HT201441 Hi, what if I don't know who had the device before.. I am working in a company, where we have a huge amount of iPhones and people come and go. When they leave the company, they turn in there phone after it has been erased and then that is it.

Now I have a stack of Iphones that I can't use and I don't have a track record of who had them.??
From a company point of view, it is not very smooth.

If you haven't kept records of who had what phone, or required the user to wipe the phone properly before returning it (maybe time to update your company policies), you'll have to contact Apple Support directly and provide proof of ownership for these devices.
Although there is no published process for getting devices unlocked, there have been reports that Apple can unlock corporate owned devices in situations such as yours, when device ownership is able to be proved.
In future, when someone returns a phone, make sure they go to Settings > General > Reset > Erase all content and settings and enter their password for the process to complete. Then you'll have no problems.

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