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Yup. I assume there is plenty of value to be found selling donor boards and other parts of the iPhone. Not saying it's a repair shop's fault if they end up with
by koito17 2y ago
Yup. I assume there is plenty of value to be found selling donor boards and other parts of the iPhone. Not saying it's a repair shop's fault if they end up with motherboards of a stolen phone, but if I were a thief dealing with an activation-locked phone, my first idea would be a jailbreak, and if that fails, then disassemble the phone and sell the parts.
Presumably thieves already do these things (and more sophisticated things) to extract value out of stolen iPhones.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoYou really have to be careful with third-party iPhone repairs, especially in China. I had my phone repaired once, and when I got it back...it kind of worked, but they swapped out another part for something that was broken to ensure repeat business. That was in the iPhone 1 days though.
- nebula8804 2y agoIts been about 17 years since the iPhone 1 days...
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoYes, I'm old. This was in 2009 I think (I bought it in 2007). The e-markets are a lot different now (you can still find obscure shady offices repairing older hardware), and iPhone repairers that were scamming people are probably long gone.
- nebula8804 2y agoWhat is on the board that can be used? Obviously the SOC is out. Maybe just the RAM or Flash? Is there really anything else?