufactured. For example, if the phone was released in 2010 - it will be 0, if in 2011 - 1, in 2012 - 2 and so on;
  • The next two characters are the week of production. I have this “08” - the eighth week of 2011, that is February;
  • from the sixth to the eighth digit - the number of the week when the iPhone was released.
  • Two signs following it, enclosed in an orange square, designate the model and its color;
  • Well, the last character (in yellow) indicates the amount of memory device.

By the last 3 characters you can determine all the basic information about the device:
  • VR0- iPhone (2G) 4 GB
  • WH8- iPhone (2G) 8 GB
  • 0KH- iPhone (2G) 16 GB
  • Y7H- iPhone 3G Black 8 GB
  • Y7K- iPhone 3G Black 16 GB
  • 3NP- iPhone 3GS Black 16 GB
  • 3NR- iPhone 3GS Black 32 GB
  • 3NQ- iPhone 3Gs White 16 GB
  • 3ns- iPhone 3Gs White 32 GB
  • A4S- iPhone 4 Black 16 GB
  • A4T- iPhone 4 Black 32 GB

12-digit serial number
F4KL P 344 FCM9

  • The first three characters are the unit code.
  • the fourth character is the half year code in which the device is released;
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  • the fifth digit is the release week code, the countdown starting from the beginning of the half year, which is encrypted by the fourth digit;
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  • from 6 to 8 digits - unique for each device code
  • the last four characters are the model code, which reports information about the generation, memory size, color of the model, and so on.

The specifications of this iPhone can be checked on the site chipmunk.nl
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You can also do this on sndeep.info/ru
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4. Check iPhone by IMEI
IMEI gives the most information about the device, but it is difficult to decipher.
To decrypt IMEI use special services.
1. Check unlock.
http://iunlocker.net
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http://unlockpro.ru
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http://www.iphone-gps.ru/imei/
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2. Checking the status of Activation Lock
For the first time, the Activation Lock feature appeared in the iOS 7 operating system and as of December last year, it is activated on 78% of all iPhones. After its appearance, the level of thefts of the iPhone and iPad has noticeably decreased.
You can check the iPhone on the iCloud.com websitehttps://www.icloud.com/activationlock/
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Also, information about whether the Find iPhone function is enabled can be found on the device's IMEI on other sites, for example,http://iunclocker.net


If you make a purchase from official resellers like "Beeline", "MTC", "Svyaznoy", etc., it is not necessary to check some points of these recommendations.- phones go Neverlock (not locked under the operator) and made specially for the Russian Federation.

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Preparing iPhone / iPad for sale
Before selling or transferring the device, you must remove all personal information from it.
  1. Backup
    Instruction
    1. Open iTunes and connect an old device to your computer.
    2. Click on the icon that appears on your device.
    3. Scroll down and click the “Create a copy now” button.
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    Learn more about backups.here.

  2. Disable Apple Services
    Instruction
    These primarily include FaceTime and iMessage. To disable iMessage, go to Settings - Messaging and move the iMessage slider to the off state. For FaceTime, the required option is at Settings - FaceTime
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  3. Log out of iCloud
    Instruction
    Your iCloud account may contain a large amount of personal information, including photos and files of various programs, for example, Pages or an email client. To delete all iCloud information from your phone and disconnect from your account, you must:
    1. Go to Settings.
    2. Select iCloud tab.
    3. Scroll to the bottom and click "Exit".
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    In this way, you will delete all personal information from the device, but it will remain in your cloud and become available again after entering the account on the new device.

    IMPORTANT:Do not delete information from iCloud manually, because it will be erased from all connected devices.

  4. Erase all information
    Instruction
    Deleting all information from the device being sold is a strictly necessary step. But it’s better to do it at the very end, when you make sure that all important data is saved and you don’t lose anything. To erase all data on the device, go to Settings - General - Reset. Here you need to select the option "Reset content and settings."

    IMPORTANT:After confirming the operation, there will be no way back. Therefore, before resetting again, carefully check whether you have backed up important data.

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Step by step instructions before buying a device

  1. The owner disables the "Find iPhone" feature, deletes the device from iCloud.com
  2. Checking statushttps://www.icloud.com/activationlock/
  3. We reset the device (Settings - General - Reset - Erase content and settings). A welcome screen will pop up, where we enter our data.
    Full reset must be done, because there is a possibility that after flashing, a request to enter the old AppleID will come out again. Many are lazy, and then get "surprises" in the form of a device lock
  4. I also strongly recommend to see whether the device is blocked by the operator. With this, too, can be troubles.
    I will explain what is meant.
    In many countries, phones are purchased with a contract. Those. the phone costs $ 500 in retail, and you buy it from the Beeline operator for $ 100. The remaining $ 400 you pay for two years in the form of a monthly subscription fee (a-la credit, which already includes unlimited calls).
    So, some people do not pay this contract (throw operator) and sell phones with debts. This phone is blocked and stops ringing. You can unlock it, but terribly hemorrhoids. Therefore, it is better to buy the phone neverlock (initially unlocked as an operator) or unlocked (a phone with a paid contract and then unlocked.In fact, this is already a complete neverlock.)
    Independent unlock status (locked or unlocked) can be checked on the websitehttp://iphoneimei.info/- it is also better to check before the purchase (just ask the seller to send your imei, and then either check it yourself, or turn to the topicUnder what operator is the iPhone blocked?)

Aah, what else. There are cunning hucksters who buy a locked device, change the cover (imei is indicated on the phone case). Next, a person checks imei, taken from this cover, it is naturally clean. The buyer quietly goes home, reflash and see a "surprise".
Therefore, you can learn imei in one of the following ways:
    • You can dial the code * # 06 # and immediately get the number on the screen. This method is not suitable for owners of iPad with a cellular module.
    • Go to “Settings” - “Basic” - “About this device”. The list will open a lot of different information, including IMEI.
    • LaunchiTunesand connect the device. Click on the labels located next to his image on the "Overview" tab, we see both IMEI and phone number.
    • Through the programiTools(the computer must also have anotheriTunes).
      Video instructions can be viewedhere.
Those. found out the real IMEI and immediately checked through the services:https://www.icloud.com/activationlockandhttp://iphoneimei.info

It is advisable to check for IMEI in any case, whether you buy the device on the market, from your hands or in an online store such as Eldorado. Why? Because even in chain stores sometimes there are cases when they sell or restored devices(rebufished, ie repaired. They can sell as it should be in a film with a perfect box, etc.)or purchased in another country(with this, too, there may be certain difficulties, say, when contacting technical support. You will say that you bought the device in Russia and show a local check, and the support service will say the opposite and require a reseller check from another country). Therefore, it is better to be immediately vigilant than to face trouble.



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