Erased the watch, set up with my iPhone and seems to be completely unlinked from the previous owners phone now. I’m happy
Erased the watch, set up with my iPhone and seems to be completely unlinked from the previous owners phone now. I’m happy
JFC... Why did you not do this before making this thread??Erased the watch, set up with my iPhone and seems to be completely unlinked from the previous owners phone now. I’m happy
This is 100% correct. Maybe the seller did that on the iCloud.com side of things.Can I just clarify this for my benefit:
1. When you unpair a watch from the Watch app on the phone, you have to supply the Apple ID password to proceed, which signs out of the Apple ID, and the watch can then be sold without an activation lock. I have sold or given to family four watches like this.
2. If you reset the watch from Settings on the watch without unpairing it, I am assuming this does not require the Apple ID so does not remove the Activation lock. But a watch which has been reset like this could still be signed out of the ID remotely by the former owner signing in on his phone or computer, and removing it from the account.
Is this a correct summary?
Maybe the seller did that on the iCloud.com side of things.
That seems the most likely explanation, the other one being that the watch was still on watchOS1 as Activation lock was not introduced until watchOS2. (but don't know if series 1 watches ever ran on watchOS1)
The OP really really should not have been able to overcome the Activation Lock by erasing the watch.
Something is not as it appears to be in this story.
Or pure shame of being duped..I’m guessing OP has a stolen watch and wanted to fish for options to make it usable, and seeing there are none, he pretended it was resolved to remove suspicion. Thereby causing more suspicion.
Behaviorally that doesn’t line up, especially with today’s pronounced victim culture. If anything, most would want to get the instant internet sympathy of being the poor victim. Where OP has stayed silent after making a fairly wild and unbelievable claim of bypassing an activation lock with a reset.Or pure shame of being duped..
Understandable. lol
Sure you can open a case with eBay and do it that way that’s what I meant in my post, had a few issues with items I’ve bought in the past and eBay always stepped in, they will advise to post it back then the seller will issue a refund, eBay will actually look after the buyer more then the seller these days!I would not send it back, but would go through E-bay's fraud system. If you send it back, he may or may not refund the money unless you go through E-bay, and he's still got the watch to sell to someone else. Go straight to E-bay, do not pass GO, but DO collect the $200 (or whatever you paid)
Good outcomeErased the watch, set up with my iPhone and seems to be completely unlinked from the previous owners phone now. I’m happy