good afternoon dear members of the macrumors community,
i come to meet you in this forum to inquire for help concerning an iphone 5 that I freshly bought on the internet.
Indeed, this is a second hand device . it used to works perfectly during the first days but then suddenly it locked itself and asked for some security code as well as displaying a message asking me to call the owner of the phone. I then figured out that this is a feature of the icloud service to help people who lost their device to retrieve it.
Regrettably the phone number displayed on the screen is out of order, and the seller doesn't return my messages.
I tried to find a software which could disable this unfortunate icloud feature, but so far, these efforts have not yielded any result.
Also my idea to recover the use of my phone is to replace the electronic chip which holds the identification or ownership references by a new one. Thus I am asking for your help or advices to find whether the adequate software or the adequate replacement chip.
my greatest thanks
i come to meet you in this forum to inquire for help concerning an iphone 5 that I freshly bought on the internet.
Indeed, this is a second hand device . it used to works perfectly during the first days but then suddenly it locked itself and asked for some security code as well as displaying a message asking me to call the owner of the phone. I then figured out that this is a feature of the icloud service to help people who lost their device to retrieve it.
Regrettably the phone number displayed on the screen is out of order, and the seller doesn't return my messages.
I tried to find a software which could disable this unfortunate icloud feature, but so far, these efforts have not yielded any result.
Also my idea to recover the use of my phone is to replace the electronic chip which holds the identification or ownership references by a new one. Thus I am asking for your help or advices to find whether the adequate software or the adequate replacement chip.
my greatest thanks
