Ipad says need "activation lock" PLEASE HELP
I bought my ipad from a pawn shop last year. I restored it yesterday because I had a lot of storage on it. I'm trying to activate my ipad and it's not letting me. It is saying that I need to use the account that was set up with the ipad. I don't know what it was set up with because I bought it second hand. If I bring it to the apple store could they fix it? Please help!!!!
No, there is nothing Apple can do for you. You will need the previous owner's account information, or you'll need to get the previous owner to remove the device from his/her iCloud account:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2702
If you can't reach the previous owner or he/she is unwilling to cooperate, then the device is now unusable by you.
Regards.
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