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syncing my apple watch

i recentl bought a apple watch fron a person on offer up and after bringing it hope and trying to connect the watch to my phone it wants the previos owners apple id and password i cant reach then again to ask about it is there any way to get around this

iPhone 12, iOS 15

Posted on Jul 10, 2022 1:35 PM

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Posted on Jul 10, 2022 1:41 PM

No;

The person that you bought/got this watch from needs to follow all the steps on this page;

Remove the Activation Lock so that the buyer can use it.

If they can't or won't then get your money back or recycle the watch and mark it down as a bad experience.

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syncing my apple watch

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