Bought a phone from my cousin but come to find out it’s activation lock so I asked him for iCloud and password for him to unlink from his iCloud but he said he forgot his id and password

So what I can do to get it working it supposed to be a gift for my wife

Posted on Sep 27, 2021 5:57 AM

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Posted on Sep 27, 2021 5:59 AM

Without that id and password the phone will not ever be usable again. Return it to your cousin for a refund.

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Bought a phone from my cousin but come to find out it’s activation lock so I asked him for iCloud and password for him to unlink from his iCloud but he said he forgot his id and password

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