How to remove Activation lock from an iPhone?

It doesn’t matter how long it’s been or where it came from.

The face is you can NOT remove the activation lock. You bought a stolen phone. It is completely useless to you or anyone other than the rightful owner.

The only “solution” is to toss it in the nearest electronics recycling bin and go buy a phone you can use.

Yonwork wrote:

Brother, it has been 6 months since he bought it from a person without knowing. The mobile phone seems to have been imported from a far country. What do you think is the solution?

If you are telling us that your brother bought a stolen iPhone six months ago, without knowing that it was stolen, then I feel sorry that he got scammed. But that phone will stay a "brick." Activation Lock is an anti-theft device meant to make stolen iPhones useless to thieves and to whomever they might sell stolen phones to. From what you're saying, it is doing exactly what it is designed to do. We cannot remove Activation Lock, and Apple won't, since that would defeat its whole purpose.

The solution is for you and your brother to

• Realize that you got scammed and that the phone is a "brick"
• Be much more careful about any used iPhone purchases you might make in the future

I would suggest reading

The All Too Common SAD Reality of Buying a Used iPad/iPhone – Apple Community

for tips on how to avoid becoming the victim of future scams

Yonwork wrote:

Brother, it has been 6 months since he bought it from a person without knowing. The mobile phone seems to have been imported from a far country. What do you think is the solution?

He has been ripped off. Learn your lesson and move on. There is nothing you will be able to do to unlock the phone. Why do you think that there would be a workaround to activation lock when the purpose is to prevent the device from ever being used if it was stolen? The original owner is able to track the phone, so they know exactly where it is at. You may want to dispose of it at your local recycler or police station.

Activation Lock cannot be removed by the phone itself. That also goes for any online program you see which says "Remove Activation Lock Free" It's impossible to do. Try to reach out to the owner to get them to remove it from their iCloud.

How to remove Activation Lock

Yonwork wrote:

How to unlock lost activation lock without owner's permission?

You don't.

What do you think is the solution?

Turn the phone in to the police.....or.....drop it off at the recycling center.

Impossible.