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Activation lock

My iPad were suddenly showing activation lock

iPad mini, iOS 9

Posted on Mar 29, 2020 10:52 AM

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Posted on Mar 29, 2020 11:01 AM

If you forgot your Apple ID


If you forgot your Apple ID password


If those links do not help you then you are basically out of luck. There is no workaround Activation Lock. Please consider properly recycling your now useless device.

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Mar 29, 2020 4:52 PM in response to Habeebbappan

You either have or can recover the password to that Apple ID, or you have proof of original purchase and matching photo ID, or you have a brick.


Activation Lock is a theft deterrent mechanism.


Only Apple can bypass Activation Lock.


lt wouldn’t be a deterrent, if it were easy to bypass.


And we’re not Apple.


This question has been asked hundreds of times before.


The answer remains the same.


Password.


Proof.


Or recycle it.


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