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I need to know how to unlock an iPad that’s not connected to my Apple ID and I can’t contact the owner they sold it to me
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If you purchased a secondhand iPad that is user Activation locked and the person you purchased from will not help you with removing the lock, and is “ghosting” you. then there is nothing left you can do.
This is a dead, useless device to you.
Chances are that this was a stolen device being sold.
No one here can help you. Apple WILL NOT help you.
Apple DOES NOT get involved with any secondhand purchasee, used, user activation locked devices,
Attempt to get your money back, if you can.
Failing all of this, please. PLEASE recycle this device responsibly.
That locked iPad is of no use to anyone.
Sorry.
If you decide to go down the path of purchasing another used, secondhand Apple devices, here is how to avoid purchasing an Apple iOS/iPadOS device with user activation lock, in the future.
If you purchase any iPad, or any Apple iOS device, for that matter, used/second hand, online, or even in-person, make sure this iPad does NOT have user activation lock and has been properly reset for sale.
A properly reset for sale iPad should initially power up to an animated, multi-language “Welcome” screen.
DO NOT take the iPad seller's word that this iPad is user activation lock free,
We have seen plenty of used iOS device purchasers get scammed.
User Activation Lock can never be bypasss, circumvented or worked around IF there is no correct previous/original user information to be able to do so.
Apple doesn't get involved with ANY user activation locked, used/second-hand sold devices, either.
So, buyer beware.
If purchasing a used device in-person, power the iPad ON
If the iPad DOES NOT display the initial animated, multi-language “Welcome” screen, then pass on purchasing this iPad.
If the iPad powers up to any other screen, then forget purchasing this iPad.
You cannot trust that the seller actually has the correct needed info to properly reset the iPad back to factory settings right then and there before the actual purchase and exchange of money for the iPad, in question.
Pass on the device.
If you continue to purchase used iPad models online, ask the seller to provide multiple images, either online or be sent to you via email, showing this animated, multi-language “Welcome” screen of the interested in purchasing iPad model.
Even better, ask for a short video be sent to you showing this animated, multi-language “Welcome” screen, in action and in its entirety, posted to the online ad or emailed to you.
If the online iPad seller refuses any of these requests, pass on the iPad. DO NOT buy.
Sorry & Best of Luck to You on another future Apple iPad purchase.
