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?
The disadvantage is that without the AppleID and passcode used to originally
setup the iPhone, you will not be able to activate it. You will not be able to complete
the setup process. You will have an unuseable iPhone.
You cannot use it fully because you do not have the needed credentials.
For more information, you may wish to read here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Hopefully, mary burke has resolved this problem in the 2 1/2 years since she posted.
Mr. Finch, you appear to be one of the most educated on this particular thread. So with my shovel I'm gonna dig it up again.
Ok, so if I buy a phone with a crushed screen from someone and it happens to be locked or iCloud locked, but they're only selling it to me for parts can I still purchase this phone and take this broken phone to Apple and get a refurbished replacement for it?
IF they are the legitimate owner of the phone, they can remove the lock by removing the device in iCloud. If they can't or won't do so, don't buy it. There is a very real possibility that the phone is not theirs to sell, broken or not.
True, but an innocent and likely scenario of a person walking down the street or thru a parking lot and finding a phone that has been ran over multiple times, what options does he have? Throw the badly damaged iPhone 7 in the garbage or pick it up and sell it for a few bucks? Or let's just say I find a phone, can't find the owner. I have a badly damaged phone. What options do I have?
Turn it over to the police. It doesn't belong to you. What they do with it isn't your problem.
Thanks for the moral advise Tim. I instead would prefer to spare the police station from this matter and let them deal with more pressing issues, but I will keep your advise and opinions in mind. However, back to my initial question...IF IT IS iCloud locked, can I still take this broken phone to Apple and get a refurbished replacement for it?
My understanding of how it's supposed to work is they will check the serial number to see if the device is activation locked. If it is, they will ask you to sign into the iCloud account used to lock it and remove the lock. If you can't or won't do that, no replacement will be given.
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Thanks! I knew that a $7 iPhone was too good to be true. Because of your advice, I bought an unlocked $49 one instead.
what does icloud locked mean?
