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"I cannot download applications in the App Store of my second-hand iPhone because its previous owner forgets to remove the Apple ID whose password is unknown and what most troubles me is that I fail to reach out of the old owner of the phone for help. How can I remove the Apple ID from my iphone without password?"
Actually, you also cannot access many other Apple services and functions without your own Apple ID, except getting apps in App Store. Therefore, it's suggested to remove the previous/old Apple ID from your second-hand iPhone. But how can you completely remove the Apple ID from your iPhone without the password? To help you out of the trouble, 3 powerful ways are summed up here.
With the help of iSunshare iPhone Passcode Genius, the old or password-forgotten Apple ID can be wiped from your iPhone in a few minutes and without a hitch. Furthermore, it's worth saying that iPhone Passcode Genius also enables you to easily remove the iPhone screen time passcode and unlock the locked iPhone screen when you forget the passcode. Then, you can bypass the passcode to make use of the iPhone.
Preparations:
Step 1: Get iPhone Passcode Genius on your Windows computer and also make sure that you have installed iTunes on your PC.
Step 2: Launch the software and click Remove Apple ID.
Step 3: Connect your iPhone to the Windows computer and unlock your iPhone. At the same time, tap Trust on your iPhone to allow the PC accessing your iPhone data.
Step 4: In the Remove Apple ID screen, hit Start to remove the Apple ID from your iPhone without password.
Step 5: The software asks you to check whether there is screen lock on the iPhone. If not, go to turn on the screen lock and create the screen password. Then enter “0000” and click the Next button to continue.
Step 6: Ensure the Two-Factor Authentication is on. After that, enter “0000” and click “Next” button to go ahead.
Step 7:You need to download a firmware. Click “Download” to proceed.
Step 8: When the firmware is ready, click “Remove” to delete the Apple ID of previous owners.
After the process ends, your iPhone restarts and you can follow the steps to activate the iPhone with a new Apple ID.
Certainly, when the Find My iPhone function is disabled on your iPhone, you can wipe the Apple ID from your iPhone without password by restoring the device in iTunes. Before you follow the steps below, you need to update your iTunes to the latest version and also back up the vital data on your iPhone because the Restore function will remove your iPhone data. Besides, please mind that your iPhone might be stuck in Recovery mode during the process.
Step 1: Open iTunes on your computer.
Step 2: Connect your iPhone to the computer and make your iPhone enter the Recovery mode with the following guide from Apple.
Step 3: Then, a Restore or Update prompt will be shown for you and you can click Restore to factory reset your iPhone. At last, it's time to set up your iPhone for use.
If you get the second-hand iPhone and find the Apple ID is linked to its previous owner, how can you remove the activation lock without previous owner? If you set up the iPhone and it asks you to enter an unknown Apple ID account and password, how can you completely get rid of the Apple ID on your iPhone? iSunshare iBypass Genius can help you to remove Apple ID as well as activation lock without password when your iPhone is on the Activation lock screen.
Step 1: Download iSunshare iBypass Genius on your Windows computer and then complete the installation.
Step 2: Plug the iPhone into your computer and then run iBypass Genius. Next, go to select "Bypass ID".
Step 3: Then, you can take your time to read the agreement and warning text. After that, click “Start” to proceed.
Step 4: Minutes later, the software shows you a guide to boot iPhone into recovery mode. You can click “Start” when you are ready.
When you successfully get the iPhone into DFU mode, the installing jailbreaking process will run automatically.
Step 5: When the jailbreaking is finished, you are asked to boot the iPhone into recovery code again.
In no time, the software runs the bypassing Activation lock process automatically when it detects the iPhone is in DFU mode.
Step 6: The previous Apple ID on the iPhone is removed successfully. You can go to set up the iPhone. And you cannot set the screen lock on the iPhone.
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