How Find my iPhone works

If find my iPhone is turned off on a device that has been sold to me but the phone still has a passcode, can I format the device using iTunes and dfu mode and hence make use of the phone? Without there being an activation lock?


Please note that find my iphone is OFF


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iPhone 5

Posted on Jul 9, 2019 4:59 AM

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Posted on Jul 9, 2019 5:32 AM

Find my iPhone has nothing to do with the device's IMEI. It is a feature of Apple's iCloud service tied to an AppleID. There is no site where you can check if activation lock is enabled on a device. Apple had such a site at one time, but took it down quite awhile ago now due to possible abuses and hacks.

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Jul 9, 2019 5:32 AM in response to Benjathemin

Find my iPhone has nothing to do with the device's IMEI. It is a feature of Apple's iCloud service tied to an AppleID. There is no site where you can check if activation lock is enabled on a device. Apple had such a site at one time, but took it down quite awhile ago now due to possible abuses and hacks.

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