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i bought my iphone an its icloud locked an i cant get ahold of the previous owner how do i bypass this

iPhone SE

Posted on May 12, 2019 6:05 AM

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Posted on May 12, 2019 6:19 AM

you will need to contact the previous owner to have them log out of iCloud or go to iCloud.com/Find My Phone and erase the device, then remove it from their account. If you can’t do that, the device is useless.


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