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i don’t know my mom/brothers apple id or password since they gave me their old apple watch and said to connect to it but i don’t know how to deactivate their activation lock and neither do they know how
iPhone XR
You are encountering what is a theft deterrent mechanism and—without the password or without proof of original purchase showing the serial number—this Watch is indistinguishable from a lost or stolen device.
To recover access to the Apple ID:
If you forgot your Apple ID password - Apple Support
If you forgot your Apple ID - Apple Support
How to use account recovery when you can’t reset your Apple ID password - Apple Support
Contact Apple for help with Apple ID account security - Apple Support
Without that password and without the purchase receipt, you will be recycling this Watch.
Only they can remove it. Learn more: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205009
You can ask apple to remove the activation lock online on this page;
Online Activation Lock Removal Tool.
Or this;
If you can't remember/gain access to the apple id that paired the watch to the phone.Take the watch and it's receipt along with some photo id and any other proof of ownership to an Apple Store and request that they remove the Activation Lock for you.
how to deactivate activation lock on apple watch without apple id and password
