This iPhone is currently linked to an Apple ID (k●●●●●@icloud.com). Sign in with the Apple ID that was used to set up this iPhone. i have used my original apple id to activate but it says k....@icloud.com cannot be used to unlock this iphone. Help!!

Lawrence Finch wrote:

It will only work if the phone does not have iOS 7 installed.

And since only iOS 7 has Activation Lock, VioletRA is completely wrong.

Recovery mode will NEVER bypass Activation Lock.

You set up this phone originally or did you buy it from someone else?

i have the same issue.... i have a company IPhone 4s which is second hand from a previous employee, this person has now left the bussiness and cannot be contacted to get the password.... to be honest, even if they were in contact they would probably not give te password anyway.... ive been told that i now have a very nice iphone paperweight.......!

nickffc wrote:

i have the same issue.... i have a company IPhone 4s which is second hand from a previous employee, this person has now left the bussiness and cannot be contacted to get the password.... to be honest, even if they were in contact they would probably not give te password anyway.... ive been told that i now have a very nice iphone paperweight.......!

If you have the original proof of purchase for that device, then you can contact Apple Support. They have a procedure that will allow you to bypass the Activation Lock, but only after you submit the proof of purchase.

i wish it was that simple....! i work for a small part of a massive company which owns pretty much everything....! including O2.... where the phone came from originally and to get that information would be near impossible...I'd have better chance becoming CEO.....!!!

nickffc wrote:

i wish it was that simple....! i work for a small part of a massive company which owns pretty much everything....! including O2.... where the phone came from originally and to get that information would be near impossible...I'd have better chance becoming CEO.....!!!

Then tell your IT department to get you a different phone, and recommend that as part of the employee termination process, they require the employee to, in their presence, restore the device back to factory settings.

now thats funny......😁 if you only knew.....😁 ..........been there, seen that, got the t'shirt.....!!! thats not my reply... thats what IT service desk say.....!!! i'll just have to solider on banging my head against the wall...... quite used to it now...😉

Shut the phone completely down, plug your iphone cord into your computer but not your iphone. Once the phone is completely shut down hold the home button at the bottom and while your holding the home button plug in the iphone to your computer until you see an iTunes icon with an arrow and white cord plugging into it. This will put the phone in recovery mode, and the computer will need the most updated version of iTunes installed. You will see something along the lines "iphone in recovery mode has been detected" Restore and update. set up as new and you should be good

No, that procedure will not bypass Activation Lock, Apple's antitheft feature for the iPhone. The Activation Lock database is maintained by Apple, and after every restore it is consulted before the phone can be activated. It's essentially a worldwide blacklist of stolen phones.

Sometimes it does work

It will only work if the phone does not have iOS 7 installed.