Anyone got a spare iPhone?

[Brockas]

Long story short, my phone got stolen from my girlfriends apartment on Saturday night.

Have insurance, so will pay the $250 excess and get another one.

My problem is, is that it's going to take 2 weeks for them to process my claim, and send me out a new iPhone.

Until then, I can't access any of my contacts, as I only have them backed up on iTunes and can't restore them to any other phone, except an iPhone. I need these contacts for work.
Rang Optus, they said there are no loan phones available for me in any store.

Basically I'm just putting it out there, and seeing if anyone in the antilag community has an iPhone I can use for 2 weeks? Will supply carton of beer for favor :)

Cheers in advance!

[billk]

If no luck, try Cash Generator in Midland.

They have a 3 month money back guarantee. (Should be the same with phones, just ask them).

They usually have a fair few iPhones in stock.

Just 'buy' one, use it for two weeks and return it for cash back.

[yeahlow34]

I dropped my iphone in water, and now the 'back' button doesn't work (the round main button). It's annoying as fuck to use, but you're welcome to it if it's just to get numbers/etc.

I haven't got around to claiming it on insurance yet, as I have another phone from a mate.

[Alt_F4]

Check outlook or windows address book, itunes should of synced there also.
Otherwise there are a few apps to extra data from the itunes backup.

[fourseven]

I've got a spare you can borrow but its got a cracked screen and has taken a bit of a beating from being dropped, which is why it's my spare. If you want it let me know, no beer necessary as long as its a boomerang eventually.

[Brockas]

I've got a spare you can borrow but its got a cracked screen and has taken a bit of a beating from being dropped, which is why it's my spare. If you want it let me know, no beer necessary as long as its a boomerang eventually.

That would be perfect mate :). Choice between one with a cracked screen or no home button, think I might go for the cracked screen haha

Will PM :D

[Skitzo]

I have one i found on saturday night at a party. No one claimed it. Yours for 100 bucks.

[TJ]

LOL

[TJ]

ps 4-7 can you give brockas my sopranos :P

[Brockas]

TJ, I already have all the Sopranos here, or has fourseven already burnt them to DVD for you or something?

[TJ]

he had in november 2009.. ill just get them off you methinks :P

[Brockas]

You need to drop a HDD off to me.

[fourseven]

I've got only Season 1 to 3 in the office (the rest burnt at home) so that is all I'd be able to give to Brockas today. Upto you TJ! I will admit that when it comes to shit like this I'm not the most reliable person!

:(

[DAN682]

I have one i found on saturday night at a party. No one claimed it. Yours for 100 bucks.

hahah watch out, your computers may get seized! :)

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/04/police-seize-jason-chens-computers/

[Brockas]

I've got only Season 1 to 3 in the office (the rest burnt at home) so that is all I'd be able to give to Brockas today. Upto you TJ! I will admit that when it comes to shit like this I'm not the most reliable person!

:(

All good I have every season, TJ can just get it off me.

[fourseven]

Sweet as.

[Brockas]

Cheers to Rhett again for lending me this iPhone.

Only 1 other difficulty, it is locked to the vodafone network.

I have just paid to unlock it, but now it requires a vodafone sim to be inserted so I can use it with itunes, and restore the phone.


So, another favor, does anyone have a vodafone sim I can borrow for 10 mins while I reset this iPhone?

Will come to you, and bring laptop etc.

Cheers in advance!

[mitchy]

do you just need to get your shit off of itunes? or use it for a couple of weeks?

if you just want to get your shit off, mine is unlocked.

[Brockas]

All good man, it worked anyway :) Cheers for the offer tho!

Just restoring now :D


Fak... Life is good again, have all my contacts back!

[Cake]

Sync with Google Contacts this time fool or get a MobileMe account, then you might even be able to track your new phone next time it's stolen ;)

[fourseven]

Haha I didn't even think about the lock, sorry mate!


or get a MobileMe account, then you might even be able to track new your phone next time it's stolen ;)

QFT. The phone you hold in your hand got stolen out of my car originally. Got it back using Find my iPhone.

[Brockas]

Will have to do that on my new one ASAP.

[shifted]

QFT. The phone you hold in your hand got stolen out of my car originally. Got it back using Find my iPhone.

Does that tool work on other smart phones ie. MobileMe on BlackBerry or something?

[Brockas]

Have blocked my old IMEI, so whoever stole it wont be able to use it anyway.

iPhone, most pointless thing to steal.

[RS_Gav]

Just had a quick looking into the MobileMe details. I like the feature where you can have a message come up on the screen for anyone that has "found" your iPhone... Imagine picking up your new iPhone you just thieved and see "Stay there. I'm on my farkin way" pop up on the screen!! LOL!

[fourseven]

Does that tool work on other smart phones ie. MobileMe on BlackBerry or something?

Only iPhone.


Just had a quick looking into the MobileMe details. I like the feature where you can have a message come up on the screen for anyone that has "found" your iPhone... Imagine picking up your new iPhone you just thieved and see "Stay there. I'm on my farkin way" pop up on the screen!! LOL!

http://www.edibleapple.com/using-find-my-iphone-to-track-down-a-theif-epic-story/

[MISS 13B]

^^ Haha that story's great.

"We laughed triumphantly, adrenaline racing, feeling like the Jack Bauer trio. (Disregard the fact that we’d just left a Lego convention.)"

[Splat_man]

+1 for MobileMe, i have been a subscriber since it was released and i love it.

I think my favourite feature would being able to have the same contacts on Outlook to email as i do on my iPhone.

[MISS 13B]

I wasn't going to open another iPhone thread just for this so I'll put it here.
Someone has created a stylus for the iPhone. I'm seriously considering getting one!

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/a31f/

[Skitzo]

Hey, that iphone has a different text message logo.

[_S9_]

https://www.cylay.com/tour.php

for Jailbroken iPhones. Shits over MobileMe.

Can remote passcode lock, sound alarm, display a message, forward sms, remote track, remote wipe, remote backup etc

[Brockas]

Hey, that iphone has a different text message logo.

That's the old logo, before they introduced MMS into the iPhone software.