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i bought a iphone at second hand goodwill store it work fine til i bought a sim card for it and tried to setup itune account itunes had me restore the phone now it wants the itune account info from the former owners i dont not know who that was

i bought a iphone at second hand goodwill store it work fine til i bought a sim card for it and tried to setup itune account itunes had me restore the phone now it wants the itune account info from the former owners i dont not know who that was so i cant ask them for the info ad now the phoneis locked up i pay a lot of money for this phone i need it very much can you tell me how to unlock it so i can use it please iant afford t buy a new one

iPhone 4, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Feb 22, 2014 3:30 PM

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i bought a iphone at second hand goodwill store it work fine til i bought a sim card for it and tried to setup itune account itunes had me restore the phone now it wants the itune account info from the former owners i dont not know who that was

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