I bought an iPhone 7 second hand, but it is listed by apple under 'lost and found' and has an icloud lock on it. Can I get round this?

I bought an iPhone 7 second hand, but it is listed by apple under 'lost and found' and has an icloud lock on it. Can I get round this?

No. It's someone else's. You bought stolen goods.

Better to buy what you can afford and keep your dignity.

That is what you can expect whenever you don't do your research before you hand over your money. It is nobody's fault but yours.

Nope.

Unless you somehow get the password it is asking for.

No you can't.

You don't. That is unless you can find the original owner, who can get the phone un-blacklisted, by reporting it found. Grated this only works if they are still with that carrier and can prove they owned the phone.

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