Hi I have purchased a second hand iPhone XR but it has the “ locked to owner” screen so how do I unlock it?

Ask the seller to remove the lock or give you a refund. It's an anti-theft measure.

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That is irrelevant. This isn't Apple support (just in case you thought it was) and Apple would tell you exactly what you're being told here: only the ORIGINAL purchaser/owner can deactivate an activation. lock. If you can't - and your 'friend' can't, the phone is a brick.

This makes absolutely no sense. Why did you "buy it to try to unlock it" - why didn't you just tell him to contact Apple...? 'Locked to owner' means exactly that - the phone is activation locked and can only be unlocked by the original purchaser. If you lost your iPhone (or it was stolen) would you want it to be easy for the finder/thief to unlock it and access your data...?

Tell him to check his web browser autofill entries and other records, or use Apple's iForgot service, or contact their Account Security team, or the unit's original owner to click here and submit an unlock request.

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jaxson128 wrote:

Well I don’t know all the info that they telling me to provide.

so is there any way that I can unlock the iPhone without the owner?

No, there is not. The phone is useless to you.

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