Unlock Icloud locked IPhone 5 ?

Hi , so I decided to join the apple side and buy an Iphone, I did a little shopping on Ebay ; not being knowledgeable with the Apple softwares and such I bought an IPhone 5 that has been "Icloud Locked". After receiving my phone and falling in love with the design of it I attempt to activate it which fails. I researched more about this Icloud Locked thing only to discover that the owner of the account is the only one who can remove it along with any apple employee who you can proof original purchase receipt too. I have none of the two methods to unlock it. My question is I don't want a well designed paperweight , I want "my first IPhone" ... if I print out my eBay purchase receipt and bring it to my apple store can they unlock it for me ? - I know some of you may say to return the phone to the seller , but that is highly impossible because it was an as-is sale and it clearly said "Icloud Locked" . I really hope someone can help me out here because this is really dreadful having an amazing device that you can't actually use. its mocking me ,haha. - Thank You . - Giovanni

You can't remove the lock. Only the original owner can do that. Apple won't remove the lock for you because you are not the original owner. I'm afraid that if you can't return it, you have a paperweight.
Next time be sure to check here before buying a used phone from any source: https://www.icloud.com/activationlock/. If it's locked, don't buy it.

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i brought this phone in 2013 and i am sure its a new phone,coz in front of me only the phone is unpacked .
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n not sure abt the id [email protected] where showing as the id used for activation, as this was happened 2 years before. Is there any possibility where the same id can be used now as same ID with some other domain( for eg domain of our primary mail id present in the apple info like [email protected])
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You'll need to connect the iPhone to your computer and restore it:
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If that still doesn't work, try DFU mode:
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=1034
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Hello There,first of all i may convey that im not a thief and did not steal others belonging.i bought an iphone 5s (imei-**********) from someone and its icloud locked. it came from south africa to bangladesh where is i am. I didn't know that it was icloud locked.The person i bought from told me its icloud unlocked and i cant even ship back this to south africa and the person sold me is out of my contact..On the other hand its factory unlocked since i tested with a sim and it got the network.To verify that i really bought the device i can provide a picture of imei matched box and other accessories.Needless to say i cant steal a box.
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It's useless to you.
You may not have stolen it, but it's entirely possible that whoever sold it to you did.
Apple isn't going to intervene in this.
Sorry you wasted your money, but you're going to have to buy another phone.
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Hi all,
How should I start. Will try to keep it short and to the point:
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Hi Peter,
I did insert my Dutch Vodafone simcard on the Iphone and it works.
I read on some newsgroup that at some point I will not be able to make use this phone, because Sprint would give a certain window to activate the Iphone and if you don't do it, then it would lock the usage of any simcard beside a Sprint simcard. Due to latter, I got nervous and wanted to check this to be sure that there is no need to get stressed all about it.
Indeed, you are right, just checked the model of my Iphone 6 an can confirm is a (CDMA) Sprint MG6G2LL/A.
I am not sure what you mean whether I have "activated" my Iphone. For my understanding, could you please explain what you mean with "activate"?
Did I need to follow certain procedures on the Iphone? I just took out the Sprint carrier simcard when I came back to NL and just popped in my Dutch Vodafone simcard on this phone and was able to internet with LTE and receive and make calls.
When I purchased this Iphone in US, there was indeed a Sprint carrier simcard in the iphone. I never did anything with this Sprint carrier simcard.
I had only made of use of this Iphone in US and in The Netherlands:
of its (free) wi-fi capabilities on the road during my stay in US and
had tested it in US by inserting a Dutch T-mobile simcard and a Dutch Vodafone simcard in this Iphone.
And I was able to calls and receive calls with both Dutch simcards on this Iphone in US.
Upon arrival back in The Netherlands I was able to make use of the 4G/LTE capabilities.
But did find out that sometimes it would act weird and therefore I had linked it that it was due to the Sprint simlock.
Based on above facts, what would your answer be? Did I miss something else that I needed to take account on?
And to be frankly, looking at the paid price for the Iphone 6 64GB of approx 749 USD (paid in Nov 2014) and the price offered for a Iphone 6 64GB icm Sprint subscription would be 299 USD (as of today, Jan 2015). I would assume that I have unlocked version. Wouldn't you agree on this?

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