fake capacity and baseband app - beware

[bubuham]

I am a victim on this fake capacity and baseband. Met up the guy to buy from him a IP4 32gb, 01.59.00 baseband, iOS ver. 4.0.1. I really careful go to general/About of the phone a check. Yes indeed, it did show 29gb and BB at 01.59.00. Well, when I got home plug in the Itunes it reports 14gb and baseband show 03.10.01 and iOS is 4.2.1. How did that happened? but I totally got rip-off. The fone can not be unlock and I Paid based on the 32Gb unlocked ( $620) so Be AWare.
I wonder in the future how to prevent from this happens again?

[Stray]

Contact him again. Report it to the police. Its unfair for you to get scammed

[madczech]

thats sad news...

next time when you buy an iphone at least ask for the serial, then you could check on apple.com the capacity of the device.
Don't know how you could check the baseband

[Stray]

Or stick your sim in it

[bubuham]

I just wonder how he can do that trick, fake all the info in the phone people never know by just enter in the "About". Unless plug it in the itunes. It's lession for me. Next time to bring a laptop along so can chek it out rite there.
I am in Dallas, TX. How do I report this scam to the police anyone know ? I got his text msg and his phone numbers

[Stray]

show them everything

[Orby]

What was the serial number you were led to believe this device had? What serial number does it actually have? If it came with a box, which serial number does the box have?

Normally certain hardware-specific numbers (such as serial number, IMEI, storage size, etc.) are set in a special read-only portion of the iPhone's NAND storage, and iBoot reads them in at boot time (they're not stored in the filesystem).

This is the first case I've heard of a phone's serial number possibly changing without Apple's special tools to reset those numbers--and certainly the first time I've heard the capacity dropping without physically removing a chip...

[Stray]

there is a thing in cydia that allows you to change all of the info

[bubuham]

When I look there is a appl call "loader" something can't remember cuz I wipe out the phone try to install a custom ios 4.2.1 but can not restore cuz it was retored official 4.2.1 before.
I am not really pay attention on serial number but I did check in the about 3 times it showed capacity 29gb, and firmware version at 01.59.00. I only know that I was cheated when got home and plugged into the Itunes. Anyone know what is that apps name? should raise flag to cydia to take off that app.

[Stray]

fakeabout

[bubuham]

oh... so how to prevent this from future happens?

[Stray]

have the person give you the serial number and have them show you proof of purchase

[bubuham]

or bring the laptop along with then check rite there huh learn big lesion

[Stray]

they'd probably steal it. how much did you pay?

[bubuham]

cost $620 for 16gb not unlocked

[Stray]

Try contacting the dude or selling it for around the same price

[Cer0]

or bring the laptop along with then check rite there huh learn big lesion

I highly do not recommend this. The laptop may be worth more than the phone he scammed you on and he would just jack you for that. Or just jack you for the sake of getting the laptop.