IPhone 5 S serial number. How to check the iPhone before purchasing from hand: exhaustive guide. Swimmer or not

I often brings me to Avito to search for nishtyakov at low prices. Yes, I still did not quit luck, so I was not lucky, as our commandress. But a couple of times was beneficial to cancel with smartphones.

It is important to understand that any venue with ads is a field of action of various scammers and indeed unfair people. Here it is easier to run into an unpleasant surprise.

Therefore, any technique needs to be examined in detail before purchase. I bought the iPhone several times - I will tell you how to check them.

The easiest. ON is untied

The smartphone can take any check with a brilliance, but if at the same time the seller finds it difficult to disable "Find IPhone" - say goodbye, nothing will happen.

For those who are not in the subject: this tightly binds the iPhone to the Apple ID owner, and, in fact, gives it the keys to control the device. For example, it can remotely block your just purchased iPhone and require money for unlocking. He will know where you are. That is still pleasure.

The desired item was hidden in the settings, in the "icloud" section, but it is much easier to "find iPhone" in the search.

How to check iPhone by imei

IMEI is a unique international mobile equipment identifier. This 15-digit number must coincide within one set. Check:

Imei on the housing behind
IMEI in "Settings - Basic - About this Device"
IMEI on request * # 06 #
IMEI on the SIM card tray (irrelevant for iPhone SE and "Pyed")
IMEI on the box (if any)

The box worries us last. If everything coincided, except for her - nothing terrible, just the seller brought the device in non-original packaging. Another question: why didn't he warn you about it? This is an extra reason to double-check.

How to check the iPhone on Apple's website

There, in "Settings - basic - about this device" is written serial number. It can also be used. Go to Apple website and check the status of the device.

It is in this way that it is possible that you are not Frankenstein with a conditional 6S case and a stuffing from the six. A device model will be shown on the page, the end date of the limited warranty and the information about the date of purchase.

No locked iPhone

Now such devices are ever less common, but suddenly you are a retro amateur, in pursuit of iPhone 3G. There is probability to run into a locked smartphone. These iPhones were bought abroad on a contract basis. Such tubes can deliver a lot of inconveniences for which, besides, have to pay.

Here are a few signs for which you can understand, the smartphone is locked or not.

In the SIM tray there is a substrate chip.
The device is not updated to the maximum possible OS.
In the settings - the main - about this device is an operator other than that in the status bar.
After rebooting, the device catches the network for a long time or requires a call to a specific number.

Such smartphones are not updated without the right manipulations, I see no reason to pay for them.

Swimmer or not?

Buying recessed smartphones is extremely dangerous. You do not know how he was dried after falling into the water. Perhaps the iPhone visited the hands of adequate servicemen, and maybe it was just put in Fig. In this case, the oxidation of the components is still continuing, and the smartphone "Move Horse" at any minute.

It is a pity that it pops only after opening the device. However, one marker is visible outside.

For iPhone 5 and newer: Open the SIM card tray and look inside.
For other iPhone: Look in the 30-pin connector and in the port for headphones.

Here you can see how the worked marker will look like specific model iPhone. If there are no red dots in the marked places - it means everything is in order, the iPhone has not poured from this side. More precisely, the situation can only clarify the service center.

Classic. Battery status

It is clear that buying a smartphone from the hands, you will have to endure all the skills of the stuck battery. But the wear of a single-year-old battery is insignificant.

Usually, the iPhone runs up to 500 charging cycles, at a minimum. At the same time, the loss of battery capacity is not felt. Do not think, the device continues to work and after, just the time "without a socket" is reduced.

The number of cycles complete charge You can check with the free COCONUTBATTERY utility. If you are too lazy to take a laptop with you - it is necessary to discuss in advance with the seller the ability to install the appropriate utility on the iPhone. Here, Battery Life, for example.

Plus, B. recent IOS.There was an opportunity to see the accumulation of the battery in the settings. Saves time.

We study the screen

Display - just a storehouse of weaknesses. What you need to pay attention to.

Lift the screen in different places with a little effort. Here should not criste anything, creak or hang out. Otherwise, the smartphone was dropped or opened.

The backlight must be uniform. Open the image with a white background and with black and pay attention to the glow at the edges. There should be no obvious spots and too bright places. If there are no such images - open any application with a suitable biscard. Well, or take a photo, for example.

On the screen should not be yellow spots. Those that appear after the smartphone. The fact is that under the influence of temperature, glue between the touchscreen and the display changes color. Similar jambs appear if the device was constantly squeezed, for example, held jeans in the back pocket and sat on the solid surfaces.

The same set of pictures check on stripes and broken pixels.

All sensors should work

Few people want to detect a couple of dead zones on the display, after some time. Therefore, check everything at once.

The easiest way is to go out in the menu, turn on the arrangement mode of the icons (hold one of them for a long time) and drag it across the screen. It should move evenly, smoothly, not stop, and do not twitch.

Open the keyboard, pass all the keys. Extrave the curtain notifications and control points, both in portrait and landscape mode. Everything should work.

Do not forget to check the Touch ID. Ideally, score your finger there and unlock the device a couple of times, but you can watch the master of the smartphone.

Necessarily. Test bell

Do not miss this moment: you need to insert your sim card and make a test call to a friend number. It kill two hares at once; Check the work of the conversational speaker and the module cellular communication.

In the extreme, if there is no SIM card at hand, then you can dial 112, listen to the answering machine, and then reset, without waiting for the connection. Better than nothing.

Need to go online

At this stage, your SIM card is also useful. Enough to go to any page to understand that the smartphone works in LTE networks.

It is also worth finding the Wi-Fi Point nearby or distribute it yourself. No one needs problems with wireless Internet.

It will be useful to enter the card and determine the current location of the smartphone to make sure that the GPS is fine.

Do not forget about the buttons

Stupidly pass each button. Nothing should criste, hang out or add. Silent mode swing should be aware of vibration, like the Home button new iPhone. By the way, do not try to file this button in the iPhone 7 and 8 - it will not move per millimeter.

Do not give in to persuasion, non-working Home button almost unreal. After replacing the items, you will remain without touch ID.

Check the camera and microphone

Make sure that there is no garbage or condensate in the eye of the chamber. Check out the flash, remove the pair of photos and videos. There should be no artifacts on the frames. Do not forget to lose a removed video with sound - the rear microphone is checked.

Also the microphone is easy to check in the standard application "Dictaphone". Leave a couple of records and listen to them. Nic foreign noise should not be.

Before the heap: Sensors and accelerometer

Buy the supported device is good way Save, as many sell their phones and tablets almost immediately after acquisition, but the price still has to throw off, and with the current rates for apple technique, this will be a decent discount. But when buying a used device with hands there is one big risk - pay for a broken or non-original iPhone or tablet. In order not to get caught by fraudsters, you need to check the device before purchasing and you should adhere to several rules, which will be discussed in the next part of the article.

How to check iPhone when buying with hands

If you still decided to buy iPhone, iPad or iPad Touch From the hands, not in the official store, the first thing that is worth paying attention is on the seller itself. This is a weak indicator, but before buying something from a person, see if he inspires confidence. If this is a supplier who is engaged in mass resale used devices, then read the reviews about him, contact your former customers: Ask them, whether they are satisfied with their purchase, whether the device has broken down some time after activation. But remember that many fraudsters screw feedback, that is, not everything that has been said about the seller on the Internet may be true.

If a question is resolved with the seller, the next thing is to check - the device itself.

Appearance

Before buying with hands, go to the official store and hold the desired device in your hands, study the tactile sensations from the material from which it is made. Find out the approximate prices for which you can buy an original device if its used version will be different in the price too much, then it is worth thinking.

Objects required to verify the device

So, if you go to the transaction, then to be completely confident in the performance of the device, you must have the following things with you:

Working headphones, they will be needed to check if they work with the buying device. Feel free to ask the seller to give you a device in hand to testing, it is a mandatory stage. You cannot buy a device without checking whether the programs have important to you and whether certain functions are activated.

The laptop on which iTunes will be installed, which will allow you to check many characteristics of the device. About how to do it, will be discussed below in the same article.

An external battery with which you can check whether the device is charging or not.

The phone on which there is a stable mobile Internet.

SIM card - it will come in handy for checking cellular and Internet connections.

Stationery paper closure or special key that comes with Apple devices. These items will be needed in order to pull the tray with the SIM card from the device body.

Having the above things, you will calmly check the operation of all functions and applications of the purchased device. What parameters will need to pay closer attention, will be described further.

How to distinguish the device model

If you are not the first time you come across Apple devices, you can skip this item. But if you first buy equipment from Apple, then this information will be very useful for you. iPhone 5 from the iPhone 6 is easy to distinguish, but the iPhone 4 from the iPhone 4S is a little more difficult to distinguish.

iPhone 5 and 5S

These two models differ in the model number that can be found on back cover, turning the device down the screen down.

iPhone 5S: A1456, A1507, A1516, A1529, A1532;

iPhone 5: A1428, A1429, A1442.

Also distinctive feature one model from another is appearance The rear camera and the "Home" button. The iPhone 5 camera is already, and the iPhone 5S on the "Home" buttons have a square that refers to the presence of the Touch ID function.

iPhone 6 and 6s

These two models are easier to distinguish - it is enough to wrap the front-side device with the down screen, and on the rear check for the presence of a rhombus icon with an English letter S.

iPhone 4 and 4S

Here, the situation is similar to the iPhone 5, since you can check the device model using the code on the back of the case:

Models iPhone 4: A1349, A1332.

Models iPhone 4S: A1431, A1387, A1387.

Also, the device model can be determined by the antennas location.

You can read more about all models of devices on the official website of Apple by clicking on the following link - https://support.apple.com/ru-ru/ht201296.

Checking a water sensor

Before buying a device, you must make sure whether it has been drowning. Water penetration insight iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch can lead both every second breakdown and to corrosion of the metal, which will lead to breakage after a few weeks or months. An important factor is the fact that the device exposed to water is automatically removed.

On Apple devices there is a special external sensor - Liquid Contact Indicators, humidity indicator. If the water has ever received inside the device, then this sensor changes the color from gray or white to bright red. More about where this indicator is on different models The phone is outlined in the table:

Equipment

Now let's stop on what should be in the box except the phone itself:

Fork and USB cable.

Earpods branded headphones.

Corporate key that allows you to pull a container with a SIM card.

All other accessories are purchased separately. If one of the components are not equipped in a box when selling, it should be separately agreed with the seller and affect the price of goods.

Authentication

The next step is to verify the authenticity of the device using the serial number and the unique IMEI code. This data can be found on the back of the box, on a special sticker. But this data should not be trusted, since the box can be from another device or a sticker may be fake.

There is a more correct way to learn this information - through the settings of the phone or tablet, no one forms them there.

We take the device in hand and open the "Settings" application.

Go to the section "Basic".

Go to the subsection "On this device".

Here you can find two lines: serial number and IMEI. You can verify these numbers with those that are shown on the box presented by the seller. If they do not coincide, it means that the device does not belong to the box, and this is a reason to think about the integrity of the seller.

Another way to find out the codes we need is to pull out the tray where the SIM card is located, and read the serial number and IMEI indicated on it. You can remove the tray with the help of a stationery clip. This method has one minus - not on all models of devices codes are indicated on the tray.

The last way to find out IMEI is to deploy the device with the back side and at the bottom of the lid to see the small letters and numbers, among which our cherished number is located.

As soon as you finish with clarifying numbers and codes, you should go to one of the sites proposed further and drive the necessary data there. The site will show you detailed information About the device: color, date of release, content and filling, model number. Compare all the data from those that you see on the device itself, and with what the seller himself told you. If everything coincided, then you can understand further. List of sites providing similar services for issuing information about Apple devices:

http://iphoneimei.info;

http://www.imei.info;

http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html.

Check for wanishing

There are three types of mobile apple devices:

Lock - phones that work only with one predetermined telecom operator. That is, if you acquire such a device, you can use the services of only one company that provides cellular communications and mobile Internet, and no other.

Neverlock - device without any restrictions in the selection of the operator.

Softunlock is a device that used to relate to the Lock group, but then it was "unlocked" by software, that is, now has all the parameters characteristic of Neverlock.

Of course, the LOCK-devices are a bit cheaper than Neverlock, but this savings will not lead to anything good, and problems with a predetermined operator, without the right to change it, will be quite a lot.

How to identify a divided device?

There are several characteristic features to help identify a device that was divided by software:

The tray for the SIM card will be a microcircuit.

When restarting the device, it will catch a network for a long time. Sometimes, unlocked devices require after rebooting to call to a specific number so that the network is started to catch.

If the device sold has an outdated version of the operating system, and the seller insists that it is impossible to update in any case, then, most likely, this is due to the fact that after updating the firmware, the unlock will stop acting, and you will notice the catch. If the seller clearly does not explain the reason why IOS cannot be updated, it is not worth buying anything from him, many other pitfalls may be connected with these.

Check functions and physical components

Now the latter remained, but at the same time almost the most important stage - checking the standard features of the device and its appearance.

Housing

Check if there is a strongly distinguished reference, cracks, sloped pieces on the housing. All these parameters can say how often the device fell and subjected to other physical effects. Especially dangerous damage in the area of \u200b\u200bthe antennas, which may entail interference in connection.

Screws

Near the login for a USB cable should be two not torn screws. If they are missing, you can safely declare - the device was understood manually and, accordingly, the warranty does not work on it.

Buttons

Check how well all buttons perform their functions, as the replacement of the buttons in the service may require a lot of money.

The button that activates the silent mode should not hang up and slide or down.

Home button - Test all its functions: Application folding, unlock screen, disable the device, return to homepagecalling applications from quick access. This button It is the main one, so it must fulfill all the commands from the first time and do not hang when pressing, but quickly return to its original position. If the device model allows you to use touch feature ID, then check whether it will react normally to your finger.

Buttons controlling the volume should not hang when pressed, otherwise the sound will be quite problematic.

The "Lock" button must perform all its standard functions from the first request.

Camera

Check if there are no external damage to the front and rear chamber. Try to take a picture of something on the other camera. If you notice inaccurate colors, it will mean that the camera sensor is damaged.

Screen

Open various applications, restart the device, check availability. bied pixels (black dots). If when you click on the screen, crunch occurs, or irregularity or emptiness is felt, the screen is not original, it was changed. Pay attention to the uniformity of brightness and transmission of the color gamut.

Screen sensor

Move the icons in the device menu, following their smoothness. Try using the device in a horizontal and vertical position. If it is possible, quickly type the message on the keyboard, and all the pressed letters should appear on the screen. If this does not happen, then the device has obvious sensor problems.

Battery

Run the shooting video and check how much percent for 2-3 minutes the device sees. Frames in 1-5% acceptable, all other parameters mean the presence of a problem, and it does not want to change the battery immediately after purchase.

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Speaker

Everything is simple - turn on any melody and check how well the device reproduces it. There should be no interference, no rear, nor rustling. Speaker can also be checked during a telephone conversation.

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth

Check if these two functions work. Remember that Bluetooth works only with other Apple devices, with Android it will not pass files. TO wi-Fi network The device must quickly connect and be able to download files through it.

Charging

For this item you took with a third-party battery. Connect it to the device and check if charging will go.

Connect to iTunes.

If you managed to take a laptop with you, then try to synchronize your device with iTunes. This will confirm its authenticity. Do not buy a phone or tablet that is not defined in iTunes.

Exit from Apple ID account

The last thing to do before paying money for the device is to completely exit account Old Apple ID owned by the old owner. Otherwise, he may at any time declare the device missing and block it remotely, absolutely not asking for your consent.

Open the "Settings" application.

Go to the icloud section.

Disable the "Find iPhone" function.

Let the former owner enters the password from his account, it is necessary to disable the function.

Click to the name of the former owner's account.

Select the option "exit."

We return to the general list of settings and proceed to the "Basic" section.

Go to the "Reset" subsection.

Select the way to "reset the content and settings".

Wait for the end of the process, and when the device activation turns, select the method "as a new device". Do not restore backup From iTunes or ICloud, otherwise the device will again be tied to the account of the former owner.

The main types of fraudulent apple device sales schemes

There are several very believable schemes that most often use attackers to sell a broken or non-license device, overwrite prices on it:

Purchase prepaid. In no case do not translate money until you check the device for damage and malfunction personally.

Sale of restored devices. This has already been mentioned above, restored devices must be designated and have a certain discount.

Sale of Chinese fakes. Chinese fakes can be very believable, so always check the serial numbers and IMEI codes.

Locking sold devices. If you do not leave the account apple records The ID of the previous owner, then sooner or later, he learns about it and blocks your device using the "Find iPhone" service. The attacker may require compensation, but its payment does not always help.

Replacing the device during the sale. This method works like this: you are shown, they give to test one device, and then imperceptibly replace it and give you a completely different phone, broken or fake.

Sale of dusty. This trick is noticed, of course, difficult, but it is possible, namely, the unscrupulous sellers are used. This method is used to use online stores sending devices by mail. Instead of a normal phone or tablet, you are sent a box, navigated by anything so that by weight like a real device.

So, before giving money to thoroughly check the device using the instructions described above. Be very carefully, give money just for the fact that they were held in their hands and tested. Require a complete complete set or explanation, why there is no one thing. The main thing - do not forget to get out of the account of the previous owner, since most of the fraudsters earn it precisely on this popularity of buyers.

At the moment to meet a fake or restored version iPhone. Under the guise of the original as never just. The fall of the ruble exchange rate plays his role, which makes people look for ways to save and contact the services of dubious sellers, and just ignorance of the features of Apple's technique when buying the first iPhone.

This page presents detailed instructions About how to check the iPhone on authenticity by examining which you can easily determine even high-quality fake.

Check iPhone by serial number

With the help of the serial number, you can not only find out general information About the device, but in general, find out if you are trying to deceive you.

Impon via IMEI

First you need to know IMEI, but you can do this in several ways.

On www.imei.info website, enter 15 digits to the appropriate line and click Check. If information does not correspond to reality, then you have a fake.

Checking the status of iPhone

Despite the fact that common quality For fakes increased markedly over the past few years, small mistakes can still be seen immediately, if you look at.

Pay attention to small details:

The back cover should not be removed.
The body of the original iPhone is made of aluminum, while the manufacturers of fakes love to save and often try to emiate metal plastic.
This iPhone cannot be two SIM cards.
All topical models starting from the fifth generation have a corporate lighting connector, no mini / micro-USB.
In the system should not be Google Play.and in the settings should contain information about operating system iOS. Any android reference means that you are fake.
On the back cover of any iPhone (including versions for the Chinese market) there should be an inscription "Designed by Apple in Califormia. ASSEMBLED IN CHINA. If, instead of this inscription on the back cover, hieroglyphs are banging or any other text, in front of you fake.
If you have experience use iPhone Or other Apple devices, then you will probably reveal a fake on the screen quality, menu design, fonts, and the like nuances.

Therefore, if you buy an iPhone first time, it makes sense to go to any, shop selling Apple technician, and turn the showcase pattern in the hands to have something to compare.

Another nuance, go to the settings - the main, find the point update item. If it is not, then before you fake.

Check with iTunes

Perhaps the easiest way to identify Fake - try to connect the device to the PC with iTunes. If the program recognizes the connected device, then you are the original, but if nothing happens, then you have connected the fake.

How to determine the restored iPhone

Despite the fact that the recovered smartphones, in most cases, are not inferior in the durability of ordinary instances, still there is a chance to stumble upon an unsuccessful model, and it always wants to use a new device. Unfortunately, even in large stores can be stumbled upon restored models that are sold under the guise of new at the cost price. It can be both intentional shop fraud and banal negligence, as the externally devices are completely identical.

See the settings menu

Open the settings menu.
"Basic".
"On this device".
Find the item "Model".

The first letter in the model name will help you determine whether your device is new.

M - phone new.
F - Restored smartphone.

The last two characters indicate the region, for sale in which is intended this device. If you bought my iPhone on the territory of the Russian Federation, and this is an officially certified version of the ROS, RR, RP or RU abbreviation.

Determination of the recovered iPhone by packing

If you have not yet purchased the device, you can define the recovered phone by packing. Of course, it is unlikely that the smartphone will be sold under the guise of a new one, but it is worth knowing about it.

Going out to buy an iPhone, take with you not only well-disassembled in Apple's Apple technique, but also several useful accessories that will help you check your smartphone and identify all the faults. It is extremely desirable that you were:

SIM card format Nanosim.
Clip for SIM card slot.
Headphones.
External battery.
Charging cable.
Disc marker.
Lupa.
Smartphone with mobile Internet.
Notebook.

All this will be needed at different stages of verification.

How to check the external state of the iPhone

Take the iPhone in your hands and carefully look at all sides, paying attention to the smallest details. Ideally, at all, it is not necessary to release a smartphone from hands so that the unfinished seller does not replace it during the transaction.

Damage

Scratches and curbs on the case and screen can not be afraid if they do not confuse you. These shortcomings do not affect the operation of the gadget and are easily hidden using covers or. Much more dangerous deformation of the body, chip and dents. Such defects talk about falls, which means that possible damage to the internal components.

Corps will also be told about past flights, which are easy to detect, slightly twisting smartphone in their hands. This also does not promise anything good.

Traces of disassembly and repair

the iPhone, which did not fit the drawing pens, as a rule, creates a new owner of much less problems than revealed specimens. In order not to risk in vain, do not buy a gadget with disassembly traces. With a careful consideration, they are quite simple to reveal.

Take a magnifying glass, bring yourself a flashlight of another phone and take a look at the attachment screws at the charging connector. Their slots must be without scratching and damage. This is a sign that the iPhone did not open, and if any repair and took place, it was carried out in a specialized service.

Any damage is a reason to alert and ask questions to the seller.

Pay attention to the screw slots and the color of the rim of the connector. GadgetHacks.com.

Pay attention to the rim of the charging port, buttons, the SIM card tray. If their color does not coincide with the color of the body, most likely, in the smartphone, they dug and changed the items.

The same applies to button Home.: It should not be different in color from the front panel. If the button is powered, strongly recessed or protrudes over the panel, probably the iPhone disassembled and changed the button. Due to poor-quality details with such a telephone there may be problems in the future.

Catastrophic gap, which speaks about a swollen battery. jamaran.ir.

Inspect the display of the display and housing. The transition should be as smooth, without scratches and chips around the perimeter. Their presence and sharp transition from glass to the metal will be given poor-quality repair and a possible replacement of the display module.

Too large and distinguished gaps around the screen indicate an opening or discrepancing.

Each iPhone is assigned a unique serial number and IMEI, which can tell about the device a lot. important information. Both rooms can be viewed in the settings (section "Basic" → "On this device") and on the sticker on the back side of the box.

On early iPhone models (5, 5S, 5C, SE, 6, 6 PLUS) IMEI additionally pointed out on the back of the housing. On the iPhone 6S, 6s Plus, 7, 7 Plus, 8, 8 plus, X and later IMEI is applied using laser engraving on the SIM card tray.

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Of course, in all places the room must coincide (well, except that the box can be taken from another device for a more presentable type of sale). Different IMEI on the device and the SIM card tray testify to the repair and replacement of parts, and such phones, as you already know, should be avoided.

The presence of the original box is an additional advantage and a guarantee that the phone is not stolen. If there is also a check - generally perfectly. The serial and IMEI indicated in it must also match.

On the serial number you can check on the site Apple information About the device. This will make sure that you are original iphone. That model and in the color you buy. So you can protect yourself from buying a copy or iPhone 6 under the guise of 6s, as well as devices with replaced housing.

In addition, the remission of the warranty period will be indicated on the check page, if it is not expired, which will check the seller's words.

And on the serial number it is easy to determine, a new or restored smartphone was bought. If the number starts with the letter F, then before you refurbished, or restored, iPhone.

Restored iPhone is supplied in a simple white box with an entry of RFB or Apple Certified Pre-Owned on the back side sticker. With the symbol f, not only serial starts, but also the model code, as well as a partner.

Such phones are officially tested and repaired at Apple factory. They are given an annual warranty, but they are cheaper at the same time. In fact, there is nothing wrong here, unless the seller hid this fact.

However, there is an opinion that it is better to take new, and not restored iPhone. The choice is yours.

How to check iPhone binding to the operator

There are two types of iPhone: neverlock and contractual. The first works with any SIM card, the second are tied to a specific telecom operator and can only be used with it.

GEVEY SIM and R-SIM substrates for unlocking contract iPhone. TapchicongngHe.vn.

With the help of special plates for SIM cards, the contract iPhone can be unlocked. Due to the difficulties and instability of work, such phones are much cheaper than Neverlock. If you do not have a goal to save on buying, then similar iPhone better to avoid. And to verify that you are really neverlock, you can:

Remove the SIM card tray with your own hands and make sure there are no foreign objects in it.
Install your SIM card and make sure that the phone finds a cellular network and immediately connects to it.
Take a test call to someone from acquaintances.
For loyalty to open the "Settings" → "Basic" → "About this device" and make sure that the name of your operator is the name in the operator's string.

If everything is in order, you can go to the next item.

How to check iPhone binding to icloud

Starting with iOS 7 devices are tied to Apple owner ID. This allows you to secure data with or theft of a smartphone. Through ICloud, you can determine the location of the iPhone, remotely block or erase it.

Without access to the account of the old owner, the locked smartphone cannot be used.

If you buy such a device, the only thing you can do with it is to disassemble it on parts.

At the same time, to protect yourself from such problems is not so difficult. It is enough to make several checks.

Activation lock

When such a screen is displayed on the iPhone and offer to enter account data, and the seller does not know them and assures you that you just need to connect to iTunes, turn around and go. This is just the very situation when the phone is suitable only on the details.

Function "Find iPhone"

If the device turns on and running, go to "Settings" → Apple ID → ICloud and check whether the "Find iPhone" function is turned off. If not, ask the seller to move the toggle switch. To do this, you will need to enter the password from Apple ID, which the owner, of course, should know.

Make sure the function is really turned off. Otherwise, after transferring money, the unfinished seller will be able to block the iPhone.

And finally, for complete confidence, perform full reset Devices with subsequent activation and input in your own Apple ID.

Open the "Settings" → "Basic" → "Reset" and select "Erase Content and Settings" item.
If necessary, ask the seller to enter a password from Apple ID.
Wait for the erase and download procedure.
Pass the primary setting.
Activate the device and log in to your account.

After that, you can be sure that the iPhone with the old owner and is ready for further use. Smartphone will be as if only out of the box.

How to check the performance of the iPhone

Like any other gadget, iPhone is complex technical devicewhose faults can not be noticed immediately. Even if the phone looks perfectly, do not hurry to rejoice and immediately buy it. It is better to spend a few extra minutes, apologize to the seller for meticulousness and everything should be checked.

Buttons and switch silent mode

All organs management iphone Must work gently, but clearly without false positives, excessive efforts and failures. Check each key on the absence of backlash, crunch and other extraneous sounds.

HOME button Must have a small move and unmistakably respond to pressing. On iPhone 7, 7 Plus, 8 and 8 Plus, it is not pressed, but responds with vibration that simulates a click. This button is almost impossible to repair, so the problematic device is better not to buy.
Volume keys Should easily press, making a characteristic soft click. The volume is changing strictly to one division. If the keys are pressed with difficulty or there are false responses, do not do without repair.
Lever silent mode. The switching of the switch must be hard and instantly to work, responding with vibration. He should not hang out and turn on alone from random touch.
Power button. Like other buttons, it should also be pressed the first time and effortlessly, unmistakably recognizing a single and long press during locking and off.

Display

From the buttons that you will be pressed daily, go to the display with which you will interact most of the time.

Scratch. First of all ask the seller to remove protective film. or glass. Under them can hide scratches and even cracks. And yes, remove all accessories to demonstrate the absence of defects, is a good tone. Protection is a matter of taste, and the buyer itself takes the film or glass, if necessary.
Defective pixels. Check the matrix on the absence of broken pixels. To do this, turn off and turn on the iPhone again or make a photo by closing the camera lens with your finger to get a black background. For checking on a white background, open the empty page in the Safari. In both cases, no color points and bands should not be on the screen.
Uniform illumination. Install the brightness to the maximum and check the backlight on a white and black background. If it is uneven all over the perimeter, there are stains, the module was replaced with not very high quality.
Light. In the same way, make sure the absence of yellowish stains and stripes on the screen. They appear from and squeezing the display, for example, in the pocket of jeans. These defects usually increase over time, so it's better not to buy such an iPhone.
Touchpad. The performance of the touchscreen is easy to check by printed by all the characters on the keyboard or reproaching in "Notes". You can also detect the dead zones by dragging icons on the desktop into different areas of the screen.
Oleophobic coating. The iPhone display has a high-quality oleophobic coating that is quite easy to check. Try to draw something on the disk marker screen. On the original screen, the marker will not write, and the paint will immediately gather in a drop.

Dynamics and microphones

The iPhone two speakers: auditory and polyphonic. The first is located under the grid at the top of the front panel and is used during conversations. The second is located on the right in the lower end and serves to loud communication and playing ringtones and sound in applications. Microphones are only three: the bottom - to the left of the charging connector, the top - under the grid auditory dynamics And rear - next to the main camera on the rear panel.

To check microphones and speakers, it is convenient to use the standard Dictaphone application. Make a record, and then listen to it. First through a polyphonic speaker, and then, bringing to the ear, and through the auditory. The sound should be loud and clean, without wheezing, distortion and other interference.

You can additionally check all microphones by removing a small video on camera.

Cameras

To check cameras, first appreciate their visual state. In the eye of the main chamber there should be no dust and condensate, and on its surface - scratches and chips. If the module is seal, the lens is shifted away from the center or glass sticks out above the rim, the camera, most likely changed.

There should be no condensate, distortion and scratches. iMore.com.

Run the standard camera application. It should be turned on without delay and focus quickly at objects. Make sure that the autofocus mechanism does not rattle and not publish outsiders. Check the flash, switch to the front chamber. Make a few photos and videos - they should not be lanes, points, blue, yellowness or other artifacts.

Sensory

Problems in the operation of the sensors or their refusal, as a rule, turn on costly repairs. Be sure to check all the sensors and in no way buy an iPhone, which has problems with any of them.

Touch ID. To check the fingerprint scanner in models where it is, it is enough to add your own footprint to the system and try unlocking your smartphone. Go to "Settings" → "Touch ID and Code Password", select "Add a print ...", follow the configuration procedure and make sure the sensor's correct operation.
Face ID.. New system Unlock is available on iPhone X and newer devices. It can be checked by watching the seller or adding your own face and tested unlocking yourself.
Proximity sensor. This infrared sensor extends the screen and prevents accidental pressing during a conversation or in other cases when the iPhone is brought to the ear. It is easy to check during the call or listening to a voice note in the "recorder".
Light sensor. Thanks to this sensor, the autowarity function works when the backlight level is adjusted to the surrounding lighting. To check it, you need to enable autowarity in the "Settings" → "Screen and Brightness", and then cover the place from frontal chamber Finger for a few seconds - the display should be filled.
Accelerometer and gyroscope. To check the accelerometer, the easiest way to start the calendar or notes and turn the iPhone - the screen is also needed to roll over to the appropriate position. The gyroscope is easy to check by running the application "Compass" and calibrating it.

Charging and headphone connector

Lightning-connector, unlike cables, breaks infrequently, but when buying it needs to be checked. To do this, connect your external battery To the iPhone and check whether it will be charged. In 5 minutes the device must charge about 1-2%. Connecting a cable, be sure to insert it with both sides.

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If there is a audio, do not forget to make sure of it. To do this, connect your headphones to the smartphone and start some kind of music or voice recorder. The sound should be clean, without noise and wheezing, and in both headphones. The connector itself must be clearly inserted into the connector and securely fixed.

Wireless interfaces

Bluetooth. To test Bluetooth, just connect to the iPhone wireless headphones or column. If it did not turn out at hand, try simply to transfer the photo by Airdrop to another apple device.
Wi-Fi. To check Wi-Fi, scan the network nearby and connect to one of them. Run Safari and open multiple pages - you will make sure that the Internet works. If the public Wi-Fi is not at hand, from another smartphone via a modem mode.
GPS.. The performance of the GPS module is checked using the standard Map application. Open it and make sure that the iPhone defines the current location.

Battery

Apple guarantees work iPhone batteries Without a significant loss of tanks for 500 cycles. Depending on the intensity of use, this is about two years. However, to be limited to the assurances of the seller that the battery holds as a new one is not worth it. It is better to check it.

The easiest way is to watch the level of charge during the testing of the smartphone. At the beginning of the inspection, turn on the charge display in percent in the "Battery" settings section and make a screenshot. If in a few minutes of checks the level of charge fell 1-2%, it means that the battery is in order.

On iPhone 6S and earlier devices, you can view the condition of the battery and its current charge relative to the new one. To do this, you need to open "Settings" → "Battery" → "Battery Status". It also indicates whether peak performance is supported, or the processor frequency will decrease that the iPhone does not be disconnected under load.

Finally, the most accurate, but the most difficult way is to view the number of recharge cycles and the current capacity using a special utility for the computer. It was for this that we needed a laptop.

You can use the free COCONUTBATTERY utility, for Windows there is a similar application - IBackupBot. The rest of the test procedure is no different: we connect the iPhone cable to the computer and see the information. If the cycles exceed 500, and the capacity is less than 80%, keep in mind that it may soon be necessary to replace the battery.

Sensor moisture

Starting with the iPhone 7 in smartphones there are moisture protection, but the company's damage to the water still considers non-warranty case. No matter how cool, and water and electronics are still incompatible. Immersion in liquid causes oxidation electronic components and boards that for a smartphone almost always means breakdown. If not immediately, then in the future.

Of course, buy an iPhone-drowned one in no case. And it is not so difficult to recognize it.

In all iPhone generations There are special contact indicators with liquid. If they get on them, they change the color from silver-white to pink-red. In modern iPhone, these markers are located inside the SIM card slot, on older devices - inside the charging connector or audio part.

Enable a flashlight on the indicator and look at it, determining the color. With the slightest hint of redness, it is better to give up the purchase and look for another option.

Check checklist

And finally, a brief list of what needs to be checked before purchase. Peep him during an inspection of the iPhone to not forget anything.

Damage.
Traces of disassembly and repair.
Serial number and IMEI.
Binding to the operator.
Lock activation.
Disable "Find iPhone".
HOME button.
Volume keys.
Lever silent mode.
Power button.
Display status.
Defective pixels.
Uniform illumination.
Matrix lights.
Touchpad.
Oleophobic coating.
Dynamics.
Microphones.
Cameras.
Touch ID.
Face ID.
Proximity sensor.
Light sensor.
Accelerometer.
Gyroscope.
Charging connector.
Bluetooth.
Wi-Fi.
Battery.
Moisture sensor.

Many of you probably know that any mobile phone has its own unique equipment identifier, the so-called IMEI-number. Apple's iPhone mobile phones are no exception, each of them also has its own unique identification number - IMEI.

Most users, this number is most likely not even needed, but there are situations where you need to know if you have your iPhone. For example, to check if it is blocked by cellular operators.

Briefly about what IMEI is and why it is needed, as well as in detail about where to see and how to find out IMEI phone iPhone. A few different ways We will tell you in this article.

The article, unexpectedly for us, turned out to be quite big, as we tried to describe all the ways in detail, with pictures and screenshots, so for faster and convenient orientation we made content with rapid references.

What is imei

To begin with, it is worthwhile to tell about what IMEI number is, why it is needed and as used.

IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identifier - International Mobile Equipment ID, which is unique for each device using its device. It is used in all mobile phonesworking in cellular networks GSM, CDMA and IDEN standards, as well as in some satellite phones. Any modern phone, smartphone and even a tablet with a 3G / 4G module (i.e., any supporting work with a SIM card) has its own, unique "imee".

This number is assigned to each device with the possibility of operation in the networks listed above at the factory and stored in the gadget memory, and it is used to identify your device in networks. mobile communications. IMEI always represents the number of 15 digits.

Thus, according to the rules, there can be no two mobile devices With the same IMEI, although such situations are found in case of illegal change in this number (criminal case in many countries), but it is quite difficult for a simple user.

With the concept decided, now let's figure it out like where IMEI iPhone. You can see.

How to find out IMEI iPhone

There are a lot of ways, in fact, quite a lot. Some of them can be useful in certain situations (when the device itself is not near, or when it is for some reason it is not possible to include), so we decided to list them all. And you use the one that will be the simplest and rapid for you. So, let's begin.

The most faithful place where you can see IMEI iPhone is information about your device in the smartphone settings. To do this, find and open the menu item. "On this device". Make it very simple:

As you can see, everything is simple, but you can see and even faster.

Team to display IMEI

Perhaps most fast way discover Imei on iPhone team - which you can enter the dialing screen in the application "Telephone", that is, in the standard "call" iPhone. Enter the following code there:

Immediately after entering this command, you will see imei right on the screen of your smartphone.

If your phone is in your hands right now, but you urgently needed it to have a number, and you never throw the boxes from our purchases, then the easiest way to find out is to see. It is printed on the sticker from its back side.

View IMEI through iTunes

Another place where IMEI code of your iPhone is specified - phone information in the application "iTunes". In order to see it there to do the following.

Pretty simple, isn't it? But what if you do not have any device or the boxes from it? There is an option!

Find imei through iTunes without a phone

The probability, of course, is small, but this situation may well happen that you need to know if you have your iPhone when you do not have a box or device itself. For example, if you lost the phone, and the box has long been thrown away.

However, even in this case, there is a place where you can see IMEI of your phone using a computer and program "iTunes". True, for this you had to synchronize the iPhone at least once with this computer on iTunes and make a backup.

If you did it, follow the following instructions:

So you know the IMEI of your Apple smartphone is not a problem even without the physical presence of the phone and the box from it nearby.

And what if you have a phone, but for some reason you can't turn it on? For example, it is blocked, or the battery sat. And even this is not a problem. To determine if you can, in this case, can be one of the ways listed below.

View imei on the phone body

If your smartphone is at hand, then you can even see his IMEI. The desired number is indicated on the back of your smartphone housing. However, it is not true for all iPhone models, but to be accurate, then for the following:

iPhone.
iPhone SE
iPhone 5.
iPhone 5C.
iPhone 5S.
iPhone 6.
iPhone 6 Plus.

If your phone did not hit this list, IMEI can still be seen including an iPhone. How? Search otherwise.

View IMEI in the SIM card tray

This is perhaps the last way to find out the popular smartphone in this instruction, but in some situations it may be the only worker.

In those iPhone models, where the number you need is not engraved from behind on the phone body, IMEI is written in the SIM Card tray (Sim Tray), just get it and carefully look at it (the font is small, people with poor eyesight will need points or magnifiers).

In this place IMEI of your iPhone can owners of one of the following gadget models:

iPhone 3G.
iPhone 3Gs.
iPhone 4.
iPhone 4S.
iPhone 6S.
iPhone 6s Plus.
iPhone 7.
iPhone 7 Plus.

Perhaps you can stay at this. At least one of the above methods will certainly help anyone who is trying to find out the imei number of their apple smartphone. You can also contact some other useful items on our website, for example, if you want or.

Conclusion (or "Why should I know IMEI?")

In some situations, knowledge of the IMEI number of your smartphone can be very useful.

For example, when buying a used iPhone, you must first make sure that the number on the device box, on the housing (or in the SIM tray) and in the phone settings coincides. If this is not the case, most likely you are trying to sell repaired or illegally obtained by the device.

If it happened so that your phone was stolen, you can always contact the cellular operator (through the police) to lock your phone by IMEI. In addition, with proper desire and perseverance, if your stolen phone is registered on the network with a new SIM card, the operator will be able to inform the police not only the passport details of which it is framed, but also its location with an accuracy of several tens of meters. that significantly increases the likelihood of iphone "and return to its legal owner.

Perhaps you heard about "locked" iPhone? According to the IMEI number, you can check whether the smartphone is not attached to any communication operator (otherwise it will not work for others), and also learn about the warranty on the device.