HT201269 second hand iPhone 5 help please.

If I buy a second hand iPhone 5 (unblocked) on ios 6 and the previous owner doesn't have/won't give me/can't give me his Apple ID is there anyway I can use this phone?

The phone may be locked with a passcode. If it is, follow the directions here, to force the phone into recovery mode & restore it:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1808
This will remove the passcode, but also update the phone to iOS 7.0.4...no way around this if there's a passcode on the phone. If no passcode, just do the erase all settings & content if you don't want to update the phone.
Good luck.

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Hi guys,
I really want to buy the final cut studio studio. I found this guy, he wants to do a better price on his software.
But how can l be sure that is good. I mean What about if he did a copy of it, or did register it. Waht can go wrong if i buy it?
Can you guys give me a clue. I'm a clue less about buy from someone else.
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Thanks you all. I find out if i get all the cds boxes license manual etc. Is ok, l will have no problem.
But if the seller keep a copy for himself or give it away, in the future some one can try to register it. So apple will not be able to know who has the original version of the software anymore, updates and support can be cancel for that serial number. So my be not a very good ideia. I did call apple care and asked this.
Like Jim said on my other post. "Only buy used software from your mother"
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Hi, I bought a second hand iphone 4s and seller has blocked it and reset it know the iphone is asking for a email and password that the seller was using, I can't contact him know and i'm left with an Iphone that is useless, can you help ma please?

hi, I bought a second hand iphone 4s and seller has blocked it and reset it know the iphone is asking for a email and password that the seller was using, I can't contact him know and i'm left with an Iphone that is useless, can you help ma please?

Sorry, there is nothing you can do until the device is removed from the sellers Apple ID.
Without that, your device can't be used, check these articles:
iCloud: Find My iPhone Activation Lock in iOS 7
Find My iPhone Activation Lock: Removing a device from a previous owner’s account

Good day actually i purchase second hand iphone from Swiss and we i try to open it in Egypt the phone showing it's locked as it was working in Swiss, so no one will help me like Apple it self just i want to know what is the way to fix this issue please?

good day actually i purchase second hand iphone from Swiss and we i try to open it in Egypt the phone showing it's locked as it was working in Swiss, so no one will help me like Apple it self just i want to know what is the way to fix this issue please?

You need to find out who the carrier was in Switzerland and see if they will unlock the device. The carrier with the lock is the only one that can authorize the unlock. You may need to check with the original owner and see if they can get it unlocked by the carrier if you do not qualify.

Good evening, my name is Ludmila I have a problem. im buy second hand iphone 5 but I can not use the screen shows asking me apple id but I do not know this is my first iphone I do not know what the police thought it was stolen or lost but I you can help m

Good evening, my name is Ludmila I have a problem. im buy second hand iphone 5 but I can not use the screen shows asking me apple id but I do not know this is my first iphone I do not know what the police thought it was stolen or lost but I you can help me. Someone told me we should stop function Find my iphone but how?? email does not even know the first lord. It cost me 400 euros but may not use iphone. someone laugh at me because I deceived. Please help me tell me his email talk to you should stop off iCloud or ID

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HT201441 i have bought a second hand iphone 4s which is stilllinked to previous owners itunes ID.I cant get his details off him as he has his money and is blanking me. I can't get anything on the phone after setting up the language.HELP!!

I cannot activatea second hand iphone 4s as i don't have previous owners itunes ID. I can't get anything on the phone after setting the language as its asking for activation. Please can anyone help ???? Ideally i would like to get it back to factory settings and start afresh but right now i would settle for anything. Should say i only have the phone and charger, no box so no details

Unfortunately, the only one who can help is the previous owner. Otherwise you will not be able to activate and use the phone. Apple can't/won't help you with this either.

I am unable to install apps from the istore. i bought a second hand iphone 5s. can anyone help me??

i am unable to install apps from the istore. i bought a second hand iphone 5s. can anyone help me with this please??

striker1212 wrote:
lesson learnt. thanks. i'll make sure he wont be able to hold another phone again. my money is lost for now. could you please let me know how i can seapnd this phone back to its original owner with apple support help??
Apple will not give you information about the original owner. Take it back to whoever you bought it from.

What should i do i buy a second hand iphone 4s but its lock to the previous owner in find my iphone pls help me i cant use my iphone for a year already

pls. help me about find my iphone lock. because i buy a second hand iphone 4s but still lock to the previous owner when i restore factory settings still searching for the previous owner of this phone still now i cant use this phone

Hello jimmy ii
The only option is to contact that person to have them remove Activation Lock from the iPhone. They can do it online and do not have to come to you. Check out the article below for more information.
Find My iPhone Activation Lock: Removing a device from a previous owner’s account
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4515
Regards,
-Norm G.

Hi , I have recently bought an second hand iPhone 4 , Now most of the thing on the iPhone you need iCloud ,i try logging on to it but when i do it say The maximum number of free account have been activated on this iPhone, i don't know what to do. Help

Hi , I have recently bought an second hand iPhone 4 , Now most of the thing on the iPhone you need iCloud ,i try logging on to it but when i do it say The maximum number of free account have been activated on this iPhone, i don't know what to do. Help

When you have kernel panics, the pertinent information is in the panic report.
These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
In the Console window, select
DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION ▹ System Diagnostic Reports
(not Diagnostic and Usage Messages) from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
There is a disclosure triangle to the left of the list item. If the triangle is pointing to the right, click it so that it points down. You'll see a list of reports. A panic report has a name that begins with "Kernel" and ends in ".panic". Select the most recent one. The contents of the report will appear on the right. Use copy and paste to post the entire contents—the text, not a screenshot.
If you don't see any reports listed, but you know there was a panic, you may have chosen Diagnostic and Usage Messages from the log list. Choose DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION instead.
In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.)
Please don’t post other kinds of diagnostic report.
I know the report is long, maybe several hundred lines. Please post all of it anyway.

I need help with a second hand iphone i purchased recently,i am having issues setting it up as it has is requesting for the icloud account that was used by the previous user

i need help with a second hand iphone i purchased recently,i am having issues setting it up as it has is requesting for the icloud account that was used by the previous user

Sorry.
The iPhone is of no use until/unless the previous owner removes it from their account.
You will need to find the prior owner or return the iPhone.

HT1937 Hi few days ago I bought a second hand iphone 5 white 64 gb, and when I try to activate it I see the following message: "This iPhone can not be activated for service.please contact your carrier or AppleCare"

Hi few days ago I bought a second hand iphone 5 white 64 gb, and when I try to activate it I see the following message: "This iPhone can not be activated for service.please contact your carrier or AppleCare"

So then do what it says...contact Apple or your wireless carrier.
However your phone is probably locked to another carrier and cannot be used on yours.

HT201269 I had lost my iPhone and bought a second hand iphone. how transfer contract to my second hand iphone?

I had lost my iPhone and bought a second hand iphone , how
To transfer contact to my second hand iphone ?

Do you have a backup of your contacts in iCloud or iTunes? If yes, you can sign in or sync from either one.

My new (second-hand) iphone 4s will not charge. What do I do?

Please help. My new (to me, but second-hand) iphone 4s will not charge. What do I do?

tessafromberkshire wrote:
Please help. My new (to me, but second-hand) iphone 4s will not charge. What do I do?
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i bought a second hand iPhone, and just recently found out it was jailbroken, i reset it and now it will not activate. i try to sync it with iTunes and says i have not inserted a sim, when i have. would anybody please be able to help me?

You restored the iPhone.
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HT201269 second hand iPhone 5 help please.

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