I bought a secondhand iphone 4s.when i reset all content,i cant activate my iphone 4s.i cant find the previous owner because i didnt save his number.how can i activate my iphone?im so messed out.
i bought a secondhand iphone 4s.when i reset all content,i cant activate my iphone 4s.i cant find the previous owner because i didnt save his number.how can i activate my iphone?im so messed out.
If you mean activating it as far as using it on your phone plan, then you're going to have to go to your cell provider and have them do that for you and add the device to your current plan. Otherwise without activating it, the most your iPhone will be, is a thick iPod. Of course with wifi, you could still send iMessages, but that's the extent without adding it to a cell plan.
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The previous owner needs to follow these steps to turn off Find My iPhone on the device. It is currently Activation Locked:
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I've been deleting stuff to clear up space, and it's not clearing anything up. I went from 3.0 gigs to 2.3 just from deleting apps and photos and music. How can I fix that?Thanks but I think it has something to do with the 'restore'. in the newest iTunes 11, when I click on the tab "iphone", it redirects me to the "welcome to your new iphone" page and asks about doing a 'restore'. I already did a 'restore', but it went to the original factory settings and I want to 'restore' to my lastest back up as of April 12. When I choose that option, it says my iphone doesn't have enough space. I don't know how much I need to delete in order to make it work. I've deleted lots, but it only has 4.1 GB available. I'm not sure why this isn't enough to do a 'restore'. I don't want to delete all my photos and videos, but maybe I will have to?...7.7GB is used up for that. I can't sync or do ANYTHING...
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I bought this iphone. It was locked and the owner could not remember their password so i restored it via my computer. Now I can not access it at all because they still have it linked with thier apple id. What can I do if I can not contact them? The number I had for them isnt active. What can I do?
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I have registered my iphone online to my itunes account and made sure it was the same account on my iphone but it still will not allow me to upload my songs and videos onto my phone. I don't know what else to do?
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1. If you do not want to continue using your son's account on the old phone, factory reset it and set it up with your Apple ID. It will be like you have a new phone.
1. To prevent a problem with your son's backup, connect the newly-reset phone to the computer and cancel the sync immediately. Rename the old iPhone immediately and you will not have to worry about messing up your son's backup.
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Contact Apple and ask them...
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