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Hi all ...

my wife recently sent her old iphone away for cash... ,then received an email asking for her Apple ID and password. I thought that was a bit dodgy so went on find my iPhone to switch off iCloud .. which I did !! Then she tells me she hadn’t erased the phone either!!!

so now I can’t use find my iPhone as I switched of the iCloud ??? Is there anything also I can do?? Hope this makes sense.

any help would be greatly appreciated 👍🏻

Posted on Jul 20, 2020 11:37 AM

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Posted on Jul 20, 2020 11:50 AM

If you turned off Find My Phone, there isn't a way to access and erase the phone remotely.

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