I got a s 4 from a friend which got it from a friend. I want to delete the I could account. I emailed him. He said I must go to shop
The shop said I need the password. To clear the phône Is there away around it to start fresh on the phone.
iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.4
No.
The "friend of a friend" needs to remove the phone from their account before anyone else can use it. That is an anti-theft feature in the iPhone.
Nope. The person signed onto the iCloud account is going to have to turn off Find My iPhone and wipe the phone in order for you to be able to use it:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4515?viewlocale=en_US
This is because of the added security of Activation Lock introduced with iOS 7:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5818
Sorry,
GB
Bypass icloud password
