Bought a used iPhone SE and can’t get their Apple ID off of it to add mine now

I bought a second hand iPhone SE and I cant activate it without his Apple ID and he is no where to

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Posted on Oct 17, 2022 04:36 PM

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Posted on Oct 17, 2022 05:26 PM

If you can't reach the previous owner whose ID is on the device and have them go to https://www.icloud.com/find/, erase the device, then remove it from their account, then the device is useless. Apple won't unlock it.


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Bought a used iPhone SE and can’t get their Apple ID off of it to add mine now

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