Good morning,
I suspect I already know the answer to this question, but my girlfriend is forcing my hand here.
My girlfriend's friend (let's just call him Idjit) gave her an iPhone back when she didn't have a phone. He acquired it from his brother. All well and good, but here's where it gets silly. Idjit's brother didn't turn off reset protection and the iPhone wasn't originally his, so it wasn't signed in with this account (as far as I know, Idjit's brother has never owned an iPhone), and Idjit went and factory reset the phone when it was given to him. So now my girlfriend has an essentially useless iPhone because reset protection was activated and the original iPhone account is, well, we have no earthly clue what the fluff (excuse my metaphorical swearing) it could be.
So, the question is, do I have any other options besides using this thing as a paperweight? I suspect I do not, but I don't claim to be an expert on iOS (have a question about Windows, however, and I'm your guy).
I suspect I already know the answer to this question, but my girlfriend is forcing my hand here.
My girlfriend's friend (let's just call him Idjit) gave her an iPhone back when she didn't have a phone. He acquired it from his brother. All well and good, but here's where it gets silly. Idjit's brother didn't turn off reset protection and the iPhone wasn't originally his, so it wasn't signed in with this account (as far as I know, Idjit's brother has never owned an iPhone), and Idjit went and factory reset the phone when it was given to him. So now my girlfriend has an essentially useless iPhone because reset protection was activated and the original iPhone account is, well, we have no earthly clue what the fluff (excuse my metaphorical swearing) it could be.
So, the question is, do I have any other options besides using this thing as a paperweight? I suspect I do not, but I don't claim to be an expert on iOS (have a question about Windows, however, and I'm your guy).
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