Q: How can I bypass the previous owners password on my iPad?

Great response.. No need to respond.. I'm sure the rest of this thread that is responding to you speak words beyond what I can, 400+ replies don't lie, buddy.

Like your point total, eh?

m00t wrote:

 

People take their products home, they do things we don't want, guess what, we have to reset them?

 

Have you ever seen eBay? Or ever been on the interwebs? Probably not, if you had, you would've seen laptops, gaming consoles, and pretty much anything else you want to buy second hand. If it's stolen, get another way to get it back, like Police. Locking a device from a System Administrator helps absolutely nothing.

 

From my point, I had to run a crap $200 iPad to Apple, 50 miles, to unlock it, finally. It was ridiculous.

 

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As I said before

What kind of fool allows employees to apply a personal lock to company property?

And then tries to justify it?

Now you're bickering over point total? Get real bud... Just because I don't sit and monitor apple forums all day long must mean that, maybe I have a life?

The kind that knows that employees have a mind of their own. You know, the real world. Welcome to it.

So you made a choice to let employees lock your property, now live with it.

So I made a choice to let my employees make a choice, just like most employers. Now I should have a way to unlock a device that an employee did not. Just like ANY OTHER PRODUCT we've ever owned. It's fine, we'll put it in a new episode of 'will it blend'.

You're seriously defending a company locking a product that an owner doesn't have the password for. What if the person died, or if they have alzheimer's? You're telling me in absolutely no case, there isn't a way for a person to recover a device they spent a lot of money on, except taking it to the retailer. In the history of electronic products, that is pretty much a first. All it will do is create a thread 400 replies long about people that absolutely hate Apple, and apparently the couple of Apple fanboys/trolls on their forums.

m00t wrote:

 

You're seriously defending a company locking a product that an owner doesn't have the password for. What if the person died, or if they have alzheimer's? You're telling me in absolutely no case, there isn't a way for a person to recover a device they spent a lot of money on, except taking it to the retailer. In the history of electronic products, that is pretty much a first. All it will do is create a thread 400 replies long about people that absolutely hate Apple, and apparently the couple of Apple fanboys/trolls on their forums.

As has been explained and as it appears you yourself have experienced, if you can provide proof that you (the company) are the original owner of the phone, Apple will assist you in removing the Activation Lock. Anecdotal evidence indicates that Apple will also provide assistance if a death certificate and supporting legal documents are provided.

The number of posts in this thread does not correleate that same number of people complaining about the Activation lock. Many people (such as yourself) have posted multiple times and many people have posted who are not complaining. Apple provided this feature at the behest of local, state and federal law enforcement who were frustrated with the huge percent of thefts that invoved Apple products as well as customers who wanted to secure their devices. Crime statistics indicate that iPhone/iPad/iPod thefts have noticiably decreased since the implimentation of Activation lock. Have you even looked at the number of threads where people are requesting, even demanding that Apple go further and require a passcode to turn a phone off? For the record, many of us are oppsed to that.

It has been explained to you that, if you lock the device to Find My iPhone before giving it to the employee, and you don't give them the password, they will not be able to lock it to their account. This seems a relatively simple precaution.

m00t wrote:

 

So I made a choice to let my employees make a choice, just like most employers. Now I should have a way to unlock a device that an employee did not. Just like ANY OTHER PRODUCT we've ever owned. It's fine, we'll put it in a new episode of 'will it blend'.

How you choose to secure your own property is entirely up to you. If Apple's system is not to your liking why buy Apple products?

Thank you for an excellent reply. I appreciate more postings like this, that actually help people and offer great information. You should get rid of the useless trolls on here, though.

CSound and PhillyPhan and others have proven how useful they are to these forums. Those points they have were awarded to them by fellow users who believed they provided useful solutions. If you don't like their answers, ignore them.

Happy New Year.

They've also shown how it's 'their way or the highway'.. which is counterproductive to a support forum. I don't appreciate someone asking for help on a topic and them telling us, "Sorry, that's your problem."

Consider them ignored.

Thanks again for the help, Meg.

m00t wrote:

 

Thank you for an excellent reply. I appreciate more postings like this, that actually help people and offer great information. You should get rid of the useless trolls on here, though.

You're absolutely correct.  We should get rid of posters like you.

It does not show the previous owners email address.  The iPad i purchased shows a telephone number, but it's no longer a working number

I admit i made a mistake buying the ipad i have.  At this point I'm ready to take the loss. However, there is no way for me to return it to the person who lost it.

It shows a statement saying it is lost, and important to their family.  It lists a phone number that is no longer in working order. So the system is keeping me from returning it to the "rightful" owner