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Hi, I bought a iPhone 8plus 2nd hand. It was free of iCloud account. I put my iCloud account and connected with laptop for restore from backup. But not its saying activation locked. Please help me to solve it . Thanks

Hi, I bought a iPhone 8plus 2nd hand. It was free of iCloud account. I put my iCloud account and connected with laptop for restore from backup. But not its saying activation locked. Please help me to solve it . Thanks

iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 14

Posted on Mar 24, 2021 2:56 AM

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Posted on Mar 24, 2021 12:03 PM

You need to contact the vendor of the iPhone and have them remove the activation lock.

Without that the phone is useless to you.


See What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch


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Hi, I bought a iPhone 8plus 2nd hand. It was free of iCloud account. I put my iCloud account and connected with laptop for restore from backup. But not its saying activation locked. Please help me to solve it . Thanks

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