How can I unlock my Apple ID without the phone number I used to sign in

NabilAhmed1w wrote:

The iphone I bought it requires owners icloud and I have no access to contact to the owner what should I do

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/1a331b0a-86dc-4c9c-b9ac-6f098f7285d3

Either get your money back or recycle the phone. It is utterly, totally, completely useless to you.

Read this --> The All Too Common SAD Reality of Buying … - Apple Community

what if the original owner is known(a family member), apple id email is known also but forgot the password and the current apple device being used by this original owner is signed in with a different apple id email but the same phone number with the 'locked to owner iphone' .. how can we resolve this?

Dilma28 wrote:

iPhone SE locked to owner please help me to unlock

Activation Lock is intended as a theft deterrent, and is intentionally difficult to bypass.

Contact the owner. That owner is seemingly not you.

Which means this iPhone is effectively if not actually a lost or stolen device.

Until and unless the owner of this iPhone releases that lock, it will remain unavailable and useless.

We can’t help you, and absent proof sufficient to convince Apple of your ownership, Apple won’t.

Ncub wrote:

My iPhone says iPhone locked to owner and I forgot my passcode

Activation Lock is intended as a theft deterrent, and is intentionally difficult to bypass.

Which means this iPhone is effectively if not actually a lost or stolen device.

If you triggered lost mode and then recovered the iPhone, and forgot the unlock passcode, see the unlock sequence (Turn off Lost Mode on an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Apple Watch) here:

Use Lost Mode in Find Devices on iCloud.com - Apple Support

If that doesn’t release the lock, you will have to discuss this directly with Apple.

We can’t help you, and—absent sufficiently convincing evidence of your ownership—Apple won’t.

Until and unless that lock is released, that iPhone will remain unavailable.

My gf bought a used iPhone 15 and it said it was locked to owner. We got in touch with the seller and he said he had removed the activation lock from his icloud and removed it as device from there, but the phone still showing the same message and can’t be used. Is the seller lying or is there anything else that we can do? Thanks

thanks for your help and MrHoffman as well, but it looks like the phone has been reported as lost or stolen. Seller gave me icloud credentials and I removed the device from there, however I still see the same message when trying to set up the new phone..also I ran a check on imei info and apparently the phone is clean and not blacklisted, so I’m lost?

velizar91 wrote:

thanks for your help and MrHoffman as well, but it looks like the phone has been reported as lost or stolen. Seller gave me icloud credentials and I removed the device from there, however I still see the same message when trying to set up the new phone..also I ran a check on imei info and apparently the phone is clean and not blacklisted, so I’m lost?

If the seller refuses to give your money back, recycle the phone as it is totally useless to you. You've likely been scammed, which is very common.

Read this --> The All Too Common SAD Reality of Buying … - Apple Community

velizar91 wrote:

thanks for your help and MrHoffman as well, but it looks like the phone has been reported as lost or stolen. Seller gave me icloud credentials and I removed the device from there, however I still see the same message when trying to set up the new phone..also I ran a check on imei info and apparently the phone is clean and not blacklisted, so I’m lost?

If you can get no Activation Lock unlock, or get a blacklisted device, and can get no refund, then you bought a forever-useless brick.

That means you got scammed.

The All Too Common SAD Reality of Buying a used iPad/iPhone - Apple Community

AFAIK, there’s only one actual service that can check the blacklist, or your carrier can check. I would not trust the rest of the online services.

CTIA is the industry group in this area:

https://www.ctia.org/consumer-resources/preventing-device-theft

and they run a checking service here:

https://stolenphonechecker.org/spc/

Other websites may well collecting valid IMEIs for spoofing, without even looking anything up, for instance.

And a phone can be added to a blacklist after purchase, as is common with some scams. Those that have some sort of theft or loss coverage, for instance. This makes blacklist checking less than useful.

mitchtanaka wrote:

i need to creat new apple id this phone was use with my sister alisher so sh, dead and i need to use the phone

I'm sorry for your loss.

Apple provides a procedure to request access to a deceased person's account. You will need a death certificate and probably also a court order.

How to request access to a deceased family member's Apple account - Apple Support

SyedMashhood wrote:

My phone is disable from me i want to open my phone i give u all information of my phone like apple id apple id password old passcode but plz unlock my phone

Do NOT post your Apple ID or Password on a public forum visited by millions of people from around the world. We cannot unlock your phone. But you can by following the directions in this link, which requires erasing the phone using your computer with Finder (Mac) or iTunes (Windows) --> If you forgot your iPhone passcode - Apple Support

SyedMashhood wrote:

My phone is disable from me i want to open my phone i give u all information of my phone like apple id apple id password old passcode but plz unlock my phone

if your iPhone is showing as unavailable or as disabled, here is what to do:

… If you forgot your iPhone passcode - Apple Support

… If you see an iPhone or iPad unavailable message or Security Lockout screen - Apple Support

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