What to do before you pay for a used iPhone or iPad

Before you pay for one iPad ή iPhone second-hand "in excellent condition" - and assuming it has iOS 7 or iOS 8-, you have a chance to make sure it will not be σας useless "after you leave the box office". Must find the IMEI number of the device sold - engraved on the back of the iPad case, in the card slot on iPhone- and visit it https://www.icloud.com/activationlock/ to see if the device is locked by its owner and most likely, useless for you. If the device is locked and the owner is in front of you, you must first disconnect the device from your Apple ID and password.ipad iphone

After iOS 8, Lock is automatically enabled on of Apple, so if owners lose their devices, they lose their resale value. New owners will not be able to avoid turning off the device, after which the device is locked.

With Activation , new owners will not be able to reactivate the device unless they contact the owner, responding to a message that may have occurred in the event of a loss.

See the instructions Apple provides for Activation lock, the so-called kill που θα αποτελεί από τον Ιούλιο του 2015 υποχρέωση των κατασκευαστών and tablets at least in the US.

In iOS 8, Activation Lock is enabled
but in iOS 7, the feature should be enabled by the owner, the version with which the feature was added as a shield to the scourge of smartphone theft in the US.

"Activation Lock is enabled automatically when you use it Find My iPhone on a device using iOS 7 or later.

Find My iPhone on your device:

  1. Tap Settings.
  2. Tap iCloud.
  3. Sign in with your Apple ID, if necessary.
  4. Turn on Find My iPhone. ”

The Activation Lock released in September of 2013 has already produced: -19% in iPhone and iPad theft in New York in the first five months of 2014, -38% in iPhone theft in San Francisco in the first six months of launch.

The solution that Google pledged to provide to of often violent attacks for a phone, even a "smart" one, will be implemented in the next version of Android, Android 5, Lollipop:

  • Smartphones and tablets that will carry the next version of Android will have a so-called kill switch, that is, they will be able to become useless if they are reported as stolen. The way such a thing is said to be accomplished is by blocking the possibility ς του τηλεφώνου/ταμπλέτας στις εργοστασιακές ρυθμίσεις, which makes the phone look brand new after erasing anything personal about the owner.

Πάντως, σημειώστε πως οι ειδικοί σημειώνουν ότι το πλέον σημαντικό μυστικό σας είναι τα στοιχεία εισόδου σας στην υπηρεσία ηλεκτρονικού υ που χρησιμοποιείτε. Κι αυτό καθώς, εάν κανείς αποκτήσει πρόσβαση στο e-mail σας, μπορεί να βρει πολλά για σας, ιδιαίτερα εάν έχετε κάνει το συνηθισμένο σφάλμα: χρησιμοποιείτε τα ίδια στοιχεία login/password σε πολλές υπηρεσίες;

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