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Q: How to bypass iCloud account for iphone 5

i bought an iphone5 from a friend of mine working on the airplane and when i got home I charge the phone and find out that the iphone is being lock on an icloud account. I try to find who is the first owner of the phone but fail to do so. So i want to find out how to unlock this phone for me or if you can get the owner of this phone so i can chat with him/her about this phone.

iPhone 5, IMEI:013349007112309

Posted on Jun 11, 2014 9:08 PM

by gail from maine,Apple recommended
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A:

Sorry, but unless you can contact the previous owner, you will not be able to use the device:

 

Removing Previous Owner from Device

 

You are seeing the Activation Lock and there is no way around it:

 

ACTIVATION LOCK

 

Sorry,

 

GB

Posted on Jun 11, 2014 9:10 PM

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  • by VangHero,

    VangHero VangHero Apr 22, 2016 12:17 PM in response to Ruttle$$Turtle
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    Apr 22, 2016 12:17 PM in response to Ruttle$$Turtle

    I agree with you about this problem. We tell them that the previous owner of the iPhone that we have in our hands are nowhere to be found, so we can talk to them and have them unlock their icloud and remove the item from their account... 

    How can we talk to the previous owner if we're unable to contact them or don't know them..

     

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  • by ChrisJ4203,

    ChrisJ4203 ChrisJ4203 Apr 22, 2016 12:18 PM in response to VangHero
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    Apr 22, 2016 12:18 PM in response to VangHero

    Then if you cannot contact the previous owner of the device, you cannot activate it. Return it to where you purchased it and get a refund. The device is useless to you.

  • by gail from maine,

    gail from maine gail from maine Apr 22, 2016 3:20 PM in response to VangHero
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    Apr 22, 2016 3:20 PM in response to VangHero

    What would expect someone to do about that? If YOU can't contact the previous owner, then without violating about a million privacy laws, how would expect anyone else to? There is simply no way for anyone to find out who put the lock on the phone except you. You know who you purchased it from - track them down. If you purchased it from a stranger, and you cannot contact them, then you took the risk.

     

    If you purchased it from someone on eBay, then you can contact eBay to get them to help straighten it out for you.

     

    Sorry, but only you can rectify this situation.

     

    Best of luck,

     

    GB

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