Ipad - Deceased persons Ipad has to be sc***ped

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Tue 16 Jul 2024 19:00
Ipad - Deceased persons Ipad has to be sc***ped - London calling

Hi, my deceased uncle left me an iPad, due to no one knowing his Apple ID and password it can’t be used. Asked at a local Apple Store for advise, after checking it out they are unable to do anything with it and won’t take it in to be destroyed due to activation lock. Seems crazy that the only solution is to break up a perfectly good iPad.

How many other Apple products around the world are being destroyed due to similar circumstances?

Edited by London calling on 16/07/2024 at 19:02

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Tue 16 Jul 2024 20:13
Ipad - Deceased persons Ipad has to be sc***ped - Brit_in_Germany

There seem to be ways to get round this, e.g. via iCloud, or maybe passixer.

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Wed 17 Jul 2024 23:30
Ipad - Deceased persons Ipad has to be sc***ped - Ethan Edwards

finance.yahoo.com/news/factory-reset-ipad-without-...l

If it had been an Android, a factory reset would be really easy. Apparently an IPad is s little more difficult, but only a little.

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Thu 18 Jul 2024 08:44
Ipad - Deceased persons Ipad has to be sc***ped - London calling

Thank you both for the info

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Wed 31 Jul 2024 21:06
Ipad - Deceased persons Ipad has to be sc***ped - Palcouk

Go to your local High street, usually Asian, mobile store, to get them to reset, dont go to Apple unless you want to pay big bucks

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