bypass activation lock when owner is not known

You cannot bypass activation lock. It would be a pointless feature if that were possible. You need to know the password and AppleID used to set it up in order to disable it. Without that information, you cannot use that device. Which is exactly what activation lock was designed to do.

you need to be able to contact the previous owner to have them log out of iCloud or go to https://www.icloud.com/find/ My Phone and erase the device, then remove it from their account. If you can’t do that, the device is useless. Apple won't unlock it.

Turn off Activation Lock - Apple Support.      

Fine, see See Turn off Activation Lock https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201441. All possibilities related to iPhones, iPads, and iPods acquired second hand are covered here except the case of inheritance.

Since you acquired your device second hand, you usually will need to obtain the needed password from the prior owner or have the prior owner sign out of iCloud; erase the device; and remove it from their device list. If unsuccessful, in the rare case your device came activation locked from an authorized Apple seller, then contact Apple Support and present your original purchase receipt for your device with the device’s serial number on it. You’ll need a photo ID too. If you can do none of the above, then the device is useless to you.

You can use the suggested support options below if you have the needed receipt. Alternatively, if an Apple Store is open in your area, then you can go there to deal with your problem. In this case, you can make a genius-bar appointment (https://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/) if you want.

Get a call from Apple support to help solve your problem using this

link https://getsupport.apple.com/?caller=kbase&PGF=PGF63005&category_id=SC0245&symptom_id=23362

Apple ID Support https://support.apple.com/apple-id

Apple ID account security for country-specific andregion-specific help https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204169

Get Support: We’re here to help https://getsupport.apple.com/. Go through the options to find the best support option.

Activation Lock Problem

If you purchased the device second-hand, then it is useless without the Apple ID and password to which it is locked. If you don't have it, can't remember it or cannot get it, then the device is useless to you. Try to get your money refunded, if you can, or take it to an Apple store for an exchange provided they will help you. If you are the original owner, then take the device, a copy of your purchase receipt and identity proof to an Apple retailer where they may be able to assist you. For a deceased owner see How to request access to a deceased family member's Apple accounts - Apple Support. Note: there is no guarantee that anyone can gain access to the device.

About Activation Lock on your Mac - Apple Support.

Activation Lock - Turn off Find My iPhone.

About Activation Lock on your Apple Watch - Apple Support.

Turn off Activation Lock - Apple Support.

The plain reality is that activation lock was created specifically to disable any iOS device accept to other than the owner who sets it up in the first place. If it could be bypassed or hacked, it would be an utterly useless and pointless feature.

And Apple does nothing for people in situations like yours specifically because they created a system that is 100% under the control of device owners. So it is 100% on owners to take responsibility for it and control of it. If an owner isn’t available, there is nothing you can do about it. There is nothing anyone can do about it.

Apple’s explicit approach is they will take no action of any kind unless someone can establish documented legal ownership of the device, through an original printed receipt, or a legal bequeathment. They may own the hardware that runs the system, but they don’t control who chooses to activate and use it, nor who chooses to disable it. They deliberately made it that way - a one-way blind theft deterrent system entirely under the willful control of device owners.

And then they put in place a detailed privacy policy that assures owners that they will never intervene on anyone else’s behalf without the explicit knowledge and consent of the owner. Nor will they violate an owners privacy and divulge their identity to anyone requesting it, nor intervene and make an unsolicited contact of the owner on behalf of anyone else. They are not the lost and found, nor are they law enforcement.

Apple can do it because they own the very servers that are implementing it. It has nothing to do with doing anything to the device itself. Apple can break the association of AppleID and device ID on their servers to release the device.

But there is no way for anyone with the device in their hands to effectively bypass it.

If you can locate the owner, then you need to give the phone back to them. Otherwise, the phone is not yours, and, thus, you need to turn it over to the appropriate authorities to improve the chances of it being returned to the owner.

I said "turn it over to the appropriate authorities to improve the chances of it being returned to the owner." It shouldn't be that hard to drop it off at a police station. The police might have a record of stolen phones. Will you be making efforts to find the owner? Do you realize it is virtually 100% certain that the phone was at least stolen and, then, probably sold to an unsuspecting buyer?

Turn the phone over to the police as suggested earlier.

I came on her to ask a simple question and get everything but the right answer. If you didn’t know the answer then don’t reply at all.

My friend, you got the right answer.

You simply don't like it. Not that same thing at all.

Your outrage is misplaced.

Did you see my post?