I just bought my son a used iPhone xr. It was refurbished. I plugged in the charger and charged the battery then put it in a box. He opened the box Christmas and powered it up. It showed the passcode screen. How can I bypass the code to set up the phone?
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iPhone XR
If it asked for a passcode it wasn’t just refurbished, it was previously owned and not reset properly, and may be activation locked.
You cannot bypass the passcode screen, you must reset the phone to factory settings, then hope it isn’t activation locked→If you forgot your iPhone passcode or your iPhone is disabled - Apple Support
If it asked for a passcode it wasn’t just refurbished, it was previously owned and not reset properly, and may be activation locked.
You cannot bypass the passcode screen, you must reset the phone to factory settings, then hope it isn’t activation locked→If you forgot your iPhone passcode or your iPhone is disabled - Apple Support
And if you do meet Activation Lock here, it’s a brick.
Contact the seller and request its removal, or refund.
The All Too Common SAD Reality of Buying a used iPad/iPhone - Apple Community
The seller should have prepared the phone as described here:
What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
Since it didn't power up to the "Hello" screen, they obviously failed to do so.
Bypassing passcode on refurbished iPhone XR
