Iphone Activation Lock

almillar

I cant go back to the car boot because its hundreds of miles with no guarantee the seller would be there.

Well it's your only hope. It's not Apple's fault, it's yours (and maybe the sellers).

Someone died in a road traffic accident and the person killed had all their family photos on their iphone and they couldn't be retrieved due to it being activation locked by the person that died

Take something from this. Back up anything that's precious. Do not carry it all round in a tiny device that you could lose it in, literally, in a drop.

es5595

Someone died in a road traffic accident and the person killed had all their family photos on their iphone and they couldn't be retrieved due to it being activation locked by the person that died

If I die, I definitely don’t want my family going through my phone, and especially not my photos! The ones that are for “sharing because of sentimental reasons” have already been shared ;)

mobilejunkie

es5595 wrote: »

If I die, I definitely don’t want my family going through my phone, and especially not my photos! The ones that are for “sharing because of sentimental reasons” have already been shared ;)

Nothing like a bit of class to bring things down a level.

oldernonethewiser

renegadefm wrote: »

Swipe, Like I said I was not very knowledgeable about iphone prices, my expencive mistake.
But I just read a story online thats enough to make you cry. Someone died in a road traffic accident and the person killed had all their family photos on their iphone and they couldn't be retrieved due to it being activation locked by the person that died, but the family were desperate to retrieve the photos but couldn't.

Nope. Try harder with the tugging at the old heartstrings next time.

tempus_fugit

renegadefm wrote: »

Oh no, thats what I was fearing. I am gutted because I payed £200 for it.

I feel stupid because they showed it to me all working, then powered it down to put it back in the box and I payed the money and that was that.

So it might be just a case of they forgot to remove the activation lock or deactivate it? Because they seemed genuine and I fail to see what they have to gain by ripping me off, unless it wasent their phone at all, I dont know.

There must be a way to disassociate the phone to the original owner, otherwise this is an over the top protection thing from Apple. Surely thousands of buyers fall into this trap?

It’s not over the top, it’s there to stop people getting into someone’s phone without their consent if the phone gets stolen or lost and is found by someone who then wants to use it. It just so happens that in this case it has bitten you in the backside because you didn’t make sure it was unlocked before you handed your cash over and didn’t make sure you had contact details in case there were any problems afterwards. A hard lesson for the future.

Frozen_up_north

renegadefm wrote: »

I am gutted because I payed £200 for it.

Really? Sorry to say you didn’t check the value of the phone, even in fully working condition it is worthless. An iPhone SE (2 generations newer and the same size as a 5) came out in spring 2016 and has a trade-in value of only £30.

oldernonethewiser

Frozen_up_north wrote: »

Really? Sorry to say you didn’t check the value of the phone, even in fully working condition it is worthless. An iPhone SE (2 generations newer and the same size as a 5) came out in spring 2016 and has a trade-in value of only £30.

Not worthless but definitely worth a lot less than allegedly paid by the OP.

TadleyBaggie

The OP clearly doesn't like the responses here, so they created a new thread in the "Techie Stuff" forum:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6095423/iphone-locked-and-useless

Getting pretty much the same response.

mobilejunkie

TadleyBaggie wrote: »

The OP clearly doesn't like the responses here, so they created a new thread in the "Techie Stuff" forum:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6095423/iphone-locked-and-useless

Getting pretty much the same response.

All of which leads to the conclusion that they stumbled into it blindly (their own fault) and now want divine intervention to change the facts of life.

[Deleted User]

TadleyBaggie wrote: »

The OP clearly doesn't like the responses here, so they created a new thread in the "Techie Stuff" forum:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6095423/iphone-locked-and-useless

Getting pretty much the same response.

Even a cursory glance at the OP's posting history reveals that he's continually yanking the chain of everyone who responds to him. I refer you specifically to his thread about Sky decoders as a perfect example.

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