Iphone 6, stolen password: is the situation recoverable?
Hi guys. So, let me describe the situation here because it's quite hairy.
A customer had her Macbook and iphone configured by her boyfriend, and he knew ALL her passwords.
Now they split up, he has reached a nonsensical level of grudge and has taken both her Macbook and her phone as "hostages". I mean remotely, since he's in Thailand and she's in Italy.
So, he changed the passwords and she lost any chance of accessing her iCloud documents and such, but that's the least of her problems.
I linked her Macbook (both Store and iCloud) to a new Apple id and she wanted me to do that on her new iPhone 6 (iOS 8) too.
Trouble is, she used iTunes (the most diabolical piece of sotware know to man) to recover a backup of the old iPhone (the one "controlled" by her ex) so now the phone is once again linked to the unreachable iCloud account. The option to Find your iPhone (the one which helps against theft) is on, so I don't think there's a way to hard reset this phone without knowing the new iCloud password.
So my question is, is there any way to hard reset (factory restore, if you will) this phone or should she just send it to Apple with proof of property? I know there was a way with old iPhones, such as iPhone 4, but I fear there's not anymore?
Thanks.
A customer had her Macbook and iphone configured by her boyfriend, and he knew ALL her passwords.
Now they split up, he has reached a nonsensical level of grudge and has taken both her Macbook and her phone as "hostages". I mean remotely, since he's in Thailand and she's in Italy.
So, he changed the passwords and she lost any chance of accessing her iCloud documents and such, but that's the least of her problems.
I linked her Macbook (both Store and iCloud) to a new Apple id and she wanted me to do that on her new iPhone 6 (iOS 8) too.
Trouble is, she used iTunes (the most diabolical piece of sotware know to man) to recover a backup of the old iPhone (the one "controlled" by her ex) so now the phone is once again linked to the unreachable iCloud account. The option to Find your iPhone (the one which helps against theft) is on, so I don't think there's a way to hard reset this phone without knowing the new iCloud password.
So my question is, is there any way to hard reset (factory restore, if you will) this phone or should she just send it to Apple with proof of property? I know there was a way with old iPhones, such as iPhone 4, but I fear there's not anymore?
Thanks.
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Can she not go through the process of recovering her password?
Take the phone to the Apple Store and ask them to do a hard reset. I think they can do this.
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As far as I am aware that will NOT untie the phone from the icloud account. The only method is, as i said, talk to Apple. They will require proof of ownership/purchase though.
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I think the phone was somehow NOT actually locked because it became tied to the account through a backup. There's an Apple site (https://www.icloud.com/activationlock/) where you can check if it is locked and it said it wasn't (although it would still ask for the password when trying to reset it the usual way), whereas the original phone was. So I guess that's why it worked.
Ah i get you. It was the restored data that was causing the request for a password!
Well you can breathe a sigh of relief then hopefully :D
Well you can breathe a sigh of relief then hopefully :D
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I'm still not 100% sure, because the customer didn't leave me enough time to test it thoroughly, she took off with the phone. I guess she'll let me know in case of trouble.
Oh i'm sure she will! Fingers crossed.
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Ok, it actually has worked.
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I guess I'll distribute points between all of us.
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The reason I selected my own comment as a solution is that my attempt worked.
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