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

I bought a second hand iPad 4th gen the other day. It looked to be ready for me to set up the iPad, but when I got homw to try it, there was a screen saying, "This iPad is currently linked to an Apple ID (S*****@hotmail.com). Sign in with the Apple ID that was used to set up this iPad." So my question is, how can I get by this? I don't have the sellers information, so I can't contact him.

iPad 4, iOS 7.0.2, White

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 4:39 AM

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  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair May 28, 2014 8:24 PM in response to applejaqs
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    May 28, 2014 8:24 PM in response to applejaqs

    applejaqs wrote:

     

    Apple did NOT come up with this feature, iclouds did! Apple and icloud are two seperate companies, possibly affiliation partners what not, whatever,

    iCloud is an Apple product. iCloud is not a separate company. In fact, it's not a company at all.

     

    Maybe since you are not reading posts thoroughly before making snide remarks,

    I was not being snide. Your post was incredible enough that I was pretty sure it was a joke. However, you've since made it clear that either you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about or you're a troll.

  • by Joe6,

    Joe6 Joe6 Jul 20, 2014 2:40 PM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    Jul 20, 2014 2:40 PM in response to Meg St._Clair

    Just today, doing a search on Ebay for 'iPhone iCloud locked' yields 80 auctions for 'stolen' phones.

    'iPad locked' yields 102 'stolen' tablets.

    Someone at Apple with the ability to reset the devices must be cleaning up on Ebay while they still allow the public to auction stolen merchandise!

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Jul 20, 2014 2:43 PM in response to Joe6
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    Jul 20, 2014 2:43 PM in response to Joe6

    Someone at Apple with the ability to reset the devices must be cleaning up on Ebay while they still allow the public to auction stolen merchandise!

    How (exactly) would Apple profit from eBay sales?

  • by bobseufert,

    bobseufert bobseufert Jul 20, 2014 2:47 PM in response to Joe6
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    Jul 20, 2014 2:47 PM in response to Joe6

    Or it means a lot of people are being screwed out of their hard earned cash. First by the thieves and secondly by people claiming to know how to activate stolen iPhones and iPads.

  • by Joe6,

    Joe6 Joe6 Jul 20, 2014 3:07 PM in response to Csound1
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    Jul 20, 2014 3:07 PM in response to Csound1

    Apple the company would not.

    But i've been noticing that most of them get bought by a single ebayer, and I was beginning to wonder if it's someone that works at Apple who works at a job that can reset them.

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Jul 20, 2014 6:05 PM in response to Joe6
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    Jul 20, 2014 6:05 PM in response to Joe6

    Joe6 wrote:

     

    Apple the company would not.

    But i've been noticing that most of them get bought by a single ebayer, and I was beginning to wonder if it's someone that works at Apple who works at a job that can reset them.

    And I sometimes wonder if I really was placed on this planet by aliens. That doesn't mean I was.

     

    Have you considered that perhaps they are being bought by someone who repairs iPhones/iPads and needs parts?

  • by Joe6,

    Joe6 Joe6 Jul 20, 2014 7:14 PM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    Jul 20, 2014 7:14 PM in response to Meg St._Clair

    Nice way to not be snide.

    I was merely surprised by Apple's indifference towards Ebay, allowing them to fence 'stolen' merchandise like that.

    I'd forgotten how unproductive it is to mention an observation on a public forum.

    Thanks for reminding me.

    I'll go ahead and send them a feedback suggesting if they want this method of theirs to be an effective anti-theft deterrent, they should get with Ebay and forbid auctions of 'iCloud locked devices', unless maybe the VIN is included in the auction so the stolen iDevice database can be consulted to verify it isn't stolen.

  • by frazzm737,

    frazzm737 frazzm737 Jul 20, 2014 7:26 PM in response to Joe6
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    Jul 20, 2014 7:26 PM in response to Joe6

    Obviously, Apple has no control over what EBay sells on its site.  If the device has been sold properly, it should have been cleared.  It is the buyer's responsibility to check to see that the device has been cleared, not Apple's.  If you cannot be sure about the device, do not buy it!  I for one am very happy to know that no one can get a hold of a device I may have lost or had stolen, clear it, or worse yet get into my information.  Sooner or later, most companies will be required to provide such safeguards on their devices--Apple was simply the first and people who are not careful where or from whom they buy will learn the hard way.

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Jul 20, 2014 9:54 PM in response to Joe6
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    Jul 20, 2014 9:54 PM in response to Joe6

    Joe6 wrote:

     

    Nice way to not be snide.

    I was merely surprised by Apple's indifference towards Ebay, allowing them to fence 'stolen' merchandise like that.

    I'd forgotten how unproductive it is to mention an observation on a public forum.

    Thanks for reminding me.

    Sad to have so little sense of humor. Oh, well.

     

    My suggestion about what the buyer could be doing with the devices does seem to meet the Occam's Razor test. And, It was my observation and therefore, just as valid as yours.

     

    Best of luck.

  • by ericstapf,

    ericstapf ericstapf Jul 24, 2014 3:08 PM in response to anontemp123
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    Jul 24, 2014 3:08 PM in response to anontemp123

    I hope you can't unlock it without the user's info. As someone who just lost their 5s. I really hope you're screwed. You probably bought stolen property.

  • by ashleylynnfrancis,

    ashleylynnfrancis ashleylynnfrancis Jul 29, 2014 8:59 AM in response to Hotshotssnipe
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    Jul 29, 2014 8:59 AM in response to Hotshotssnipe

    I'm having the same problem except I didn't buy mine from a store, and its not stolen. I got mine from the college I go to and I have no way to activate it, and the college has no way of helping me! so obviously everyone here didn't  buy stolen property!!

  • by Philly_Phan,

    Philly_Phan Philly_Phan Jul 29, 2014 9:07 AM in response to ashleylynnfrancis
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    Jul 29, 2014 9:07 AM in response to ashleylynnfrancis

    ashleylynnfrancis wrote:

     

    I'm having the same problem except I didn't buy mine from a store, and its not stolen. I got mine from the college I go to and I have no way to activate it, and the college has no way of helping me! so obviously everyone here didn't  buy stolen property!!

    Why can't the college help you?  Who configured it?  If the college didn't steal it, they're not too bright and you might consider a different college.

  • by lpotter1,

    lpotter1 lpotter1 Jul 30, 2014 1:40 PM in response to Philly_Phan
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    Jul 30, 2014 1:40 PM in response to Philly_Phan

    I don't know which is worse, the absolute and completely rude attitudes of people responding here to those needing help or their condescension towards others posting.

     

    Most of us in I.T. do NOT work at Apple and we were NOT given the memo that they were about to screw all of us with this update. I don't care what you have to say and how condescending you want to be in your reply, you aren't as smart as you think you are and you obviously lack both maturity and tact.

     

    After reading through the months of posts in this thread, the condescension I have read is just completely stomach turning.

     

    I am holding an iPad that is, effectively, a useless paperweight.

     

    I am looking on my other screen at the profile for it in our wireless provider's account. You think that I or anyone else on my team knew that this upgrade would lock everyone on our team out of these devices that we distributed to employees?

     

    Your posts are obnoxious and unhelpful. Do yourself and everyone else a favor, stop being the loser I.T. d*bag that everyone else in the world hates and if you have nothing helpful to say, DON'T post!

     

    My post is just a comment on why people in the world hate to ask for help from anyone in I.T., because people like you are rude and unhelpful. The fact that I am angry enough to post this should be representative of that fact.

  • by Philly_Phan,

    Philly_Phan Philly_Phan Jul 30, 2014 1:43 PM in response to lpotter1
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    Jul 30, 2014 1:43 PM in response to lpotter1

    Most persons that I know in IT are aware of the concept of security.

     

    Do you really accept the alleged fact that the college configured the device and now is clueless regarding that configuration?

  • by lpotter1,

    lpotter1 lpotter1 Jul 30, 2014 1:51 PM in response to Philly_Phan
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    Jul 30, 2014 1:51 PM in response to Philly_Phan

    Ah, there it is, the condescension. Truly, you are unhelpful and rude. Truly.

     

    It may make you feel good to walk around with that superiority complex, but really, you are just rude.

     

    I try not to micro-manage my employees, especially when you HAD been able to just restore the devices to factory and everything was fine. The rest of us, meaning thousands of us, had no clue about this update.

     

    Anything else you have to say?

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