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Bought a second hand Ipad and it is linked to an ICloud account. How to activate it?

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I looked online for this and they mentioned nothing for this and that it might be bricked. I got this for my daughter for school. Any help would be appreciated.
 

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If the person that sold it to you is not the person who's iCloud account the device is locked to - you have a paperweight.

If the person that sold it to you IS the person who's iCloud account the device is locked to - they can follow directions available here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201351
 

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