i am working in a cell phone retail shop, i bought an ipad mini from one of my customer & i restored it (ios 7). now it is asking for the icloud id, but i don't know the icloud id of that customer. How can i solve this issue?
iPad, iOS 7.0.4
Activation lock is one of those things that can only be resolved by the owner that put the lock on the device.
This article answers some questions you might have including "How do I check for Activation Lock before purchasing a used device?" http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818 This article explains more about Activation Lock: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13695
gafur1089 wrote:
i am working in a cell phone retail shop, i bought an ipad mini from one of my customer & i restored it (ios 7). now it is asking for the icloud id, but i don't know the icloud id of that customer. How can i solve this issue?
Contact the seller to either provide the password to remove AL on the device itself, or get them to remove it from thier iCloud account online. Without the previous owners password or cooperation, there is no way to de-activate Activation Lock. Apple will not help you either - only the previous owner can do anything about it for you.
There is one solution
if you have bill then follow id
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it wont show the full email address so i cant send the previous owner a message
I also face same problem. I'm factory reset my aunty Ipad mini. Last time I create an email, apple ID for her together activate Find my Ipad. Now even me and my aunty also forget the password that I create for her. plus no full email address can view after reset it. Apple really make high security on ipad but it create trouble to us.
No choice, I need to wait my aunty to find the purchase resit (company lucky draw) and show to apple store. Otherwise throw it to salt sea.
That is one of the reasons why I dont support any Apple product.
I have to agree with snozdop... no one made you forget your password or activate Find My iPhone.
It makes me giggle inside when people blame others for their own problems and mistakes.
for us like savvy people then ok. but how to old people. but loves apple products. they just know how to use it. sometimes they also cant remember much. how many of us daily use our apple id password?
how about people that not updating any apps, install new apps.
in my country, we bought phone then register with telco. we paid a full price of the phone. then phone is ours rite?? . whats gonna happen next to the bloody phone is our responsibility. even we cant claim the crack screen of iphone like US user did.
due to this locking mechanisme, we only can throw it away.
Problem solved with call apple hotline. Sent them lucky draw document with S/N inside. Solved it within 24 hours.
The apple id that set dont link to valid email. That email is not existing. Hence all normal method wont work to get back the password. This must be reset by apple itself.
Thank bro, someone dont know we just solve others people problem. We are helping them, old people and young kid dont know the serious problem of simply create an apple ID and activate find my ipad. They even dont have an email account.
(As my case, apple hotline reply this is unsolved problem by our own.)
Anywhere, thank to apple hotline for reset/release the ipad from unexisting Apple ID.
The password is not create by me. I wont forget my password. Please do understood.
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