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I can't activate my new iPhone

Previous owner isn't responding and the iphone i bought still have the iCloud on, I can't activate. you can check the imei it isn't stolen or something the previous owner just moved out our country and never responded so I can't use the

iPhone X

Posted on Oct 26, 2019 2:02 PM

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Posted on Oct 26, 2019 2:28 PM

If you can't contact the previous owner to have them log out of iCloud or go to iCloud.com/Find My Phone and erase the device, then remove it from their account, the device is useless. 


Activation Lock - Turn off Find My iPhone 

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I can't activate my new iPhone

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