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My Apple Watch was given to me by someone else and I can’t seem to find their Apple ID

my Apple Watch was given to me by someone who didn’t disconnect it from their phone. I can’t pair it up with my phone without their Apple ID. But I can’t seem to find that Apple ID to pair it up. How can I connect the watch to my phone without an activation lock on it?

Posted on Jun 5, 2021 6:23 AM

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Posted on Jun 5, 2021 6:33 AM

The person that you got this watch from needs to follow all the steps in this link;

Prepare the watch so that the new owner can use it.

If they can't or won't then recycle the watch and put it down to experience.

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My Apple Watch was given to me by someone else and I can’t seem to find their Apple ID

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