iPhone 7 FMI question
Hello IFIXIT Community,
I recently purchased a broken iPhone 7 on eBay to give myself a challenge, as repair is my hobby. When I first received the device, I did a quick IMEI lookup from the SIM tray. I discovered that Find My iPhone had been enabled, however, the phone itself had not had a SIM card installed or had been connected to the internet before the phone had Find My iPhone first enabled. If I kept the phone offline and then wiped the OS from Recovery Mode and reinstalled, would iCloud Activation Lock occur? I have never really dealt with a device where Find My iPhone has been enabled and don’t want to waste the money on repair if it will just boot up to the iCloud Lock screen, so any advice helps!
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Thanks,
Caleb T.
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A) check on ebay for "services" to clear activation/icloud locks. do not search for websites.
B) if the list talks about jailbreaking, teamviewer, or requiring a pc or mac to execute the unlock - ignore these
C) look for ones that first check if the IMIE is lost first and explain the process where they will send you a "document with a code" (in reality a receipt) with your name, ESN and IMEI on it (you provide them that information) so you have a "proof of purchase" to take into an Apple store (make a genius bar appointment first) to show that you purchased the phone. show the apple tech your receipt and tell them that you don't have the icloud account information (you for got it, you bought it for a relative who recently passed, for an ex-SO who won't talk to you anymore, etc. - they're less interested in the story than they are about matching the phone to the information on the receipt, but you have to tell them something) and they'll clear the lock. it will, however, erase everything on the phone.
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