HT201441 What if you can't contact the pervious owner?

What should I do?

quman9 wrote:
There are a lot o service online to unlock Apple ID but cost a lot.
Apple policy has to change we all have all to wait. Not all of pepole with this problem are thieves and Apple now it.
Nonsense, one can only unlock the activation lock with the correct Apple ID details.

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