Q: ipod touch 5th gen

If the iPod displays the previous owners Apple ID and asks to enter the password, you have brick unless yo can get the previous owner to unlock it

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Someone else with same situation contacted both Apple and the police and nether could help. It is an anti-theft feature. My guess is that you have a stolen/lost iPod. If y contact the police they might ell yo if it was reported as stolen.

It seems to me in all disussions i have read some people dont think about erasing their old apple products from their accounts and i dare say there could be some stolen out there so if all the genuine people out there selling or getting rid of apple products to remove from accounts before doing so and that way genuine people can buy apple products legitimately and not have the burden of buying a brick