stolen iPhone posting to facebook

[eaglebeaver]

I post this with not a lot of hope but request any help whatsoever.

My iPhone was stolen last week (together with my wallet from my desk (and my nokia e71)). I blacklisted them and changed e-mail passwords ect and starting to get over it but this evening a facebook update was posted from my stolen iPhone . Any chance I can make find the culprits?

 

[froot]

You have a case number at the Police? Get your mobile sp to get a trace on the phone location and send this to the police.
.... but obviously only if your sim is still working there. By all rights if it's been properly blacklisted it shouldn't work at all...

 

[eaglebeaver]

You have a case number at the Police? Get your mobile sp to get a trace on the phone location and send this to the police.
.... but obviously only if your sim is still working there. By all rights if it's been properly blacklisted it shouldn't work at all...

I suspect they are using wifi , but not sure if blacklisting will affect that

 

[Nerfherder]

Vodacom should be able to send a something down to lock the phone, some one told me they did this, not sure how though.

 

[eaglebeaver]

thanks will try them tomorrow

 

[eaglebeaver]

ok Vodacom says phone is blocked

 

[rurapente]

call me a conspiracy theorist but i dont believe in the whole blacklist thing.

Yes, it prob does end up on a database marked as stolen. But blocked from using the network? Just look at SA - 1000 phones go stolen say in a month, and thats a LOW estimate. Thats 1000 phones that could now potentially be added to a cellphone network PLUS 1000 replaced phones from the owners who lost them coming onto the networks too.

Just seems to me its too lucrative to not block stolen phones from coming back online indefinitely...

 

[SlinkyMike]

You don't possibly have MobileMe do you?

 

[eaglebeaver]

You don't possibly have MobileMe do you?

No I don't unfortunately