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What if you don’t know or have a way to contact the previous owner of the iPhone ?

Posted on Oct 29, 2019 1:01 PM

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Oct 29, 2019 1:35 PM in response to Figment26

Then you can't use it, unless the Apple ID it's asking for is yours. The activation lock is an anti-theft measure.

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