Activation locked Iphone 5c, what can I do??

fijidoll wrote:

activation locked iphone 5c

so I unfortunately made the mistake of buying an iPhone 5 on Facebook Marketplace, and the device is activation locked. It is not marked as lost to my knowledge; however I have tried to contact the seller to remove it with no response :( I'm wondering what can possibly be done about this as I do not just want a useless brick, and I did pay money for the phone.

You recycle the device that is the only thing you can do, doesn't matter if you paid money for the phone.

That is the risk you take buying from FB marketplace instead of an authorized Apple dealer.

Re: “… I do not want a useless brick …”

Sorry, but that unfortunately is exactly what you have purchased.

The All Too Common SAD Reality of Buying … - Apple Community

sberman wrote:

In addition to the responses above:

I, as well as my colleagues above, really enjoy Apple products and very likely would tend to recommend them. But here, we’re talking about an iPhone 5C. This iPhone was released by Apple thirteen years ago! The latest iOS version it can use is iOS 10.3.4, which was released by Apple in July 2019!

Do not buy such an obsolete product, even if it is from Apple and does not have Activation Lock.

It is quite possible that it would not be able to reactivate such an old phone – even if it was not Activation Locked. I'm not sure where the exact cutoff point is, but there have been threads in these forums to that effect.

The iPhone 5c can connect to some 4G (LTE) data networks, but lacks support for Voice over LTE (VoLTE). That feature first appeared in the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Many carriers have shut down 2G and 3G networks, making any iPhone that predates the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus useless as a cell phone.

Apple has raised minimum system requirements for iCloud over the years. Now, even iCloud Backup and Restore, and iCloud Photos, require a minimum of iOS 12 – which the iPhone 5c cannot run.

System requirements for iCloud - Apple Support

The iPhone 5s can run iOS 12 – but be warned: like the iPhone 5c, it lacks support for Voice over LTE.

At the end of next January, a key security certificate required for the operation of things like iMessages (Messages sent from one Apple device to another over the Internet) and FaceTime is set to expire. Apple patched "end of the line" versions of iOS as far back as iOS 12. They never, to my knowledge, patched iOS 10.

In addition to the responses above:

I, as well as my colleagues above, really enjoy Apple products and very likely would tend to recommend them. But here, we’re talking about an iPhone 5C. This iPhone was released by Apple thirteen years ago! The latest iOS version it can use is iOS 10.3.4, which was released by Apple in July 2019!

Do not buy such an obsolete product, even if it is from Apple and does not have Activation Lock.

fijidoll wrote:

Understandable, I bought it because I like the older iPhone camera quality in the sense that it resembles a digicam lol.

OK, but you still bought exactly what you wanted to avoid - A useless brick you can never use.

fijidoll wrote:

Understandable, I bought it because I like the older iPhone camera quality in the sense that it resembles a digicam lol.

Newer camera apps including the Apple camera app can include filters for various effects, as do most photo editors.

Understandable, I bought it because I like the older iPhone camera quality in the sense that it resembles a digicam lol.