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Locked Apple Watch

Hello all!


I recently bought an Apple Watch off of someone and it seems to be locked. I’ve tried to get the owners old info and he says he does not remember his information and got a Samsung Watch instead. That was very strange, so I tried factory setting the Watch and asks for their Apple ID. Is there anything else I can do?

iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 15

Posted on Apr 11, 2022 2:47 PM

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Posted on Apr 12, 2022 1:27 AM

The person that you bought/got this watch from needs to follow all the steps in this link;

Remove the Activation Lock so that the buyer can use it.

If they can't or won't then get your money back or recycle the watch and mark it down as a bad experience.

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Locked Apple Watch

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