User level: Level 1 (5 points)iphone locked to owner but i don't know who is it's owner I buy second hand iphone so please fix my issue
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Original Title: Iphone locked to owner
Posted on Sep 24, 2026 11:47 PM
User level: Level 9 (55,707 points)Sep 25, 2026 3:00 AM in response to Manii_01
Manii_01 wrote:
So what I can do know?
Learn from this experience.
If you can safely return this phone to the seller – and convince them to refund your money, or to get the original owner to prepare the phone properly for a new owner – you could try that. But it's a long shot. All too often, in these cases, people find that the seller has "disappeared", or now blocking them, and in any event will not fix the problem or refund their money.
If that is the case here, there is no way you can remove the anti-theft lock (Activation Lock). All that you can do would be to recycle the phone responsibly – or turn it over to the police together with all of the information that you have about the seller.
User level: Level 9 (74,110 points)Sep 25, 2026 12:07 AM in response to Manii_01
If you have bought a second hand iPhone that is activation locked I am afraid you have been scammed. Apple will not remove the lock for you ,as activation lock is a theft deterrent system and only the original owner can remove the lock
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User level: Level 1 (5 points)Sep 25, 2026 1:04 AM in response to WheelieNick
So what I can do know?
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256364610