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Is there no way to recover an iPad if it is under at activation lock and I can’t get a hold of the person I bought it from to get them to remove the lock please help

Is there no way to recover an iPad if it is under at activation lock and I can’t get a hold of the person I bought it from to get them to remove the lock please help

Posted on Sep 18, 2019 9:12 AM

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Posted on Sep 18, 2019 12:37 PM

Nope.

You have a completely dead and useless device that you can never use.


Tap and read this extensive user tip/link on the pitfalls/risk of purchasing used iDevices from untrusted sources.


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Oct 6, 2019 1:00 PM in response to Rich1865rich_gmail.com

We are just Apple proeuct users here.

No one from any Apple product teams reads these support communities.

Why are you even bothering signing up here to tell us users tbat you are getting rid of your iPhones for Android phones?

No one here cares what you or your coworkers do.

Apple can’t force anyone to do anything, either!

It does not affect us and probably doesn't affect Apple, either.

Enjoy those new Android phones.

Dec 4, 2019 12:51 PM in response to Majwingding

If he bought this iPad 10 years, ago, then this iPad would just, basically, be useless to you, now, anyways.

A 2010 iPad cannot be upgraded beyond iOS 5.1.1 and has been long abandoned by Apple and third party app developers and you can no longer get apps, initially, from the iOS App Store for that very first iPad.

If it is an 2011 iPad 2 ( with front and back cameras ) that iPad can only be upgraded to iOS 9.3.5/9.3.6 from over 3 years, ago.

Same screnario.

Apps for that model iPad and version of iOS, as of the beginning of 2019, are now steadily being abandoned by many, MANY third party app developers and you can't get /obtain these apps, initially, from Apple's iOS App Store app/app servers, any longer either.

The couple of workarounds for getting older versions of apps work, but are working for many less older versions of apps in the iOS App Store.


So, it maybe best to just recycle your dad's iPad responsibility.

You'll never get the apps you will want to use for that iPad, any longer.



Best of Luck to You!

Is there no way to recover an iPad if it is under at activation lock and I can’t get a hold of the person I bought it from to get them to remove the lock please help

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