if a phone is for sale on eBay and says icloud locked is it a stolen phone? And why couldn't find my iphone work for me once my phone was stolen?
sdc100 wrote:
I have a similar question and hope someone can help. I don't yet have an iPhone (or any Apple product) so please forgive the ignorance. I need an iPhone 4S to run one specific medical probe. That's it. I don't need to make calls or access the internet (except to download the app, although I can probably sideload it through my laptop). I found a 4S on eBay that is cosmetically very good. It is a bargain at $7 with free shipping. But it is described as iCloud locked. Will I be able to run my app? Or is an iCloud locked device totally inaccessible? I think it's running iOS 4 (maybe up to iOS 6). Thanks!
Leave it alone. 'iCloud locked' (Activation Locked) means it's unusable at all. Even if it's working when you get it (which as it's so described it presumable isn't) it would lock itself if reset or updated. Once locked only the person who set the lock can unlock it - there is absolutely no other way round this. There's a fair chance this item is stolen.
Oh my - I really have no clue 😟
I think I may just throw this one away as I don't want to sell/give it to anyone and it doesn't work.
Can it even be used for parts then?
AGain thanks!
It can't really be used for parts. the most valuable part, the logic board, is what is actually Activation Locked. Apple has a recycling program; they will give you a store credit for it.
Thank you very much!
how do i remove the i cloud lock. i bought a locked device and i feel very ripped off .
Well....sorry....your feeling is probably very appropriate. Read the thread you've just joined.
Return the iPhone to the seller for a refund.
Hopefully, mary burke has resolved this problem in the 2 1/2 years since she posted.
Turn it over to the police. It doesn't belong to you. What they do with it isn't your problem.
Oi
what does icloud locked mean?
