How to Bypass iPhone 4 Activation?

Long story short, I bought an iPhone 4 at a yard sale. When I brought it home, I charged it to see if it still worked. Turns out there was a passcode, which I bypassed by putting the device in DFU and restoring it. I now need to get around activation, because the setup says I need to enter the apple ID credentials of the previous owner. How do I get around this?

Its a bricked phone no use for it turn in to the police or demand your money back if you remember the garage sale house you bought it at

You can't bypass the activation stage. Apple made it hard for people to use stolen apple iphones. If that iphone belongs to another apple account/icloud… That owner must log on to his or her account and delete that device from his or her account. Otherwise… So far… No method to bypass activation yet… Even if you go to apple store… They will not gonna activate it for you. Basically, it is useless.

Lol, its a security feature iphones have. Good luck trying to get around that. Be aware that if its on right now its also showing the owner a mark on the map exactly where the iphone is located.

You can't get around activation lock. It is designed specifically to prevent theft of phones. You'll need the Apple ID password. Contact the previous owner. If you can't find the previous owner, it's a stolen phone. And it will report its location as soon as you turn it on.

You bought a used iPhone at a garage sale, and I'm sure the seller had no idea is it still worked, and it was an AS IS SALE. You stated you charged it to see if it still worked, which shows that you know it might not.

And no, you can't get past the Activation without the Apple ID of the person that enter it, or them logging into their iCloud account, and removing that iPhone from the Apple ID. So for now, you own a brick that looks like an iPhone.