Locked iPad
Bought an iPad from a guy but it’s locked and I need to put Thor Apple ID but I have no contact with him anymore
iPad Pro 11-inch Wi-Fi
Unfortunately, if the device is Activation Locked with an AppleID of a previous owner, unless you can secure their cooperation in removing the Activation Lock from their account, the device is useless to you. The Activation Lock cannot be bypassed; nobody here has the ability to help - and Apple will not assist in defeating this anti-theft measure.
That said, here are the procedures to follow if circumstances allow:
If your device is Activation Locked, this help page will provide most of the information that you’ll need:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201365
If you have forgotten your AppleID or associated password, these can be recovered here:
To recover your credentials, you’ll need access to one of the following:
- Your primary email address mailbox that corresponds with your AppleID
- Any of the secondary/recovery email addresses that should be configured for your AppleID account
- Any of the trusted telephone numbers (fixed line or Cellular/Mobile) that are associated with your AppleID
Unless you AppleID account has not been fully/correctly configured, or has been seriously neglected, recovery of the AppleID and password should not be difficult.
More information about recovery of your AppleID:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201354
More information about recovery of your AppleID password:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201487
When you recover access to your credentials, you would be well advised to log-in to your AppleID account from a web browser - and verify/update any email addresses and trusted telephone numbers:
