Does activation lock happen when someone resets the phone via restore or reset?
In the context of a missing iphone does that mean the person must have restored the device.
Basically, is it just a restore that will trigger the activation lock on.
Thanks.
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100Clicks, Idris, MrHoffman, sorry for the confusion using 'trigger'. I know that activation lock in enabled by default.
I got the email "Activation Lock is requesting password for iPhone 6s Plus" from the genuine FindMy email address. It didn't ask me to enter anything.
The phone is still connected to my FindMy account with lost mode pending.
So I was asking does this indicate the person who stole/found my phone factory restored it and then ran into activation lock, hence why I got the email. Thanks. Hope that clarifies.
I've read multiple times that factory restore does not disable activation lock, so would it not make sense that if they did wipe it, when they go to set up network i would get the email.
When I say restore I don't assume they are now using it freely btw, I just mean a reset that led them to activation lock.
Ok so, as seniors have already explained you the Activation Lock is set regardless of the process of lose/stolen phones. The activation lock means asking for passcodes and Apple ID when someone tries to but didn't do yet to erase your device, reactivate and use your device or turn off Find My. The email is sent to YOU because they didn't manage to unlock the iPhone, with multiple attempts and wrong passcodes/passwords. If they did manage it would mean that the iPhone has been erased from your Apple ID not asking for passcodes/passwords anymore free to grab, or if they knew the passcode/apple ID in that case you wouldn't get any email, NO email
MrHoffman Said:
“TheLittles Activation Lock information (B) and (C) are incorrect. (Activation Lock cannot be enabled remotely, is enabled by default, and is not particularly related to Find My.”
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Activation Lock:
I think you’re misunderstanding what I’m getting at: Being scammed with a device that is already locked, where it be in front of your, or remotely.
There is a seetting where if someone enters the passcode wrong ten times the phone erases. I thought that's what you were referring to when you said "The email is sent to YOU because they didn't manage to unlock the iPhone, with multiple attempts and wrong passcodes/passwords."
Anyway, if the thief factory restored my phone I don't care as at least my data would be gone.
Erasing the iPhone doesn't mean they can unlock it. They can't unlock an iPhone erased by you in Find My or because they input too many wrong passcodes. Any attempt to get into your iPhone erased or not asking for passcode/Apple ID will end up with an email sent to you.
They didn't restore your iPhone, they can't. The most they can do, if it's even possible is to build a phone that's not an iPhone
I didn’t do that but anyway it wasn’t a phishing email I checked with apple.
but my real question is, does activation lock indicate that the device had been erased or restored
You mean common practice of scammers to try and get the log in info?
My device is activation locked so does that means it has been wiped/restored?
Ok so they wiped the phone then activation lock was triggered during setup? Tks
No they didn't wipe the iPhone and the Activation Lock was triggered when trying to wipe it
If activation lock is triggered in setup mode, wouldn’t that indicate that the phone had been restored via iTunes?
Sorry if I used 'trigger' too, to make me understand best would be probably activate the request of passcode and Apple ID
Keep the iPhone in you Apple ID /Find my do NOT erase it
NO the person who found it did NOT factory restore it, in fact you got the email. If he did as you say you wouldn't have got ANY email
With factory restore, would that send me the email when they attempt to set up the device again yes?
Yes
What triggers the iPhone activation lock?
