How to get into an iPhone 5s with an Apple ID lock?

How to get into an iPhone 5s with an Apple ID lock? - 1

By Apple ID Lock do you mean an iCloud Lock? If so then the answer is you can't.

iCloud locks are activated when a device has been reported lost/stolen, the lock would be useless if you could bypass it, it's supposed to be an anti-theft feature so there's no bypass. There are only 2 people who can unlock it, that is either the person who locked it in the first place or Apple. If you can prove that the device is yours then they will instruct to recover your iCloud login to remove the lock, if you can't prove it is yours then they won't touch it or they may report it to the police as you may be handling stolen goods.

I found an iPhone 5s the other day. It had a passlock on it, so I couldn't get into it and try to find some information about the owner and return the phone. However, I went into Verizon today, and they tried to trace the owner through the social number and the SIM card, but said they couldn't find the original bill name/info. The guy at Verizon stated that the original owner probably replaced the iPhone already and that we could keep the phone we found. Now, I've restored the iPhone and put it on recovery mode through iTunes. But now it's asking for the Apple ID to restore it completely? Any help would be truly appreciated.

You can't do anything about it. Apple iCloud lock is there to prevent thieves, not implying you're one, from using the iPhone.

They did this because in the past, people could just steal iPhones, restore them with iTunes and use them without any problem. However, with iCloud lock, the owner must either log into the phone with their iCloud info, or remove that phone from their account.

Apple won't help you at all, so don't even bother.

You can't, and if you have it on then they can see on the map where the phone is located, you can't shut that off either.

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