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I bought a iPhone 7 from someone and it has activation lock on it they don't know their info it's not stolen I checked can you unlock it from apple themselves

I bought it was dead no charge don't know how to contact the person I got it from I checked IMEI it's not stolen

iPhone 7

Posted on Jul 25, 2020 7:06 PM

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Posted on Jul 25, 2020 7:17 PM

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.


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I bought a iPhone 7 from someone and it has activation lock on it they don't know their info it's not stolen I checked can you unlock it from apple themselves

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