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Bought a used iPhone and it has an activation lock

I purchase and iPhone from someone yesterday off the offer up app n I came to find out has activation lock is tgere anything I can do I wanted to know if the previous owner didn’t pay off the device ? Wat can I do



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Posted on Aug 16, 2021 8:59 PM

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Posted on Aug 16, 2021 9:11 PM

yes. Unless you have the original owner remove the lock. Learn more: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201441


If they cannot unlock it, recycle the device responsibly.

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Bought a used iPhone and it has an activation lock

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