The iphone ask for apple id

[Oohh270]

Hello,
I bought an iPhone from ebay and made it restore to ios 7.
After the restore the iphone ask apple id of its previous owner.
Is there a way to find the apple id or break the blockade?
Thank you!

 

[shandyman]

Hello,
I bought an iPhone from ebay and made it restore to ios 7.
After the restore the iphone ask apple id of its previous owner.
Is there a way to find the apple id or break the blockade?
Thank you!

Only way is to get the previous owner to do it, either they give you the password or you return it. It's the new activation lock. They should have disabled it before wiping and sending it to you. No way to bypass it.

 

[Oohh270]

Are you sure? There is no other way? Redsn0w or something?

 

[madsci954]

There is no other way around, you'll have to contact the previous owner to get the password. No hack will get around this as the phone connects to Apples servers to activate.

 

[shandyman]

Are you sure? There is no other way? Redsn0w or something?

Yup totally sure. No bypassing it. It's new security to stop stolen devices being useable. It's a brick otherwise. Either get the password from the previous owner or send it back.

 

[Nothlit]

Apple tells you exactly how to solve this problem here. You will need to have the cooperation of the original owner. If you can no longer contact the original owner, then you are out of luck. There is no way around this.

In particular, these are the relevant instructions for you from that page:

If the previous owner is not present
Contact them and ask them to follow these steps to remove the device from their account:

1. Sign in to their iCloud account at www.icloud.com/find.
2. Choose the device from their Find My iPhone device list by clicking All Devices and selecting the correct device.
3. Click "Remove from Account" to remove the device from the account.

After the device has been removed from the previous owner’s account, turn it off by pressing and holding the Sleep/Wake button located on the top right side of the device. Then restart your device and proceed with device setup as you would normally.

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Only way is to get the previous owner to do it, either they give you the password or you return it. It's the new activation lock. They should have disabled it before wiping and sending it to you. No way to bypass it.

There is no other way around, you'll have to contact the previous owner to get the password. No hack will get around this as the phone connects to Apples servers to activate.

Just to clarify: you do not need the previous owner's password. The previous owner can simply log into their icloud.com account and remove the device there.