Restore iphone without icloud account

Hi guys,
a friend of mine forgot the password of his icloud account. However he wants to sell the device and want to reset the content of the iphone before selling it.
As he was not able to find in any way the password, the gave the iphone to me and ask me to solve the problem.
How to restore the iphone with no password?
Thanks!
ps: iphone 4s with ios7

Or use it as paper weight.  You're friend will need to remember the passwrod.
The activation lock is a new feature on IOS 7 http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13695  to prevents thiefs from being able to restore a phone, without knowing that person apple id/password and disabling find my phone

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