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activation lock

the owner is nowhere to be found. wasnt able to get the apple id & password to deactivate for take off activation lock. i was instructed to restore and i did what i had been told different ways of restoring it but still the activation lock is active... PLEASE it is your product i need help to take off the activation lock... i reeally need this unit. thanks

Posted on Jun 9, 2020 4:17 PM

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Posted on Jun 9, 2020 4:19 PM

Here are the Apple support pages that outline the Activation Lock - and the only mechanisms by which it can be turned off:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201365

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201441


As you will discover, unless you are the owner of the AppleID that was last used to activate the device, or unless you can secure the cooperation of the previous owner, you’ll not be able to defeat or bypass the Activation Lock. Without documentary evidence that you are the original owner (such as sales receipt showing the serial number), Apple won’t assist - and nobody here will be able to help you.

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Jun 9, 2020 4:19 PM in response to lizpals

Here are the Apple support pages that outline the Activation Lock - and the only mechanisms by which it can be turned off:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201365

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201441


As you will discover, unless you are the owner of the AppleID that was last used to activate the device, or unless you can secure the cooperation of the previous owner, you’ll not be able to defeat or bypass the Activation Lock. Without documentary evidence that you are the original owner (such as sales receipt showing the serial number), Apple won’t assist - and nobody here will be able to help you.

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