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acttivation lock help

help with the activation lock


iPad mini, iOS 9

Posted on Jan 1, 2021 3:20 PM

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Posted on Jan 1, 2021 3:42 PM

Hard to help without there being an actual question.


Find My iPhone Activation Lock - This is a security feature, in part to deter re-selling of stolen devices. --> http://support.apple.com/HT201365


Turn off Activation Lock --> https://support.apple.com/HT201441 - An activation lock can only be removed using the log-in information for the account that applied the lock.


If this is a device for which you are not the original owner, get the owner of the account to remove the lock or return the device for a refund. The device is otherwise useless to you. If the owner has not provided contact information as a message showing in the login screen there is no way to contact the owner unless the person who gave you the device knows them.


If you are the original owner and have forgotten the log-in information, try to recover it:

- If you forgot your Apple ID [this is likely an email address you are using or used in the past] --> https://support.apple.com/HT201354

- If you forgot your Apple ID password --> https://support.apple.com/HT201487


Otherwise:

Apple may possibly remove a lock if a person can provide sufficient evidence of valid ownership. The device is normally taken to an Apple Store with identification and the original sales receipt. I.e., the receipt when the item was sold to the first owner, and preferably by that person. There is apparently no set policy (I asked at an Apple Store) and a store may simply refuse, particularly if they are not satisfied you have proven ownership by provenance.


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Jan 1, 2021 3:42 PM in response to daxrush500

Hard to help without there being an actual question.


Find My iPhone Activation Lock - This is a security feature, in part to deter re-selling of stolen devices. --> http://support.apple.com/HT201365


Turn off Activation Lock --> https://support.apple.com/HT201441 - An activation lock can only be removed using the log-in information for the account that applied the lock.


If this is a device for which you are not the original owner, get the owner of the account to remove the lock or return the device for a refund. The device is otherwise useless to you. If the owner has not provided contact information as a message showing in the login screen there is no way to contact the owner unless the person who gave you the device knows them.


If you are the original owner and have forgotten the log-in information, try to recover it:

- If you forgot your Apple ID [this is likely an email address you are using or used in the past] --> https://support.apple.com/HT201354

- If you forgot your Apple ID password --> https://support.apple.com/HT201487


Otherwise:

Apple may possibly remove a lock if a person can provide sufficient evidence of valid ownership. The device is normally taken to an Apple Store with identification and the original sales receipt. I.e., the receipt when the item was sold to the first owner, and preferably by that person. There is apparently no set policy (I asked at an Apple Store) and a store may simply refuse, particularly if they are not satisfied you have proven ownership by provenance.


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