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Things the guys who stole my phone have texted me to try to get me to unlock it (gothamist.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Do iphones allow someone to text without unlocking the phone?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

It's coming not from the iPhone but other phones/voip trying to convince her to unpair the phone. Thats why she got messages from several different country codes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Stolen iPhones are locked into a specific Apple account and they tell you the name of that Apple account on the screen that asks for the password.

You can take that account name and simply iMessage the original owner from another device.