HT201441 hi just bought an iPhone 5s from a guy, did not have any battery , i got home i charged the phone and it had a code restored the phone and now the phone shows lost and erased! what should i do? I'm in ireland and the phone is verizon

hi just bought an iphone 5s from a guy at the market ! the phone was dead got home charged it and had a lock gone back the guy was gone!i restored the phone and got phone was lost and erased and no other detailes what else can i do the guy said its his phone and its on verizon now but its neverlocked! how can i get this back and working?

You can't get the phone working without the correct password, because the previous owner activated Find My iPhone and Activation Lock. In order to unlock the phone you would have to ocntact the previos owner of the phone. Unfortunately, this is the only way to get it working again.

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I recently bought an iphone 4s from people who are not in the know
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HI,
I bought my iphone 5 from you guys (online Apple Store). all good apart from one thing, FACETIME is totally missing from my phone and its not there in my settings too. kindly advise with the reason or if there any upgrades to be done.
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We are all iphone userss just like you. You did not buy your iphone from us.
You are not addressing Apple here at all.
Did you buy the iphone ins the Middle East? If so, it will never have facetime. It is not allowed by the government.

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Hello apple
I am Mario Zubac from Bosnia and Hercegovina 17 years old.
I have a problem..i bought a iphone 4 from a guy in Mostar and he said it was locked on Telenor Sweden.
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The person who sold it to me dosent reply over www.pik.ba
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We are all iphone users just like you.
You are not addressing Apple here.
Apple does not track lost or stolen iphones at all.

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