Someone sold iphone 5s to me, it's asking me the owner's ID and password but i cannot get the seller, what should i do?
Someone sold iphone 5s to me, it's asking me the owner's ID and password but i cannot get the seller, what should i do?
Nguema wrote:
Someone sold iphone 5s to me, it's asking me the owner's ID and password but i cannot get the seller, what should i do?
If you cannot get the previous owner (who may not be the seller) to release it the phone is useless; return it to the seller.
Normally someone releasing an iPhone for resale will erase their personal data first (for obvious reasons). To do this they must release Activation Lock. So the previous owner either forgot to do this (unlikely) or the phone was stolen from them. If it was stolen then you are in possession of stolen property, which in itself is a crime, even if you didn't know it was stolen.
There are a few ways to find out who the phone is still locked to. You can try contacting them, but if the phone WAS stolen the outcome will not be a good one. So the best thing you can do now is return the phone for a refund.
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