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I pad activation lock

littleredhen · 2017-12-09 23:18:32

I have my dad's ipad (old one!) my dad died 5 years ago and i have been using his i pad ever since. It never had a password to get in so I have been happily using it since he died. All of a sudden I get a message saying that it has an activation lock on it because its owner has used find my i phone to link it to their…

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AndyPix Posts: 4,847

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14 December 2017 at 5:04PM

CardinalWolsey wrote: »

A hand-written receipt is a proof of purchase, is it not...?

lol - no

scenario : I whip a shiney new iphoneX from granny tumbles bag
Get my mate Gary to write me a receipt (by hand lol) saying that he sold it to me
I approach Apple and they happily accept the receipt as proof of purchase and unlock
the phone..

You can see how that would be silly of Apple ?
It would basically declare open season on stealing iphones

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