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Found iPod locked how do I unlock with out orig...

I found a 5th gen iPod at the mall. Tried to find the owner but cannot I tried to restore iPod but it asks for original iTunes account is there a way to remove that

Rynoe,

It doesn't matter whether your found the owner or not, the iPod is not yours. Turn it into the Mall Security office. You will not be able to do anything with the device. As it is running iOS 7, the new security features will not allow anyone but the owner to restore the device.

Turn it in - it is not yours to keep.

GB

Ok but it's impossible to find the owner and I tuned it in and if unclaimed I have the right to claim it. My question is how do u utilize it

Turn it in to Mall Security. You cannot and will not be able to use the device. It is locked to the previous owner and iOS 7 security will not allow you to bypass that.

How can it be "unclaimed" if you have not turned it in to a place where the owner might claim it? Seriously?????

GB

Why are u getting so worked up.   But seriously there has to be a work around this a tech question not how u feel one should act

There is no workaround:

https://support.apple.com/kb/ht5818

And I am not worked up. Just amazed at the absolute lack of concern for other people's property that you are displaying. Keeping someone's lost iPod is as good as stealing it.

GB

It was turned in for a week and no one claimed it there for i was allowed to claim property

Why would you not have indicated that in your original post? Regardless, there is nothing you can do, and the device will never be usable. There is no workaround.

GB

Its was irrelevant, my question was if you could get passed the iTunes lock.  And hopefully there is. Cause that is dumb what if I purchased this second hand and could not activate it

Because it would very likely have been stolen or lost. The is the purpose of the Activation Lock. To deter theft andhelp get lost devices back to the owners. That does it by requires the last user to enter the Apple ID and password.

I don't know how many ways I can say this - there is no workaround. There is nothing you can do, you have a brick.

If you purchased a second-hand device that had not been wiped, you would be in the same boat. As lllaass has indicated, this is purpose of the lock, and you can't get around it.

GB

Thank you Gail from Maine!  My son lost his new iPod touch 5 at Sunday River last weekend in the arcade area where Foggy Goggle is and we know someone must have picked it up because he know he fell out of his pocket.  It was locked immediately, and a message stating it was lost with a contact number to call and so far nothing but I keep looking at ebay. No one has turned it in yet sadly. I'm happy Apple has done this but wish we knew why ours isn't being returned yet :(. It's situations like this they are trying to avoid but do you know if there is a forum for matching those that lost with those that found?  I will pay more than a brick on eBay to just get it back!

Hi Rightyb,

Sorry, unless the person who picked it up contacts you or turns it in, you will just have to use Find My iPhone to see if you can locate it.

Have you checked with the Mall Security people? How about the Police near the mall? Even if you locked it and put a message on it, if it powered off because it used up all of the battery, no one is going to see that message. It could be sitting in a lost and found somewhere.....

Cheers and best of luck!

GB

Rynoe81 wrote:

 

Why are u getting so worked up.   But seriously there has to be a work around this a tech question not how u feel one should act

There is no workaround, the phone is useless to you, and you are stealing this useless phone by keeping it.

You can restore the device using Recovery Mode.

That will delete all information, and no, you won't be able to use the device, you need the owners Apple ID and password in order to set it up, better turn it in to the police, keeping it is not useful for you as you can't use the device.

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