Require everyone to update to the latest version of iOS especially if you’re managing a Family

Willing to make about the phones blacklisted. If they’ve got insurance, they’re going to require that that phone be blacklisted for the customer to get a new device.

They just stop signing iOS 16.3.

If you do a lot of carrier hopping, you might want a Sim card tray as well. It’ll allow you to change when you get disappointed with a carrier. And you can still have the benefit of eSIM on both providers if you’re so inclined

Let’s hope you get that phone back soon. If you don’t, you’re eventually gonna have to remote wipe it unless you want your information out there but it’s going to be useless to the thief because it’s iCloud locked.

Remote erased the device so they can’t use it

As long as you started the process there shouldn’t be a problem. Make sure to go into your account and remove the device from your iCloud account.

If you’ve got the extra cash and you have resources, grab yourself a 13 mini. It’s a good back up phone and it works great. Don’t get me wrong, I like the iPhone 14 Pro but if you are wearing a pair of shorts or maybe doing a brisk walk I feel a little bit better carrying a smaller device

When trading in your device, most places require that the phone be reset to factory

The phone will probably not get unlocked because if it’s not on a Verizon account it can’t be unlocked. Thankfully the guy paid it off which is kind of amazing because most of the time people do that when they can’t afford their Verizon phone bill. Kind of interesting that the phone didn’t even stay on the Netwerk for 60 days

Sounds like a really bad situation. Hopefully some trust can be rebuilt and the phone situation can be resolved.

No problems here 14 Pro. If you have a traditional T-Mobile account with Alison restrictions should be able to transfer the Sim from the old phone to your new phone without a problem.