iPhone Activation Help Needed

[RedSpider]

I have bought an iPhone.........Shoot me now if you wish....... or wait for my explanation.

I was at a car boot sale and I saw this shiny, well-constructed piece of iShit sat amidst various bric-a-brac atop some knob's pasting table-cum-shop counter.
I picked it up.
"40 quid" I was told before I even had time to fix my focus upon the object in my hand.
"Can I see that it turns on?" was my reply.
The knob turns it on thus satisfying my curiosity as to whether it worked or not.
"It just needs a sim" he added. I could see that what he was saying was correct because the screen in front of me was telling me so.
We settled on a price of ?36 but only because he claimed to have no fivers with which to exchange for my 4 tenners.
Being a kindly soul, after the transaction I told him "you could have got a lot more for this if you took it down CEX (other souped-up second-hand shops are available).
His response was something along the lines of "Yeah well, it's just sat in a drawer. Kids go through phones as often as they change their dirty pants and blah blah blah".
I took it home, laughing all the way as I intended to triple/quadruple my investment. I inserted a spare sim card and proceded through the activation process only to be met with a screen asking for the previous owner's crApple ID and password.
I do not have this information and I do not know who this knob is or where to contact him for his assistance.
My laughs have turned to misery - the minimum I deserve for going against my principals and spending money on an iShit even if it was only for financial gain further down the line.

Now... my question is.... is there a way round this?
I realise that any answers that I may find favourable may not necessarily contain the sort of information that is allowable on an open forum so please feel free to inbox me your replies.

It's an iPhone 4 by the way.

Thanks for reading. I hope you sleep well.

[NZBrakelathes]

Do a full restore on it
Whips it's ass and cleans all it's history back to factory
Factory reset it


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[RedSpider]

The first thing I did was factory reset but it still asks for Apple ID

[Music73]

Did you do it in DFU mode should just wipe everything

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[inaccord]

Probably nicked and blocked ...

[johnboy1974]

There's nothing wrong with your phone mate, its not blocked. Its a new security system put in place by apple. The device has been paired with a previous owners iCloud account. There are two ways to bypass this.
1- when the previous owner knew he was going to sell the device, he needed to remove the device and his iCloud account from apples records.
2- you sign in with the previous owners ID and password.

Unfortunately you have bought a paperweight, but all is not lost.
You should be able to recoup your losses by selling on ebay for parts, or you can keep hold of it as I'm sure the jail breakers will come come up with something that will bypass the activation soon.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/apple-refuses-unlock-dead-womans-3214436

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[NZBrakelathes]

You could email the log in account and ask to get the password
Or ask them to change it for a day or so to factory reset it then they can change it again
Just an option etc


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[johnboy1974]

You could email the log in account and ask to get the password
Or ask them to change it for a day or so to factory reset it then they can change it again
Just an option etc


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You obviously haven't bothered reading my post above.
Really- change it for a day. Pmsl


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[satsmo]

Next time we have to edit a post like that it will lead to a ban.

[NZBrakelathes]

Next time we have to edit a post like that it will lead to a ban.

Good for you


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[Canker_Canison]

Just to verify this. Johnboy is correct. You have no way of bypassing this security. At present you're looking at a loss even if you sell all the parts.

[Meat-Head]

How shit is that. So email the old account holder and hope.

is it possable to, as its a paper weight

1) enter as many passwords as you can think of - see if it wipes its self

2) if your confident remove battery for a week or two

3) doubt it, stick in freeezer

[Meat-Head]

Idhit. iOS: Forgotten passcode or device disabled after entering wrong passcode. iCloud: "Incorrect Apple ID or Password" alert when setting up iCloud after upgrading to iOS 7.

ON TOPIC:

if this works, please link to said site.

rumor ststes you can join an INFERIOR site that will send/receive emails of anyanything

can you set up a 'fake' email of the name on the screen, request lost password ?

do this 2am. Google youtuba hacking hotmail accounts, get password, reset phone, go straight to poundland get a screen fibber thing

[RedSpider]

It only gives part of the email address something like - e*****@h****.com so emailing them to ask for them to sort it isn't possible.

[Meat-Head]

Not fully understanding iShits. Is there any apps with log in email vivisable ....

1) go back to the car trunk sale this weekend hope he there
2) see if you can work out via chassis number *#06# orginal
Network, then tweet them, to find out if you can write an
Open letter for them to post on to orginal owner
3) go to Starbucks, macdonskss, pub. For free wifi
See if it says welcome back &&&&@??????.com
3) whatever that part email is try google and fakebok it


4). All is not lost as the iShit 4 is sharp, so you ccan use i.
as an "iKnife" or "iPizza Cutter"......note the shit spelling in tthis is due to iShit failure