How to activate iPhone from eBay

Bought broken and not functional iPhone SE from eBay. Have repaired it. Seller has not phone's Apple activation pass. Can I or Apple support wipe old activation and reactivate this phone?

iPhone SE

Posted on Feb 22, 2022 5:25 PM

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KiltedTim

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Feb 22, 2022 5:30 PM in response to Jordak

Nope.

Only the owner of the account used to lock it can remove the activation lock.

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