What if you dont know the last owner of your iphone

what if you dont know the last owner of your iphone

Without the Activation Lock removed by the previous owner, your phone can't be set up again with your Apple ID and can't be used.
Apple can't do anything about this, sorry.
Check this article as well:
Find My iPhone Activation Lock

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Take it to Apple to be looked at. No one here can fix it.

HT5661 how to actav ate your ipod if you dont kmow the previous owner

How do you actavate a Ipod if you you dont know the previous owner?

If you are talking about an iPod 5th generation with iOS 7, there is no way to activate the iPod without knowing the passcode or having the prior owner deactivate their Apple ID associated with the iPod. If you cannot return the iPod, you have purchase an expensive thin brick. See: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5818

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

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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
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http://tinyurl.com/7ndy8tb
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http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-a-Forgotten-Password-for-an-iOS-Device
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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

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how do you unlock a phone when you dont know the password?

Connect in recovery mode and restore, you'll get the option to reset the passcode during this process:
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If you cannot remember the passcode, you will need to restore your device using the computer with which you last synced it. This allows you to reset your passcode and resync the data from the device (or restore from a backup). If you restore on a different computer that was never synced with the device, you will be able to unlock the device for use and remove the passcode, but your data will not be present. Refer to Updating and restoring iPhone, iPad and iPod touch software.

HT4061 i cant activate my iphone 5c because it has been locked with a different apple id. i dont know the original owner so i need help. its a second-hand phone that i bought some months back

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Unfortunately, there is pretty much nothing you can do. Only the owner of the account used to lock it can remove the lock. If you can't contact whoever you purchased it from, or if they can't or won't remove the lock, then it's a brick. There is a very real chance that it's stolen.

How do i use and iphone with the ios7 if the phone is completely locked and i dont know the previous owner?

how do i fix a phone that is completly locked bc of the ios7? i dont know the previous ower? and i dont know if the phone is stollen.

You don't get it to work. You can not bypass the activation lock. Do you not know who you bought it from? Talk to them. If they can't give you the credentials to unlock it, get your money back. The phone is useless.

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Whar do you do if you go to the app storee on your iphone 5c and get nothing but a blank screen?

What does one do if you go to the app store on an iphone 5c and all you get is a blank
screen?

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1368
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HT1473 What if i dont know the answer to my questions for my itunes?

WHat if i do not know the answer to my questions for itunes and it locked up my card and wont allow me to buy my album i wanted?

Forgotten Security Questions/Answers
You need to contact Apple by:
1 - Use the Express lane and start here:
https://expresslane.apple.com
then click More Products and Services>Apple ID>Other Apple ID Topics>Forgotten Apple ID security questions.
or
Apple - Support -form iTunes Store - Contact Us
2 - Call Apple in your country by getting the number from here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
or
Apple ID: Contacting Apple for help with Apple ID account security
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HT201441 what if we cant contact the last owner because they moved to a different state, and we dont have there new concat number.

We got this Iphone 4 from one of my friends that moved out of state. He said he was going to restore the phone us to, but now when we tried to activate it. It said that is was still under his itunes account. I have no contact with him now because he didnt give me his new contact information. How do we reset it and change the itunes account to mine so i can activate the phone.

You can't. Only your friend can at this point. Your phone is basically useless to you.
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HT1918 what if you dont know your security question anwser?

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If you have a rescue email address set up on your account then you can try going to https://appleid.apple.com/ and click 'Manage your Apple ID' on the right-hand side of that page and log into your account. Then click on 'Password and Security' on the left-hand side of that page and on the right-hand side you might see an option to send security question reset info to your rescue email address.
If you don't have a rescue email address set up then go to Express Lane and select 'iTunes' from the list of 'products' in the middle of the screen.
Then select 'iTunes Store', and on the next screen select 'Account Management'
Next choose 'iTunes Store Account Questions' or 'iTunes Store account security' (it appears to vary by country) and fill in that you'd like your security questions/answers reset.
You should get an email reply within about 24 hours (and check your Spam folder as well as your Inbox).
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