what if i dont know the email attached to my iphone
I SET UP THE PHONE AND HAVE NO WAY OF REMEMBERING MY EMAIL THAT WAS USED WHEN I SET UP THE PHONE THERE FOR I CANT RETRIEVE MY APPLE ID
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the activation lock is not really on the iPhone it's a theft protection measure on apples servers
it needs to be removed
How to remove Activation Lock - Apple Support
if you don't know your appleID
if that does not help you then you need the assistance of apple
Additional Support - Activation Lock (apple.com) and or
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