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iPhone activation lock
- Thread starter Abba 701
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From my past experience. If you did NOT disable find my iphone, then even when you do a DFU restore, it will be Activation locked. So you would have to disable find my iphone first before you do the DFU. This happened to me because when I did dfu restore I did not think to disable find my iphone. And every time i forget, I have to enter my apple id and my PW.
TWO2SEVEN
macrumors 68040
Ok OP, what is your story of why you don't know the password? These are usually entertaining. 🙂
Totally
macrumors 6502a
This isn't the answer you are looking for, but it's the right one.
You (as in you, Abba_701) can NOT get around the iCloud activation lock PERIOD. End of story. Case Closed. Cry and Move on. ih8snow (pretty sure it was him a while back that did it) can - but that's not you and he said he won't be telling anyone how to do it via software.
Next time, don't buy a stolen phone from someone you don't know. Or don't steal a phone. What you should do is return the phone to whoever's iCloud email is on it, because they are probably sad and missing their phone... There is a reason apple made this feature in iOS - to PREVENT theft. Thus anyone who is asking to get around this feature to prevent theft will automatically be assumed to be a person with bad intentions until they prove otherwise.
Yes, there is a way. Go buy a new logic board that isn't activation locked, take out the old one, put in the new one - but that costs about as much as a new iPhone X cause the logic board is basically the phone.
You (as in you, Abba_701) can NOT get around the iCloud activation lock PERIOD. End of story. Case Closed. Cry and Move on. ih8snow (pretty sure it was him a while back that did it) can - but that's not you and he said he won't be telling anyone how to do it via software.
Next time, don't buy a stolen phone from someone you don't know. Or don't steal a phone. What you should do is return the phone to whoever's iCloud email is on it, because they are probably sad and missing their phone... There is a reason apple made this feature in iOS - to PREVENT theft. Thus anyone who is asking to get around this feature to prevent theft will automatically be assumed to be a person with bad intentions until they prove otherwise.
Yes, there is a way. Go buy a new logic board that isn't activation locked, take out the old one, put in the new one - but that costs about as much as a new iPhone X cause the logic board is basically the phone.
Balders
macrumors member
It's a 7 plus... Not happy at all. Felt sorry for the Apple rep when I put the phone down 🙂 lol
stueymacd
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Balders
macrumors member
Yep, all was fine. Apple rep thinks it was in the Warehouse in China. I tracked the device from China to the UK so I know it came from Shenzhen. I guess Apple will know who's done it as they will have my serial number and the account that activated it...
[doublepost=1475155748][/doublepost]I'm also annoyed because I took it carefully out of the box, placed it in a case and put a glass screen protector on before using it... lol.
Here's a pic of the activation lock screen for what it's worth... 🙁
Now boxed and about to go on a trip back to Apple.
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stueymacd
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What a nightmare. Really bad show on their part. Guessing they want that one back before they send another?