I bought an ipad the other day wich was in recovery mode, I took it to the police as I thought it was stolen, they returned it back to me today as it was legitimate yet I cant contact the previous owner to get him to unlock it?
The other day I bought an ipad with the new ios software on and it was in recovery mode, I took ot to the police on the day as I thought it was stolen, the police returned it to me today as it was legit but I cannot restore it and I have no way of finding out the owner? I laid good money for the ipad and I am absolutely fuming can you guys please help me as this is the first apple product I have ever purchased and at the minute it does not look like I will be purchusing anything else from or by apple!
It is not Apple fault at all. The previous owner did not wipe the iPod like they should
What to do before selling or giving away your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
If you can't contact the from whom you purchasd it then that is your fault from purchasinfg it from a shady person
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I've run into a similar issue lately as well. I narrowed it down to one song that was causing 30 songs not to sync. I removed the song from the sync list (unchecked it) and all 29 songs were able to sync.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1535
Please let me know how things are going.
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maggielou wrote:
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