New iphone owner icloud e.mail change

hi
i bought an iphone 5  2nd hand
it was already on ios 7.1 when i purchased it
the person had the icloud and find my iphone e.mail & passwords deleted from the phone before he sold it to me
so i have put in my email account and password on icloud & find my iphone ect...
now my question is
if i update my phone to 7.1.1 will the phone look for my icloud e.mail and password for it to activate once updated
or will it still want the person who owned the fone before me's e.mail and password (ie;the first e.mail address linked to the phone's icloud)
also the phone is registered to the previous owner (just incase that makes any difference)
please only reply if you are positive you are correct with the answer
thanks
ps also if i was to purchase an iphone that is on ios 6.
and the exact same thing as i done above
whos email would it ask for 
mark

If you are just updating, you should not be prompted for the activation lock information, but just in case you do end up restoring or the update fails, it will ask for the Apple ID and Password for the account currently listed in Settings > iCloud if Find My iPhone is enabled on that screen.
Activation lock runs off the Find My iPhone feature and not the iPhone's registration.  Device registrations can be found at supportprofile.apple.com.  More info on Activation lock can be found here.

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