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I purchased an Ipad from someone online. They did not erase the contents of the Ipad. When I try to reset and erase everything it will not let me without their apple ID password

I purchased an Ipad from someone online. They did not erase the contents of the Ipad. When I try to reset and erase everything it will not let me without their apple ID password. How can I reset the ipad?

Posted on Jun 30, 2020 6:54 PM

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Posted on Jun 30, 2020 7:01 PM

I’m sorry but you can’t. You were sold a useless device.

If you can get your money back. that is the activation lock and there is no way around it


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I purchased an Ipad from someone online. They did not erase the contents of the Ipad. When I try to reset and erase everything it will not let me without their apple ID password

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