Originally Posted by
leomachado666 Hey guys,
I have an iphone 4 with the lastest update (7.0.6?) and i cannot get the icloud account (someone from USA gave me the phone and he is no more

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I would like to know if there is a way to bypass the iCloud protection or to downgrade to a simpler version, like iOS 5 or 6...
I don't care if it's jailbroken or the stock version, i had the iPhone 3G with sn0wbreeze a while ago, then i changed to android and started rooting,installing custom roms, kernels and more... so i have some experience and would like to know if i can get any tool to make it work .
Can i at least turn it into an iPod?
I dont have the iCloud credentials, he never gave me the info.
I'm from Uruguay and i don't know which company they had, i think it's free
Originally Posted by
leomachado666 And if i use an older iTunes?, i think i read something on the internet about another version of iTunes...something older, for example, if i use the iTunes that came out for the iPhone 4.
That deserves a try i guess
As has been said, there is *no* fix, as this is exactly how it's supposed to work. This prevents someone from stealing another person's device and being able to use it. There is some weird method if you can call and send Apple a death certificate, but it doesn't always work. The Jailbreaks could technically work around this I think, but they don't for the exact reasons we have all said. If they worked despite how your phone is working, they'd be promoting theft.
Look at it this way, as you got yours legit, you can at the very least try the Death Certificate route (I think they need a bunch of other stuff too though to verify). Someone who stole a device has no route to get it working.
tl,dr; There is absolutely nothing you can do. At all (apart from calling Apple). There is no "fix" as the issue you are having *is* the fix for theft.
Originally Posted by
acerace113 iOS 7 - The device will ask for the Apple ID
iOS 6 or lower - iTunes will ask for the Apple ID before it is activated.
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Actually, iOS 6 or lower lets you restore it as new from DFU mode. But, before leomachado666 asks, there is absolutely no way to downgrade to iOS 6 from with this issue on it, as *no* *one* will help you do that as would then be helping someone else who may have stolen a device, unlike you getting the device from someone who passed unfortunately.