I have been using my ipad for the past week absolutely fine. Today it keeps flashing up saying activation required, every few seconds. I cant turn it off or if I push the dismiss button it comes straight back up. I cant enter my passcode or anything.
Thanks
Windows, Windows 6
With no information as to your iPad model or installed version of iOS/iPadOS, I can only provide a generic response to your question. If you can provide more information, some additional guidance may be possible.
In the meantime...
If your device is Activation Locked, this help page will provide most of the information that you’ll need:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201365
If you have forgotten your AppleID or associated password, these can be recovered here:
To recover your credentials, you’ll need access to one of the following:
Unless you AppleID account has not been fully/correctly configured, or has been seriously neglected, recovery of the AppleID and password should not be difficult.
More information about recovery of your AppleID:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201354
More information about recovery of your AppleID password:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201487
When you recover access to your credentials, you would be well advised to log-in to your AppleID account from a web browser - and verify/update any email addresses and trusted telephone numbers:
I pad activation required
