If I order a refurbished Ipad 4 is there a chance that it could come engraved by the previous owner?

I really want to order the refurbed Ipad 4 but I'm concerned that If I do I may get one that has the previous owners name engraved on it, now I heard that they put a whole new case on the ipads before they ship them bu I'm not sure if thats true or not?? So it it even a possibility that I could get one that someone previously engraved or something???

Hi,
You don't need to worry. They come with a new front and back cover, a brand new battery, and a full one year warranty, which includes 90 days of phone support. (And shipping was quick for us!)
We bought two last Summer and then one as a gift. They are great!
Hope this helps!

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I purchased a refurbished iPad and downloaded some videos via Wi-fi. Now I want to do a sync backup on my computer but it says it will erase my ipad because it is already synced to another computer. I guess the previous owner's computer. What can I do?

I purchased a refurbished iPad and downloaded some videos via Wi-fi. Now I want to do a sync backup on my computer but it says it will erase my ipad because it is already synced to another computer. I guess the previous owner's computer. What can I do without losing my downloads?

Hi, mtsak.
I would recommend transferring your purchases to your computer. After the transfer is complete your media should be in your iTunes library. If the indicator that your iPad will be erased appears, just sync the transferred media. Only media purchased via iTunes with your Apple ID will transfer. From there, you should be able to backup.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1848
Also, if you ever are missing purchased iTunes media, you can download it again free of charge by following the steps in the article below.
Downloading past purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
Cheers,
Jason H.

I was given my ipad mini as a gift and i cant restore it dont know the previous owners information? how do i fix it

i was given my ipad mini as a gift and i cant restore it dont know the previous owners information? how do i fix it? i have tried everything on this wesite , forumas and in i tunes. i have restored it wiped it an di cant get thru set up because of the previous persons email linked to it.

If the iPad was running iOS 7, iCloud: Find My iPhone Activation Lock in iOS 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818
How can I unlock my iPad if I forgot the passcode?
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ipad/ipad-troubleshooting-repair-faq/ipad- how-to-unlock-open-forgot-code-passcode-password-login.html
iOS: Device disabled after entering wrong passcode
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212
How can I unlock my iPad if I forgot the passcode?
http://tinyurl.com/7ndy8tb
How to Reset a Forgotten Password for an iOS Device
http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-a-Forgotten-Password-for-an-iOS-Device
Using iPhone/iPad Recovery Mode
http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/a/Iphone-Recovery-Mode.htm
Saw this solution on another post about an iPad in a school environment. Might work on your iPad so you won't lose everything.
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‘iPad is disabled’ fix without resetting using iTunes
Today I met my match with an iPad that had a passcode entered too many times, resulting in it displaying the message ‘iPad is disabled – Connect to iTunes’. This was a student iPad and since they use Notability for most of their work there was a chance that her files were not all backed up to the cloud. I really wanted to just re-activate the iPad instead of totally resetting it back to our default image.
I reached out to my PLN on Twitter and had some help from a few people through retweets and a couple of clarification tweets. I love that so many are willing to help out so quickly. Through this I also learned that I look like Lt. Riker from Star Trek (thanks @FillineMachine).
Through some trial and error (and a little sheer luck), I was able to reactivate the iPad without loosing any data. Note, this will only work on the computer it last synced with. Here’s how:
1. Configurator is useless in reactivating a locked iPad. You will only be able to completely reformat the iPad using Configurator. If that’s ok with you, go for it – otherwise don’t waste your time trying to figure it out.
2. Open iTunes with the iPad disconnected.
3. Connect the iPad to the computer and wait for it to show up in the devices section in iTunes.
4. Click on the iPad name when it appears and you will be given the option to restore a backup or setup as a new iPad (since it is locked).
5. Click ‘Setup as new iPad’ and then click restore.
6. The iPad will start backing up before it does the full restore and sync. CANCEL THE BACKUP IMMEDIATELY. You do this by clicking the small x in the status window in iTunes.
7. When the backup cancels, it immediately starts syncing – cancel this as well using the same small x in the iTunes status window.
8. The first stage in the restore process unlocks the iPad, you are basically just cancelling out the restore process as soon as it reactivates the iPad.
If done correctly, you will experience no data loss and the result will be a reactivated iPad. I have now tried this with about 5 iPads that were locked identically by students and each time it worked like a charm.
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Try it and good luck. You have nothing more to lose if it doesn't work for you.
 Cheers, Tom

I have the app "viPlay" on my iPad and iPhone. Is there any way that it could be available for the Apple TV? I'd like to access my personal videos from my hard drive using the Apple TV through the 'viPlay' app.

I have the app "viPlay" on my iPad and iPhone. Is there any way that it could be available for the Apple TV? I'd like to access my personal videos from my hard drive using the Apple TV through the 'viPlay' app.

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Nobody here will have any information about that since the community is only made up of users like you or I. Anything else is mere speculation and speculation is not permitted here under the Terms of Use for these communities.
Any responses you may receive may well be removed and would be wholly unreliable in any case.
If you believe that Apple's product may be enhanced in anyway you can leave feedback here.

I own a used iPad and can't log in on some of my apps because the previous owner info shows up not mine

I own a used iPad and can't log in on some of my apps because the previous owner info shows up not mine
How do I fully remove the previous owner info. It blocks most of my log in apps, like google voice, etc...

Try deleting and reinstalling your apps that are playing up. But I would have to agree with above...in the end it's going to be better to start over as a new ipad. Using what someone else has left behind takes away what's great about making an apple product personal...

I have found an Ipad 3 I believe it was stolen. How can I contact the previous owner to buy it from him ?

I have bought in a flea market an Ipad 3 Wifi only I believe it was stolen. When I bought it the battery was discharged so I couldn't verify it for being locked (stolen). After I charged it and turned it on it's locked in Icloud.
How can I contact the previous owner to buy it from him ?
I don't have anything. The Ipad is Icloud locked. It only shows : s********@googlemail.com
I am willing to buy the Ipad from previous owner.
Thank you

I don't know what you want to hear, but no one here can help you. apple will not help you.
What you're dealing with is the activation lock, where it's required for the person that sets up the iPad to 'release' it to be used by someone else.
There's no hack or crack. There's no assistance anyone here can give you beyond the suggestions we already have.
Use your imagination. Or use the ipad as a pretty new paperweight.

Help , I need to delete pics off my iPad that were left on it from the previous owner !

I bought my iPad used from someone , they thought they had deleted their pics that were on the iPad but it turns out they had not and I cannot figure out how to delete them ? This is taking up all the memory on my iPad and creating a major issue , does anyone know what to do ?

What should have been done: What to do before selling or giving away your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
And what you may still want to do to start fresh.

When trying to sync my iPad I am getting a message stating " iTunes could not connect to the iPad "iPad" because an error occurred while reading the device

When trying to sync my iPad I am getting a message stating that iTunes could not connect to the iPad "iPad " because an error occurred while reading from the device

Hi Centreless,
If you have difficulty with your iPad not being able to connect to iTunes in order to sync, you may want to try the troubleshooting steps in this article -
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

Sed an iPad from someone and I want to go into App Store to update apps, but when I click on the update button, the previous owners' apple Id username appears and it won't take my apple id password. How do I replace their username w/ mine?

I purchased an ipad from someone and i set up my apple id for it but when i go to the app Store to update apps, i click on the update button for an app, the previous owners' apple Id username appears and it won't take my apple id password. How do I replace their username w/ mine? It doesn't give me an option... Help! Please!

Cc2528 wrote:
The iTunes Store on my iPad is set up with all my music already. And at the very bottom it shows my apple Id username. The only place it shows the previous owners id is in the App Store...
You can probably change the ID in the "iTunes and App stores" settings on the iPad....click on the wrong account ID , select sign out, then log in with your own ID, I have not done this but I think it works.....
but I would be more inclined to to the factory reset and start afresh.

I got an iPad mini from a friend who is now passed away and I'm trying to activate it using my Apple ID but it won't let me because I have to contact the previous owner, what do I do!?

I got an iPad mini from a friend who is now passed away and I'm trying to activate it using my Apple ID but it won't let me because I have to contact the previous owner, what do I do!?

Take it, the original purchase receipt, and the friend's death certificate to a physical Apple Store and see what they say.
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I just bought a used iPad 2, how do I change the previous owners info for the app store? Whenever I try to buy an app it asks for the previous owners password for the iTunes account. I have my own account Nd would like to use it.

Need help Changing the previous owners settings for the app store. I can't buy any apps. Because it asks for previous owners information.

I had this same problem, and it was erased.
For some really odd reason iPads sometimes retain the last user iTunes account on first visit to the iTunes store.
I am thinking it is actually the iTunes store recognising the iPad, and so 'helping' by showing the last log in settings.
So I would also recommend Erase All Content and Settings to start.
If that was done then what you need to do is log in, or create your own itunes account.
This is in Settings, Store.
create your own iTunes account (or log in with an old one).
Purchase something.
Then (as long as you don't have any app from the last owner on) it should never ask for the old account again.

I bought an open box iPad but I can't restore it because have the Apple ID of the previous owner

I bought an open box iPad but I can't restore it because have the Apple ID of the previous owner what should I've to do? My other problem is that I bought it at best buy in Baltimore, MD, 4 days ago when I was in my vacations and now I'm again in my country and I can't returned the iPad.
Thanks for understand me!

The Apple ID and Password that was Originally used to Activate the iDevice is required.
Activation Lock > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818
Kevinrreyes wrote:
I bought an open box iPad but I can't restore it because have the Apple ID of the previous owner
Sorry... There is no work around for Activation Lock
Suggest you Contact Best Buy and see what they can do for you.

HT201441 If the previous owner died, how can I get an Activation Lock fo iPad mini?

I bought an iPad mini which is currently linked to an Apple ID.
but after the last updating I couldn't bypass the activation screen because the owner of the account has died; assure he was only own the account and he never possessed the device.
Whatever the case, it is Impossible to contact with the previous owner!!
please help me:
how to activate my iPad? and how to change the Apple ID?
thanks

Greetings to you
I have such a problem
Is there a way to activate by correspondence
It is not a big problem, and Apple is the only one that you can repeat resolved
Please reply us
Thank you

I can not delete someone else's credit card info from my account info and it's stopping me from updating my apps. How can I delete the previous owners info from my iPad 2

See above question for deleting previous owners acct. info, credit card info. As well as I can't get my iPad to update.

If the iPad is on IOS 7, you will need the previous owner's Apple ID and Password to:
1. Turn off Find My iPhone
2. Erase device
3. Reactivate device

How to find out who was the previous owner of an iPad?

My sister has recently found an iPad 1 WiFi on a bus. To determine the actual owner she had a friend to reset the iPad to factory settings (not sure why though) and now all initial data is lost. Apple Store could not help much, as the iPad was sold by a 3rd party retailer.
Does anybody know how to determine the previous owner (Apple ID, Device name or other) after a full reset? Would Apple be able to disclose previous Apple ID associated with the device?

These links may be helpful.
How to Track and Report Stolen iPad
http://www.ipadastic.com/tutorials/how-to-track-and-report-stolen-ipad
Reporting a lost or stolen Apple product
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2526
Report Stolen iPad Tips and iPad Theft Prevention
http://www.stolen-property.com/report-stolen-ipad.php
Best advice - Turn it in to the local police. Usually if no one claims it after a period of time, it will be yours. And your concious will be clear.
 Cheers, Tom

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