HELP? Find My iPhone activation lock

I bought an ipod touch from somebody and they didn't remove the device from their icloud. Whenever I try to contact the person they ignore me (go figure). Now I can't do anything on the ipod. Can someone please help?

No, the only person who can help is the person who owns the Apple ID. Maybe you purchased a stolen iPod.

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    So how can I activate my iPhone 4 back???
    here the screenshot:
    I have purchased this iPhone4 some years ago and I still have all the purchase informations!

    yaxay wrote:
    I have initialized the device and now I'm in the Activate windows, as you can see from the screen above.
    My friend told me all possible account passwords and tell me that he activate the iPhone with [email protected] and not [email protected]
    And I think that it is not possible to activate an iPhone with the suffix .con, because is not a recognized email address... how is this possible ?
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    Then call the relevant number for your Country and have the detail to hand
    Apple ID: Contacting Apple for help with Apple ID account security

  • HT201365 Where do I find the iPhone activation lock in my settings?

    Where do I find the activation lock in my settings?

    There is no setting. Read here to understand Activation Lock:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818

  • HT201441 Find My iPhone Activation Lock: Removing a device from a previous owner's account. But what if You can't get a hold of the owner?

    I went through all the steps of resetting the phone now its telling me to give the apple ID of the previous owner but i can't get a hold of them, what do i do noww?

    Activation Lock in iOS 7  >  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818
    JohnMoney1 wrote:
    I went through all the steps of resetting the phone now its telling me to give the apple ID of the previous owner but i can't get a hold of them,
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  • HT201441 I bought an iphone 5 from a friend who bought it at a pawn shop with icloud Find My Phone Activation lock

    i bought an Iphone 5 from a friend who bought it at a pawn shop with Icloud Find My Iphone Activation Lock and i have no type of contact or even knowing the original owner is there anything i can do. Can i go to the apple store and get a new Iphone or somthing

    You friend set you up, you purchased a brick. I were you I d return it or lose a "friend".

  • IPhone activation lock

    hi, i bought iPhone 4s about 4 months ago second hand and i restored my iPhone but im now stuck in activation lock and i tried reaching the previous owner in so many ways but i couldnt! but i have a bill with the IMEI number which is the same on my phone to prove that i bought this phone and that i didnt steal it.
    i was just wondering if i took that bill to Apple and if they believed that i didnt steal the phone, will they help me remove the activation lock???

    Again, irrelevant.  Perhaps the user doesn't know they can activate lost mode.  Perhaps they've already replaced the device and don't care about the lost/stolen one.  Perhaps they are dead.  Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.
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    Help Can I get to the restore DFU on iphone that has find my iphone active?

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  • Recently I changed my apple id but forgot to change my icloud account. I also have Find My IPhone activated. I tried to delete my ICloud account but first I need to switch off my Find My iPhone, to complicate this I can no longer access prev email account

    Recently I changed my apple id but forgot to change my iCloud account.
    I also have Find My Iphone activated. My old apple id was an old work email address no longer in use nor can be accessed.
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    helpmeIphone5s wrote:I also have Find My Iphone activated. My old apple id was an old work email address no longer in use nor can be accessed.Thanks in advance.
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    Is it possible to find an IPAd without find my Iphone activated?

    One word.  NO
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  • Apple how is possible that the guy stolen my iphone with find my iphone activated get into my apple id account and erase my iphone without my password??

    My iphone was stolen and i have activated "Find my iphone", when i log in on my icloud accont to find my iphone it was desconected and i activate the lost mode and i gonna be alerted when my iphone get online again. But oh what a surprise 45 minutes later someone restore my icloud password and login in my account and erase my iphone??? How is that possible, he doesnt have my password or how he get into my account and reset my apple id???
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    The very similar situation with mine:
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  • HT1212 I have forgotten my new passcode on iphone and also have find my iphone activated. what do i do?

    Hi . I have forgotten my new passcode on my iphone and also have the find my iphone activated! Is there anything I can do to fix this? I started to restore it on my computer but it won't let me go past the find my iphone activation part. also i am wondering if there is something beginning to go wrong with it as i cannot switch it off and it only gave me one chance with the passcode before it activated? Thanks

    sadly you cant, the only option you have is to put into recovery mode and restore device. look for article ht1808 here on apple site

  • HT201441 If you've found an iPod that was locked using Find My Phone/Activation Lock, and cannot contact the previous owner, is there any way to activate it still?

    I came across a 5th gen iPod touch at a bus stop, and tried but cannot activate it, as it is under the Find My Phone/ Activation Lock.
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    There's no way to get around it.  Turn it into the police so they can find the rightful owner.  You won't be able to use it anyway.

  • IPhone activation lock problem please help

    My friend has bougth an iPhone 5 with iOS 7 through OLX . OLX is a website like craiglist where people buy there products directly to sellers.
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    Please help him to get out of this problem .I have bougth ut by paying full price is there any way apple will help me in this issue or is there any way i can activate my iPhone.
    Please help. Thnak you.

    I also bought a used iPhone5 from the market here in Pakistan. The original user hasnt removed the device from his/her iCloud. I had to restore my phone because of some problem and now im stuck at the activation lock. I dont know the iCloud ID of the original user(that could be helpful in order to contact the user) and obviously I dont know the password aswell. So now my $855 worth device is useless. Ive been waiting for three months for some solution but all in vain. APPLE!!! PLEASE help me out here.

  • IPhone 5S stolen with iOS 7.0.4, Find My iPhone activated. Any Tips?

    Hi all,
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    Sivia.
    Edmonton.

    hey my phone also i phone 5s ios 7 latest upgraded got stolen in chandigarh, Punjab INdia
    What else can i do except using - find my Iphone application??
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