***''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT after a few years. ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is stored on the cloud and tied to the device's serial number.''*** ***Without access to the administration panel, there is no way to remove the admin tie without a new motherboard! You might as well replace the Chromebook since motherboards vs. whole units end up being similar if the admin will not remove the enterprise tie.***[br]
***I know this is going to come up, so I'm addressing it: The screw trick DOES NOT WORK ON ANYTHING NEWER THEN THE "CR-48 SERIES", WHICH ARE ALL DECOMMISSIONED DUE TO THE FACT THEY NO LONGER GET UPDATES AFTER 5+ YEARS! UNLESS THE SCHOOL CANNOT AFFORD NEW CHROMEBOOKS (literally impossible since they get state funding and block XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about), they replaced them with PATCHED UNITS.***
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***This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. Everyone please, STOP ASKING - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed this way to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done, and found/abused the failures made it harder. If it was possible to neutralize the admin tie so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management (who can afford to risk killing it) would buy them for almost nothing and try to fix them for resale or personal use, even if it meant PERMANENTLY neutralizing the management capabilities in firmware to the point it can never accept a management policy again with that disclaimer (similar to Persistence 1.0)? Oh, and they absolutely can live with the fact their used Chromeook can never be remotely managed. I have an E6400 with Computrace taken out back and killed at the BIOS, I did it by choice because of how old it is because it's a liability on a cheap laptop from 2009.***
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***This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. Everyone please, STOP ASKING - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed this way to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done, and found/abused the failures made it harder. If it was possible to neutralize the admin tie so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management (who can afford to risk killing it) would buy them for almost nothing and try to fix them for resale or personal use, even if it meant PERMANENTLY neutralizing the management capabilities in firmware to the point it can never accept a management policy again with that disclaimer (similar to Persistence 1.0)? Oh, and they absolutely can live with the fact their used Chromeook can never be remotely managed. I have an E6400 with Computrace where I did the deed and permanently disabled it, by choice. It's a liability I want nothing to do with on a 2009 Core 2 Duo laptop.***
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case the students try to keep them offline - it is truly persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. ***THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.*** It sounds like an ex-school machine since iBoss has an [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
***With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.*** ***Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.***
It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned the unit and moved onto another one, unless the seller let me keep it, in which case I'd see what I can get done when I have a weekend to do it. The reason is these locks cripple these Chromebooks for outsiders. ***Personally, I do not take the seller’s negligence is my issue.*** ***You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use*** ***and did not disclose this issue***. ***''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.***
***The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.*** In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why these managed Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. ***While rare, some schools are flat out unwilling/afraid to hold the student/parents accountable for the damaged Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage and residual management.*** The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. ***''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''*** They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. ***THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK OR RIDDLED WITH MANAGEMENT! I AM NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH THEM FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOB WITH THEIR OLD CHROMEBOOK — I AM GOING TO SCRAP IT! Unless it is cheap, these make no sense to buy as the schools tend to hold onto them until the Google AUP lifetime is towards the end (usually only ~6 months-1 year left, or EOL when you get it)… The issue is you're SOL when they're no longer updated since Google maintains a list, so it’s YOUR FAULT for not checking. If it's not intact, it's almost certainly "managed" despite being disposed of. The biggest red flag is it will often require a school managed Google account, OR an .edu eMail from that college who sold it.***
***''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT after a few years. ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is stored on the cloud and tied to the device's serial number.''*** ***Without access to the administration panel, there is no way to remove the admin tie without a new motherboard! You might as well replace the Chromebook since motherboards vs. whole units end up being similar if the admin will not remove the enterprise tie.***[br]
***I know this is going to come up, so I'm addressing it: The screw trick DOES NOT WORK ON ANYTHING NEWER THEN THE "CR-48 SERIES", WHICH ARE ALL DECOMMISSIONED DUE TO THE FACT THEY NO LONGER GET UPDATES AFTER 5+ YEARS! UNLESS THE SCHOOL CANNOT AFFORD NEW CHROMEBOOKS (literally impossible since they get state funding and block XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about), they replaced them with PATCHED UNITS.***
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***This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. Everyone please, STOP ASKING - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed this way to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done, and found/abused the failures made it harder. If it was possible to neutralize the admin tie so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management (who can afford to risk killing it) would buy them for almost nothing and try to fix them for resale or personal use, even if it meant PERMANENTLY neutralizing the management capabilities in firmware to the point it can never accept a management policy again with that disclaimer? Oh, and they absolutely can live with the fact their used Chromeook can never be remotely managed.***
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***This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. Everyone please, STOP ASKING - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed this way to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done, and found/abused the failures made it harder. If it was possible to neutralize the admin tie so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management (who can afford to risk killing it) would buy them for almost nothing and try to fix them for resale or personal use, even if it meant PERMANENTLY neutralizing the management capabilities in firmware to the point it can never accept a management policy again with that disclaimer (similar to Persistence 1.0)? Oh, and they absolutely can live with the fact their used Chromeook can never be remotely managed. I have an E6400 with Computrace taken out back and killed at the BIOS, I did it by choice because of how old it is because it's a liability on a cheap laptop from 2009.***
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case the students try to keep them offline - it is truly persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. ***THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.*** It sounds like an ex-school machine since iBoss has an [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
***With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.*** ***Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.***
It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned the unit and moved onto another one, unless the seller let me keep it, in which case I'd see what I can get done when I have a weekend to do it. The reason is these locks cripple these Chromebooks for outsiders. ***Personally, I do not take the seller’s negligence is my issue.*** ***You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use*** ***and did not disclose this issue***. ***''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.***
***The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.*** In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why these managed Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. ***While rare, some schools are flat out unwilling/afraid to hold the student/parents accountable for the damaged Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage and residual management.*** The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. ***''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''*** They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. ***THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK OR RIDDLED WITH MANAGEMENT! I AM NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH THEM FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOB WITH THEIR OLD CHROMEBOOK — I AM GOING TO SCRAP IT! Unless it is cheap, these make no sense to buy as the schools tend to hold onto them until the Google AUP lifetime is towards the end (usually only ~6 months-1 year left, or EOL when you get it)… The issue is you're SOL when they're no longer updated since Google maintains a list, so it’s YOUR FAULT for not checking. If it's not intact, it's almost certainly "managed" despite being disposed of. The biggest red flag is it will often require a school managed Google account, OR an .edu eMail from that college who sold it.***
***''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT after a few years. ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is stored on the cloud and tied to the device's serial number.''*** ***Without access to the administration panel, there is no way to remove the admin tie without a new motherboard! You might as well replace the Chromebook since motherboards vs. whole units end up being similar if the admin will not remove the enterprise tie.***[br]
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***I know this is going to come up, so I'm addressing it: The screw trick DOES NOT WORK ON ANYTHING NEWER THEN THE 'CR-48 SERIES, WHICH ARE ALMOST ALWAYS DECOMMISSIONED DUE TO THE FACT THEY ARE "EOL" AND 5+ YEARS OLD. UNLESS THE SCHOOL CANNOT AFFORD NEW CHROMEBOOKS (literally impossible since they get state funding and block XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about), they replaced them with PATCHED UNITS.***
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***I know this is going to come up, so I'm addressing it: The screw trick DOES NOT WORK ON ANYTHING NEWER THEN THE "CR-48 SERIES", WHICH ARE ALL DECOMMISSIONED DUE TO THE FACT THEY NO LONGER GET UPDATES AFTER 5+ YEARS! UNLESS THE SCHOOL CANNOT AFFORD NEW CHROMEBOOKS (literally impossible since they get state funding and block XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about), they replaced them with PATCHED UNITS.***
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***This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. Everyone STOP ASKING - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed this way to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder. If it was possible to neutralize the admin tie so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management (who can afford to risk killing it) would buy them for almost nothing and trying to fix them, even if it meant neutralizing the management capabilities in the firmware (permanently, Before Absolute Persistence 2.0 came out), and selling them as "permanentlynon-manageable"?***
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***This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. Everyone please, STOP ASKING - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed this way to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done, and found/abused the failures made it harder. If it was possible to neutralize the admin tie so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management (who can afford to risk killing it) would buy them for almost nothing and try to fix them for resale or personal use, even if it meant PERMANENTLY neutralizing the management capabilities in firmware to the point it can never accept a management policy again with that disclaimer? Oh, and they absolutely can live with the fact their used Chromeook can never be remotely managed.***
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline - it is truly persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. ***THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.*** It sounds like an ex-school machine since iBoss has an [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case the students try to keep them offline - it is truly persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. ***THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.*** It sounds like an ex-school machine since iBoss has an [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
***With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.*** ***Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.***
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It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned it and dinged the seller’s stats for negligence and forced them to pay for shipping as well. The reason is these locks cripple these Chromebooks as an entire unit for outsiders. ***Personally, I do not take the seller’s negligence is my issue.*** ***You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use*** ***and did not disclose this issue***. ***''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.***
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It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned the unit and moved onto another one, unless the seller let me keep it, in which case I'd see what I can get done when I have a weekend to do it. The reason is these locks cripple these Chromebooks for outsiders. ***Personally, I do not take the seller’s negligence is my issue.*** ***You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use*** ***and did not disclose this issue***. ***''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.***
***The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.*** In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why these managed Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. ***While rare, some schools are flat out unwilling/afraid to hold the student/parents accountable for the damaged Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage and residual management.*** The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. ***''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''*** They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. ***THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK OR RIDDLED WITH MANAGEMENT! I AM NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH THEM FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOB WITH THEIR OLD CHROMEBOOK — I AM GOING TO SCRAP IT! Unless it is cheap, these make no sense to buy as the schools tend to hold onto them until the Google AUP lifetime is towards the end (usually only ~6 months-1 year left, or EOL when you get it)… The issue is you're SOL when they're no longer updated since Google maintains a list, so it’s YOUR FAULT for not checking. If it's not intact, it's almost certainly "managed" despite being disposed of. The biggest red flag is it will often require a school managed Google account, OR an .edu eMail from that college who sold it.***
***''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT after a few years. ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is stored on the cloud and tied to the device serial number.''*** ***There is no way to remove the admin tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or installing a “clean” motherboard (at that point, just replace the entire freaking Chromebook due to the price of a new board). The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to 100% of these early units being considered EOL (in other words, no more updates=scrap). UNLESS THE SCHOOL CANNOT AFFORD NEW CHROMEBOOKS (literally impossible since they get funding just by blocking the XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about), the screw trick IS PATCHED.***
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***''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT after a few years. ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is stored on the cloud and tied to the device's serial number.''*** ***Without access to the administration panel, there is no way to remove the admin tie without a new motherboard! You might as well replace the Chromebook since motherboards vs. whole units end up being similar if the admin will not remove the enterprise tie.***[br]
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***I know this is going to come up, so I'm addressing it: The screw trick DOES NOT WORK ON ANYTHING NEWER THEN THE 'CR-48 SERIES, WHICH ARE ALMOST ALWAYS DECOMMISSIONED DUE TO THE FACT THEY ARE "EOL" AND 5+ YEARS OLD. UNLESS THE SCHOOL CANNOT AFFORD NEW CHROMEBOOKS (literally impossible since they get state funding and block XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about), they replaced them with PATCHED UNITS.***
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***This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. Everyone STOP ASKING - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed this way to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder. If it was possible to permanently neutralize it so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management (and can afford to risk killing the unit) would be buying them for almost nothing and trying to fix them?***
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***This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. Everyone STOP ASKING - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed this way to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder. If it was possible to neutralize the admin tie so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management (who can afford to risk killing it) would buy them for almost nothing and trying to fix them, even if it meant neutralizing the management capabilities in the firmware (permanently, Before Absolute Persistence 2.0 came out), and selling them as "permanently non-manageable"?***
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline - it is truly persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. ***THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.*** It sounds like an exschool machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline - it is truly persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. ***THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.*** It sounds like an ex-school machine since iBoss has an [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
***With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.*** ***Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.***
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It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned it and dinged the seller’s stats for negligence, and forced them to pay for shipping as well. The reason is these locks cripple these Chromebooks as a entire unit for outsiders. ***The seller’s negligence is not my issue to fix.*** ***You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use*** ***and did not disclose this issue***. ***''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.***
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It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned it and dinged the seller’s stats for negligence and forced them to pay for shipping as well. The reason is these locks cripple these Chromebooks as an entire unit for outsiders. ***Personally, I do not take the seller’s negligence is my issue.*** ***You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use*** ***and did not disclose this issue***. ***''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.***
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***The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.*** In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why these managed Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. ***While rare, some schools are flat out unwilling/afraid to hold the student/parents accountable for the damaged Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage and residual management.*** The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. ***''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''*** They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. ***THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK, OR RIDDLED WITH MANAGEMENT! I AM NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH THEM FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOB WITH THEIR OLD CHROMEBOOK — I AM GOING TO SCRAP IT! Unless it is cheap, these make no sense to buy as the schools tend to hold onto them until the Google AUP lifetime is towards the end (usually only ~6 months-1 year left, or EOL when you get it)… The issue is you're SOL when they're no longer updated since Google maintains a list, so it’s YOUR FAULT for not checking. If it's not intact, it's almost certainly "managed" despite being disposed of. The biggest red flag is it will often require a school managed Google account, OR an .edu eMail from that college who sold it.***
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***The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.*** In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why these managed Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. ***While rare, some schools are flat out unwilling/afraid to hold the student/parents accountable for the damaged Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage and residual management.*** The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. ***''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''*** They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. ***THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK OR RIDDLED WITH MANAGEMENT! I AM NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH THEM FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOB WITH THEIR OLD CHROMEBOOK — I AM GOING TO SCRAP IT! Unless it is cheap, these make no sense to buy as the schools tend to hold onto them until the Google AUP lifetime is towards the end (usually only ~6 months-1 year left, or EOL when you get it)… The issue is you're SOL when they're no longer updated since Google maintains a list, so it’s YOUR FAULT for not checking. If it's not intact, it's almost certainly "managed" despite being disposed of. The biggest red flag is it will often require a school managed Google account, OR an .edu eMail from that college who sold it.***
***''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT after a few years. ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is stored on the cloud and tied to the device serial number.''*** ***There is no way to remove the admin tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or installing a “clean” motherboard (at that point, just replace the entire freaking Chromebook due to the price of a new board). The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to 100% of these early units being considered EOL (in other words, no more updates=scrap). UNLESS THE SCHOOL CANNOT AFFORD NEW CHROMEBOOKS (literally impossible since they get funding just by blocking the XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about), the screw trick IS PATCHED.***
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***This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. Everyone STOP ASKING - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed this way to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder. If it was possible to permanently neutralize it so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management (and can afford to risk killing the unit) would be buying them for almost nothing and trying their luck at reuse as Chromebooks?***
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***This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. Everyone STOP ASKING - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed this way to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder. If it was possible to permanently neutralize it so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management (and can afford to risk killing the unit) would be buying them for almost nothing and trying to fix them?***
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline - it is truly persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. ***THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.*** It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
***With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.*** ***Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.***
It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned it and dinged the seller’s stats for negligence, and forced them to pay for shipping as well. The reason is these locks cripple these Chromebooks as a entire unit for outsiders. ***The seller’s negligence is not my issue to fix.*** ***You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use*** ***and did not disclose this issue***. ***''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.***
***The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.*** In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why these managed Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. ***While rare, some schools are flat out unwilling/afraid to hold the student/parents accountable for the damaged Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage and residual management.*** The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. ***''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''*** They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. ***THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK, OR RIDDLED WITH MANAGEMENT! I AM NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH THEM FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOB WITH THEIR OLD CHROMEBOOK — I AM GOING TO SCRAP IT! Unless it is cheap, these make no sense to buy as the schools tend to hold onto them until the Google AUP lifetime is towards the end (usually only ~6 months-1 year left, or EOL when you get it)… The issue is you're SOL when they're no longer updated since Google maintains a list, so it’s YOUR FAULT for not checking. If it's not intact, it's almost certainly "managed" despite being disposed of. The biggest red flag is it will often require a school managed Google account, OR an .edu eMail from that college who sold it.***
***''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT after a few years. ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is stored on the cloud and tied to the device serial number.''*** ***There is no way to remove the admin tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or installing a “clean” motherboard (at that point, just replace the entire freaking Chromebook due to the price of a new board). The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to 100% of these early units being considered EOL (in other words, no more updates=scrap). UNLESS THE SCHOOL CANNOT AFFORD NEW CHROMEBOOKS (literally impossible since they get funding just by blocking the XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about), the screw trick IS PATCHED.***
***This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. Everyone STOP ASKING - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed this way to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder. If it was possible to permanently neutralize it so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management (and can afford to risk killing the unit) would be buying them for almost nothing and trying their luck at reuse as Chromebooks?***
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline - it is truly persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. ***THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.*** It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
***With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.*** ***Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.***
It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned it and dinged the seller’s stats for negligence, and forced them to pay for shipping as well. The reason is these locks cripple these Chromebooks as a entire unit for outsiders. ***The seller’s negligence is not my issue to fix.*** ***You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use*** ***and did not disclose this issue***. ***''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.***
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***The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.*** In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why these managed Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. ***While rare, some schools are flat out unwilling/afraid to hold the student/parents accountable for the damaged Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage and residual management.*** The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. ***''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''*** They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. ***THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK, OR RIDDLED WITH MANAGEMENT! I AM NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH THEM FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOB WITH THEIR OLD CHROMEBOOK — I AM GOING TO SCRAP IT! Unless it is cheap, these make no sense to buy as the schools tend to hold onto them until the Google AUO lifetime is towards the end (usually only ~6 months-1 year left, or EOL when you get it)… The issue is you're SOL when they're no longer updated since Google maintains a list, so it’s YOUR FAULT for not checking. If it's not intact, it's almost certainly "managed" despite being disposed of. The biggest red flag is it will often require a school managed Google account, OR an .edu eMail from that college who sold it.***
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***The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.*** In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why these managed Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. ***While rare, some schools are flat out unwilling/afraid to hold the student/parents accountable for the damaged Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage and residual management.*** The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. ***''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''*** They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. ***THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK, OR RIDDLED WITH MANAGEMENT! I AM NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH THEM FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOB WITH THEIR OLD CHROMEBOOK — I AM GOING TO SCRAP IT! Unless it is cheap, these make no sense to buy as the schools tend to hold onto them until the Google AUP lifetime is towards the end (usually only ~6 months-1 year left, or EOL when you get it)… The issue is you're SOL when they're no longer updated since Google maintains a list, so it’s YOUR FAULT for not checking. If it's not intact, it's almost certainly "managed" despite being disposed of. The biggest red flag is it will often require a school managed Google account, OR an .edu eMail from that college who sold it.***
***''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT after a few years. ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is stored on the cloud and tied to the device serial number.''*** ***There is no way to remove the admin tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or installing a “clean” motherboard (at that point, just replace the entire freaking Chromebook due to the price of a new board). The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to 100% of these early units being considered EOL (in other words, no more updates=scrap). UNLESS THE SCHOOL CANNOT AFFORD NEW CHROMEBOOKS (literally impossible since they get funding just by blocking the XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about), the screw trick IS PATCHED.***
***This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. Everyone STOP ASKING - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed this way to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder. If it was possible to permanently neutralize it so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management (and can afford to risk killing the unit) would be buying them for almost nothing and trying their luck at reuse as Chromebooks?***
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline - it is truly persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. ***THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.*** It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
***With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.*** ***Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.***
It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned it and dinged the seller’s stats for negligence, and forced them to pay for shipping as well. The reason is these locks cripple these Chromebooks as a entire unit for outsiders. ***The seller’s negligence is not my issue to fix.*** ***You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use*** ***and did not disclose this issue***. ***''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.***
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***The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.*** In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why these managed Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. ***While rare, se schools are unwilling/afraid to hold the student (or parent) accountable for the damaging the Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage and residual management.*** The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. ***''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''*** They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. ***THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK, OR RIDDLED WITH MANAGENT! I AM NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH THEM FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOB ON A USED CHROMEBOOK — I AM GOING TO SCRAP IT! Unless it is cheap, these make no sense to buy as they tend to be near the end of their update lifetime (usually only ~6 months-1 year left, or EOL… Yep, you’re getting burned and there is nothing you can do since Google maintains a list, so it’s YOUR FAULT for buying the “EOL” Chromebook). If it's not intact, 9 times out of 10 it always has leftover remote management left behind by the school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR an .edu eMail from that college who sold it.***
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***The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.*** In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why these managed Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. ***While rare, some schools are flat out unwilling/afraid to hold the student/parents accountable for the damaged Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage and residual management.*** The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. ***''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''*** They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. ***THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK, OR RIDDLED WITH MANAGEMENT! I AM NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH THEM FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOB WITH THEIR OLD CHROMEBOOK — I AM GOING TO SCRAP IT! Unless it is cheap, these make no sense to buy as the schools tend to hold onto them until the Google AUO lifetime is towards the end (usually only ~6 months-1 year left, or EOL when you get it)… The issue is you're SOL when they're no longer updated since Google maintains a list, so it’s YOUR FAULT for not checking. If it's not intact, it's almost certainly "managed" despite being disposed of. The biggest red flag is it will often require a school managed Google account, OR an .edu eMail from that college who sold it.***
***''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT after a few years. ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is stored on the cloud and tied to the device serial number.''*** ''''***There is no way to remove the admin tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or installing a “clean” motherboard (at that point, just replace the entire freaking Chromebook due to the price of the boards). The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to 100% of these variants being officially labeled EOL (in other words, no more updates=scrap). UNLESS THE SCHOOL CANNOT AFFORD NEW CHROMEBOOKS (literally impossible since they get funding just by blocking the XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about), the screw trick IS PATCHED.***
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***''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT after a few years. ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is stored on the cloud and tied to the device serial number.''*** ***There is no way to remove the admin tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or installing a “clean” motherboard (at that point, just replace the entire freaking Chromebook due to the price of a new board). The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to 100% of these early units being considered EOL (in other words, no more updates=scrap). UNLESS THE SCHOOL CANNOT AFFORD NEW CHROMEBOOKS (literally impossible since they get funding just by blocking the XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about), the screw trick IS PATCHED.***
***This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. Everyone STOP ASKING - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed this way to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder. If it was possible to permanently neutralize it so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management (and can afford to risk killing the unit) would be buying them for almost nothing and trying their luck at reuse as Chromebooks?***
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline - it is truly persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. ***THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.*** It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
***With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.*** ***Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.***
It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned it and dinged the seller’s stats for negligence, and forced them to pay for shipping as well. The reason is these locks cripple these Chromebooks as a entire unit for outsiders. ***The seller’s negligence is not my issue to fix.*** ***You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use*** ***and did not disclose this issue***. ***''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.***
***The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.*** In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why these managed Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. ***While rare, se schools are unwilling/afraid to hold the student (or parent) accountable for the damaging the Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage and residual management.*** The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. ***''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''*** They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. ***THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK, OR RIDDLED WITH MANAGENT! I AM NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH THEM FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOB ON A USED CHROMEBOOK — I AM GOING TO SCRAP IT! Unless it is cheap, these make no sense to buy as they tend to be near the end of their update lifetime (usually only ~6 months-1 year left, or EOL… Yep, you’re getting burned and there is nothing you can do since Google maintains a list, so it’s YOUR FAULT for buying the “EOL” Chromebook). If it's not intact, 9 times out of 10 it always has leftover remote management left behind by the school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR an .edu eMail from that college who sold it.***
***''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT after a few years. ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is stored on the cloud and tied to the device serial number.''*** ''''***There is no way to remove the admin tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or installing a “clean” motherboard (at that point, just replace the entire freaking Chromebook due to the price of the boards). The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to 100% of these variants being officially labeled EOL (in other words, no more updates=scrap). UNLESS THE SCHOOL CANNOT AFFORD NEW CHROMEBOOKS (literally impossible since they get funding just by blocking the XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about), the screw trick IS PATCHED.***
***This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. Everyone STOP ASKING - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed this way to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder. If it was possible to permanently neutralize it so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management (and can afford to risk killing the unit) would be buying them for almost nothing and trying their luck at reuse as Chromebooks?***
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline - it is truly persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. ***THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.*** It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
***With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.*** ***Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.***
It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned it and dinged the seller’s stats for negligence, and forced them to pay for shipping as well. The reason is these locks cripple these Chromebooks as a entire unit for outsiders. ***The seller’s negligence is not my issue to fix.*** ***You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use*** ***and did not disclose this issue***. ***''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.***
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***The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.*** In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why these managed Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. ***While rare, se schools are unwilling/afraid to hold the student (or parent) accountable for the damaging the Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage and residual management.*** The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. ***''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''*** They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. ***THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK, OR RIDDLED WITH MANAGENT! I AM NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH THEM FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOB ON A USED CHROMEBOOK ! Unless it is cheap, these make no sense to buy as they tend to be near the end of their update lifetime (usually only ~6 months-1 year left, or EOL… Yep, you’re getting burned and there is nothing you can do since Google maintains a list, so it’s YOUR FAULT for buying the “EOL” Chromebook). If it's not intact, 9 times out of 10 it always has leftover remote management left behind by the school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR an .edu eMail from that college who sold it.***
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***The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.*** In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why these managed Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. ***While rare, se schools are unwilling/afraid to hold the student (or parent) accountable for the damaging the Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage and residual management.*** The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. ***''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''*** They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. ***THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK, OR RIDDLED WITH MANAGENT! I AM NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH THEM FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOB ON A USED CHROMEBOOK — I AM GOING TO SCRAP IT! Unless it is cheap, these make no sense to buy as they tend to be near the end of their update lifetime (usually only ~6 months-1 year left, or EOL… Yep, you’re getting burned and there is nothing you can do since Google maintains a list, so it’s YOUR FAULT for buying the “EOL” Chromebook). If it's not intact, 9 times out of 10 it always has leftover remote management left behind by the school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR an .edu eMail from that college who sold it.***
***''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT after a few years. ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based and tied to the device serial number.''*** ''''***There is no way to remove the admin tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or installing a “clean” motherboard (at that point, just replace the entire freaking Chromebook due to the price of the boards). The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices being EOL (in other words, no more updates=scrap). UNLESS THE SCHOOL CANNOT AFFORD NEW CHROMEBOOKS (literally impossible since they get funding just by blocking the XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about), the screw trick IS PATCHED.***
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***''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT after a few years. ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is stored on the cloud and tied to the device serial number.''*** ''''***There is no way to remove the admin tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or installing a “clean” motherboard (at that point, just replace the entire freaking Chromebook due to the price of the boards). The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to 100% of these variants being officially labeled EOL (in other words, no more updates=scrap). UNLESS THE SCHOOL CANNOT AFFORD NEW CHROMEBOOKS (literally impossible since they get funding just by blocking the XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about), the screw trick IS PATCHED.***
***This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. Everyone STOP ASKING - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed this way to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder. If it was possible to permanently neutralize it so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management (and can afford to risk killing the unit) would be buying them for almost nothing and trying their luck at reuse as Chromebooks?***
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline - it is truly persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. ***THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.*** It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
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***With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.*** That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the lazy administrator. ***Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.***
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***With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.*** ***Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.***
It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned it and dinged the seller’s stats for negligence, and forced them to pay for shipping as well. The reason is these locks cripple these Chromebooks as a entire unit for outsiders. ***The seller’s negligence is not my issue to fix.*** ***You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use*** ***and did not disclose this issue***. ***''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.***
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***The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.*** In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. ***In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the student (or parent) accountable for the damaging the Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage without removing the management.*** The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. ***''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''*** They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. ***THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN RIDDLED WITH MANAGEMENT, OR FLAT OUT JUNK! Unless it is cheap, these make no sense to buy as they tend to be near the end of their update lifetime (usually only ~6 months-1 year left, or EOL… Yep, you’re getting burned and there is nothing you can do since Google maintains a list, so it’s YOUR FAULT for buying the “EOL” Chromebook). If it's not intact, 9 times out of 10 it always has leftover remote management left behind by the school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR an .edu eMail from that college who sold it.***
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***The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.*** In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why these managed Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. ***While rare, se schools are unwilling/afraid to hold the student (or parent) accountable for the damaging the Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage and residual management.*** The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. ***''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''*** They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. ***THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK, OR RIDDLED WITH MANAGENT! I AM NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH THEM FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOB ON A USED CHROMEBOOK ! Unless it is cheap, these make no sense to buy as they tend to be near the end of their update lifetime (usually only ~6 months-1 year left, or EOL… Yep, you’re getting burned and there is nothing you can do since Google maintains a list, so it’s YOUR FAULT for buying the “EOL” Chromebook). If it's not intact, 9 times out of 10 it always has leftover remote management left behind by the school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR an .edu eMail from that college who sold it.***
***''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT given enough time and victories. ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based and tied to the device serial number.''*** ''''***There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or a “clean” motherboard (at that point, just replace the freaking Chromebook as a unit due to the price of the boards). The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices being EOL (in other words, no more updates=scrap). UNLESS THEY CANNOT BUY NEW UNITS (literally impossible since they get funding just by blocking the XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about), the screw trick IS PATCHED.***
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***''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT after a few years. ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based and tied to the device serial number.''*** ''''***There is no way to remove the admin tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or installing a “clean” motherboard (at that point, just replace the entire freaking Chromebook due to the price of the boards). The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices being EOL (in other words, no more updates=scrap). UNLESS THE SCHOOL CANNOT AFFORD NEW CHROMEBOOKS (literally impossible since they get funding just by blocking the XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about), the screw trick IS PATCHED.***
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***This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. STOP ASKING - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed this way to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder. If it was possible to permanently neutralize it so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management (and can afford to risk killing the unit) would be buying them for almost nothing and trying their luck and reusing them?***
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***This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. Everyone STOP ASKING - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed this way to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder. If it was possible to permanently neutralize it so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management (and can afford to risk killing the unit) would be buying them for almost nothing and trying their luck at reuse as Chromebooks?***
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline - it is truly persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. ***THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.*** It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
***With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.*** That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the lazy administrator. ***Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.***
It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned it and dinged the seller’s stats for negligence, and forced them to pay for shipping as well. The reason is these locks cripple these Chromebooks as a entire unit for outsiders. ***The seller’s negligence is not my issue to fix.*** ***You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use*** ***and did not disclose this issue***. ***''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.***
***The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.*** In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. ***In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the student (or parent) accountable for the damaging the Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage without removing the management.*** The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. ***''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''*** They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. ***THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN RIDDLED WITH MANAGEMENT, OR FLAT OUT JUNK! Unless it is cheap, these make no sense to buy as they tend to be near the end of their update lifetime (usually only ~6 months-1 year left, or EOL… Yep, you’re getting burned and there is nothing you can do since Google maintains a list, so it’s YOUR FAULT for buying the “EOL” Chromebook). If it's not intact, 9 times out of 10 it always has leftover remote management left behind by the school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR an .edu eMail from that college who sold it.***
*****''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT given enough time and victories.** ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based and tied to the device serial number.There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or replacing the motherboard. The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices no longer getting updates and being several years old. Unless the school somehow can’t afford new ones (which is impossible, since they block the usual XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about for funding), the screw trick is not an option as it was patched years ago.''***
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***''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT given enough time and victories. ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based and tied to the device serial number.''*** ''''***There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or a “clean” motherboard (at that point, just replace the freaking Chromebook as a unit due to the price of the boards). The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices being EOL (in other words, no more updates=scrap). UNLESS THEY CANNOT BUY NEW UNITS (literally impossible since they get funding just by blocking the XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about), the screw trick IS PATCHED.***
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***This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. STOP asking - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder. If it was possible to permanently neutralize it so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management would be buying them for almost nothing and trying their luck?***
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***This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. STOP ASKING - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed this way to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder. If it was possible to permanently neutralize it so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management (and can afford to risk killing the unit) would be buying them for almost nothing and trying their luck and reusing them?***
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. ***THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.*** It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline - it is truly persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. ***THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.*** It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
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***With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.*** That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the lazy administrator. ***Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.***
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***With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.*** That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the lazy administrator. ***Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.***
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It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned it and dinged the seller for negligence that cripples the Chromebook as a entire unit for outsiders. ***The seller’s negligence is not my issue to fix.*** You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use ***and did not disclose this issue***. ***''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.***
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It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned it and dinged the seller’s stats for negligence, and forced them to pay for shipping as well. The reason is these locks cripple these Chromebooks as a entire unit for outsiders. ***The seller’s negligence is not my issue to fix.*** ***You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use*** ***and did not disclose this issue***. ***''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.***
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***The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.*** In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. ***In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the student (or parent) accountable for the damaging the Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage without removing the management.*** The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. ***''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''*** They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. ***THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK WITH LEFTOVER MANAGEMENT! Unless it is cheap, they are a bad buy as secondhand devices - 9 times out of 10, it is managed by a school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR it requires a .edu eMail from that college who sold it.***
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***The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.*** In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. ***In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the student (or parent) accountable for the damaging the Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage without removing the management.*** The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. ***''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''*** They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. ***THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN RIDDLED WITH MANAGEMENT, OR FLAT OUT JUNK! Unless it is cheap, these make no sense to buy as they tend to be near the end of their update lifetime (usually only ~6 months-1 year left, or EOL… Yep, you’re getting burned and there is nothing you can do since Google maintains a list, so it’s YOUR FAULT for buying the “EOL” Chromebook). If it's not intact, 9 times out of 10 it always has leftover remote management left behind by the school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR an .edu eMail from that college who sold it.***
'''**''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT given enough time and victories.** ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based and tied to the device serial number. There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or replacing the motherboard. The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices no longer getting updates and being several years old. Unless the school somehow can’t afford new ones (which is impossible, since they block the usual XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about for eFunding), the screw trick is not an option as it was patched years ago.'''''
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*****''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT given enough time and victories.** ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based and tied to the device serial number. There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or replacing the motherboard. The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices no longer getting updates and being several years old. Unless the school somehow can’t afford new ones (which is impossible, since they block the usual XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about for funding), the screw trick is not an option as it was patched years ago.''***
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'''This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. STOP asking - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder. If it was possible to permanently neutralize it so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management would be buying them for almost nothing and trying their luck?'''
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***This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. STOP asking - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder. If it was possible to permanently neutralize it so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management would be buying them for almost nothing and trying their luck?***
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.''' It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. ***THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.*** It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
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'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the lazy administrator. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
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***With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.*** That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the lazy administrator. ***Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.***
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It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned it and dinged the seller for negligence that cripples the Chromebook as a entire unit for outsiders. '''The seller’s negligence is not my issue to fix.''' You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use '''and did not disclose this issue'''. '''''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.'''
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It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned it and dinged the seller for negligence that cripples the Chromebook as a entire unit for outsiders. ***The seller’s negligence is not my issue to fix.*** You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use ***and did not disclose this issue***. ***''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.***
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'''The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the student (or parent) accountable for the damaging the Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage without removing the management.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''''' They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. '''THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK WITH LEFTOVER MANAGEMENT! Unless it is cheap, they are a bad buy as secondhand devices - 9 times out of 10, it is managed by a school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR it requires a .edu eMail from that college who sold it.'''
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***The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.*** In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. ***In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the student (or parent) accountable for the damaging the Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage without removing the management.*** The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. ***''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''*** They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. ***THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK WITH LEFTOVER MANAGEMENT! Unless it is cheap, they are a bad buy as secondhand devices - 9 times out of 10, it is managed by a school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR it requires a .edu eMail from that college who sold it.***
'''**''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT given enough time and victories.** ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based and tied to the device serial number. There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or replacing the motherboard. The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices no longer getting updates and being several years old. Unless the school somehow can’t afford new ones (which is impossible, since they block the usual XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about for eFunding), the screw trick is not an option as it was patched years ago.'''''
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'''This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. STOP asking - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder. If it was possible to permanently neutralize it so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management would be buying them and trying their luck?'''
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'''This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. STOP asking - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder. If it was possible to permanently neutralize it so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management would be buying them for almost nothing and trying their luck?'''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.''' It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the lazy administrator. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned it and dinged the seller for negligence that cripples the Chromebook as a entire unit for outsiders. '''The seller’s negligence is not my issue to fix.''' You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use '''and did not disclose this issue'''. '''''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.'''
'''The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the student (or parent) accountable for the damaging the Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage without removing the management.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''''' They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. '''THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK WITH LEFTOVER MANAGEMENT! Unless it is cheap, they are a bad buy as secondhand devices - 9 times out of 10, it is managed by a school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR it requires a .edu eMail from that college who sold it.'''
'''**''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT given enough time and victories.** ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based and tied to the device serial number. There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or replacing the motherboard. The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices no longer getting updates and being several years old. Unless the school somehow can’t afford new ones (which is impossible, since they block the usual XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about for eFunding), the screw trick is not an option as it was patched years ago.'''''
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'''This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. STOP asking - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder.'''
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'''This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. STOP asking - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder. If it was possible to permanently neutralize it so it never comes back, do you not think people who can remove the management would be buying them and trying their luck?'''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.''' It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the lazy administrator. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned it and dinged the seller for negligence that cripples the Chromebook as a entire unit for outsiders. '''The seller’s negligence is not my issue to fix.''' You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use '''and did not disclose this issue'''. '''''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.'''
'''The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the student (or parent) accountable for the damaging the Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage without removing the management.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''''' They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. '''THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK WITH LEFTOVER MANAGEMENT! Unless it is cheap, they are a bad buy as secondhand devices - 9 times out of 10, it is managed by a school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR it requires a .edu eMail from that college who sold it.'''
'''**''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT given enough time and victories.** ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based and tied to the device serial number. There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or replacing the motherboard. The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices no longer getting updates and being several years old. Unless the school somehow can’t afford new ones (which is impossible, since they block the usual XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about for eFunding), the screw trick is not an option as it was patched years ago.'''''
'''This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. STOP asking - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder.'''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.''' It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the lazy administrator. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned it and dinged the seller for negligence that cripples the Chromebook as a entire unit for outsiders. '''The seller’s negligence is not my issue to fix.''' You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use '''and did not disclose this issue'''. '''''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.'''
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'''The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the students/parents accountable for damaging the Chromebook, and replace the entire machine without at least trying.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''''' They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. '''THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK WITH LEFTOVER MANAGEMENT! Unless it is cheap, they are a bad buy as secondhand devices - 9 times out of 10, it is managed by a school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR it requires a .edu eMail from that college who sold it.'''
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'''The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the student (or parent) accountable for the damaging the Chromebook, and it gets dumped on the market with the student induced damage without removing the management.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''''' They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. '''THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK WITH LEFTOVER MANAGEMENT! Unless it is cheap, they are a bad buy as secondhand devices - 9 times out of 10, it is managed by a school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR it requires a .edu eMail from that college who sold it.'''
'''**''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT given enough time and victories.** ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based is tied to the device serial number. There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or replacing the motherboard. The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices no longer getting updates and being several years old. Unless the school somehow can’t afford new ones (which is impossible, since they block the usual sites anyone who went through puberty knows about for eFunding), the screw trick is not an option as it was patched years ago.'''''
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'''**''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT given enough time and victories.** ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based and tied to the device serial number. There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or replacing the motherboard. The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices no longer getting updates and being several years old. Unless the school somehow can’t afford new ones (which is impossible, since they block the usual XXX sites anyone who went through puberty knows about for eFunding), the screw trick is not an option as it was patched years ago.'''''
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'''This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. Stop asking, this cannot be done and these machines are deployed to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done found the holes and made it harder.'''
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'''This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. STOP asking - IT CANNOT BE DONE! These machines are deployed to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done and found the holes made it harder.'''
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put,there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.''' It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the lazy administrator. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
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It’s your call on what to do, but I would just return it and let the seller deal with it instead of trying to get it removed. It’s not my fault that the seller was negligent, so why would I want to fix it? You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get your money back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
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It’s still your final call on what to do, but I would have just returned it and dinged the seller for negligence that cripples the Chromebook as a entire unit for outsiders. '''The seller’s negligence is not my issue to fix.''' You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use '''and did not disclose this issue'''. '''''Unless you somehow got a really nice one, send it back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up, or BER if anything major is busted.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold for parts.'''
'''The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the students/parents accountable for damaging the Chromebook, and replace the entire machine without at least trying.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''''' They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. '''THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK WITH LEFTOVER MANAGEMENT! Unless it is cheap, they are a bad buy as secondhand devices - 9 times out of 10, it is managed by a school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR it requires a .edu eMail from that college who sold it.'''
'''**''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT given enough time and victories.** ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based is tied to the device serial number. There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or replacing the motherboard. The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices no longer getting updates and being several years old. Unless the school somehow can’t afford new ones (which is impossible, since they block porn for eFunding), the screw trick is not an option as it was patched years ago.'''''
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'''**''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT given enough time and victories.** ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based is tied to the device serial number. There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or replacing the motherboard. The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices no longer getting updates and being several years old. Unless the school somehow can’t afford new ones (which is impossible, since they block the usual sites anyone who went through puberty knows about for eFunding), the screw trick is not an option as it was patched years ago.'''''
'''This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. Stop asking, this cannot be done and these machines are deployed to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done found the holes and made it harder.'''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the lazy administrator. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
It’s your call on what to do, but I would just return it and let the seller deal with it instead of trying to get it removed. It’s not my fault that the seller was negligent, so why would I want to fix it? You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get your money back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
'''The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the students/parents accountable for damaging the Chromebook, and replace the entire machine without at least trying.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''''' They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. '''THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK WITH LEFTOVER MANAGEMENT! Unless it is cheap, they are a bad buy as secondhand devices - 9 times out of 10, it is managed by a school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR it requires a .edu eMail from that college who sold it.'''
'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based and pushed based on the device serial number. There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who added it, or replacing the motherboard. The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices no longer getting updates and being several years old. Unless the school somehow can’t afford new ones, the screw trick is not an option anymore as it was patched years ago.'''''
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'''**''READ:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block multiple times and was left alone by admin and IT given enough time and victories.** ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based is tied to the device serial number. There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who applied it, or replacing the motherboard. The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices no longer getting updates and being several years old. Unless the school somehow can’t afford new ones (which is impossible, since they block porn for eFunding), the screw trick is not an option as it was patched years ago.'''''
'''This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. Stop asking, this cannot be done and these machines are deployed to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done found the holes and made it harder.'''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the lazy administrator. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
It’s your call on what to do, but I would just return it and let the seller deal with it instead of trying to get it removed. It’s not my fault that the seller was negligent, so why would I want to fix it? You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get your money back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
'''The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the students/parents accountable for damaging the Chromebook, and replace the entire machine without at least trying.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''''' They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. '''THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK WITH LEFTOVER MANAGEMENT! Unless it is cheap, they are a bad buy as secondhand devices - 9 times out of 10, it is managed by a school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR it requires a .edu eMail from that college who sold it.'''
'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based and pushed based on the device serial number. There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who added it, or replacing the motherboard. The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices no longer getting updates and being several years old. Unless the school somehow can’t afford new ones, the screw trick is not an option anymore as it was patched years ago.'''''
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'''This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. This cannot be done, so stop asking.'''
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'''This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. Stop asking, this cannot be done and these machines are deployed to PREVENT what I got away with in high school! As the old generation left, the next generation who got it done found the holes and made it harder.'''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
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'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return them as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the lazy administrator. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
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'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return the unit as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the lazy administrator. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
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It’s your call on what to do, but I would just return it and let the seller deal with it instead of trying to get it removed. It’s not my fault that the seller was negligent, so why should I have to clean up their mistake? You have a solid case against the seller if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get your money back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
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It’s your call on what to do, but I would just return it and let the seller deal with it instead of trying to get it removed. It’s not my fault that the seller was negligent, so why would I want to fix it? You have a solid case against the seller, especially if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get your money back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving and tend to be more beaten up.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
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'''The other issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then surplus used by businesses or business professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the students/parents accountable for damaging the Chromebook, and replace the entire machine without at least trying.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''''' They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. '''THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK WITH LEFTOVER MANAGEMENT! Unless it is cheap, they are a bad buy as secondhand devices - 9 times out of 10, it is managed by a school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR it requires a .edu eMail from that college who sold it.'''
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'''The main issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then corporate surplus used by businesses/professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the students/parents accountable for damaging the Chromebook, and replace the entire machine without at least trying.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''''' They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. '''THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK WITH LEFTOVER MANAGEMENT! Unless it is cheap, they are a bad buy as secondhand devices - 9 times out of 10, it is managed by a school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR it requires a .edu eMail from that college who sold it.'''
'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based and pushed based on the device serial number. There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who added it, or replacing the motherboard. The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices no longer getting updates and being several years old. Unless the school somehow can’t afford new ones, the screw trick is not an option anymore as it was patched years ago.'''''
'''This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. This cannot be done, so stop asking.'''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return them as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the lazy administrator. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
It’s your call on what to do, but I would just return it and let the seller deal with it instead of trying to get it removed. It’s not my fault that the seller was negligent, so why should I have to clean up their mistake? You have a solid case against the seller if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get your money back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
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'''The other issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then surplus used by businesses or business professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the students/parents accountable for damaging the Chromebook, and replace the entire machine without at least trying.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''''' They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. '''THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK WITH LEFTOVER MANAGEMENT! Unless it is cheap, they are a bad buy as secondhand devices.'''
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'''The other issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then surplus used by businesses or business professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the students/parents accountable for damaging the Chromebook, and replace the entire machine without at least trying.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''''' They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. '''THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK WITH LEFTOVER MANAGEMENT! Unless it is cheap, they are a bad buy as secondhand devices - 9 times out of 10, it is managed by a school and requires a Google account that is used by a student of that school (may or may not be branded with the school name), OR it requires a .edu eMail from that college who sold it.'''
'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based and pushed based on the device serial number. There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who added it, or replacing the motherboard. The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices no longer getting updates and being several years old. Unless the school somehow can’t afford new ones, the screw trick is not an option anymore as it was patched years ago.'''''
'''This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. This cannot be done, so stop asking.'''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
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'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return them as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the ones who applied the device management. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
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'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return them as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the lazy administrator. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
It’s your call on what to do, but I would just return it and let the seller deal with it instead of trying to get it removed. It’s not my fault that the seller was negligent, so why should I have to clean up their mistake? You have a solid case against the seller if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get your money back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
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'''The other issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then surplus used by businesses or business professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the students/parents accountable for damaging the Chromebook, and replace the entire machine without at least trying.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs of damage!''''' The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''DO NOT BUY Chromebooks from schools unless they are cheap AND you can handle the major problems that need repair if you can avoid it.'''
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'''The other issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then surplus used by businesses or business professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the students/parents accountable for damaging the Chromebook, and replace the entire machine without at least trying.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the cost of damage if/when it happens!''''' They ironically stand their ground when a Mac is damaged ($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless it is BER. '''THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER AVOID EX SCHOOL CHROMEBOOKS ON THE SECONDHAND MARKET WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY ARE OFTEN JUNK WITH LEFTOVER MANAGEMENT! Unless it is cheap, they are a bad buy as secondhand devices.'''
'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based and pushed based on the device serial number. There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who added it, or replacing the motherboard. The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices no longer getting updates and being several years old. Unless the school somehow can’t afford new ones, the screw trick is not an option anymore as it was patched years ago.'''''
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'''This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks.'''
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'''This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks. This cannot be done, so stop asking.'''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return them as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the ones who applied the device management. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
It’s your call on what to do, but I would just return it and let the seller deal with it instead of trying to get it removed. It’s not my fault that the seller was negligent, so why should I have to clean up their mistake? You have a solid case against the seller if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get your money back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
'''The other issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then surplus used by businesses or business professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the students/parents accountable for damaging the Chromebook, and replace the entire machine without at least trying.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs of damage!''''' The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''DO NOT BUY Chromebooks from schools unless they are cheap AND you can handle the major problems that need repair if you can avoid it.'''
'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based and pushed based on the device serial number. There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who added it, or replacing the motherboard. The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have largely been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices no longer getting updates and being several years old. Unless the school somehow can’t afford new ones, the screw trick is not an option anymore as it was patched years ago.'''''
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'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based and pushed based on the device serial number. There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who added it, or replacing the motherboard. The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices no longer getting updates and being several years old. Unless the school somehow can’t afford new ones, the screw trick is not an option anymore as it was patched years ago.'''''
'''This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks.'''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return them as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the ones who applied the device management. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
It’s your call on what to do, but I would just return it and let the seller deal with it instead of trying to get it removed. It’s not my fault that the seller was negligent, so why should I have to clean up their mistake? You have a solid case against the seller if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get your money back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
'''The other issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then surplus used by businesses or business professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the students/parents accountable for damaging the Chromebook, and replace the entire machine without at least trying.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs of damage!''''' The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''DO NOT BUY Chromebooks from schools unless they are cheap AND you can handle the major problems that need repair if you can avoid it.'''
'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based and pushed based on the device serial number. There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who added it, or replacing the motherboard. The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have largely been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices no longer getting updates and being several years old. Unless the school somehow can’t afford new ones, the screw trick is not an option anymore as it was patched years ago.'''''
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'''This is an iCloud lock for Chromebooks.'''
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'''This is an iCloud activation lock for Chromebooks.'''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return them as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the ones who applied the device management. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
It’s your call on what to do, but I would just return it and let the seller deal with it instead of trying to get it removed. It’s not my fault that the seller was negligent, so why should I have to clean up their mistake? You have a solid case against the seller if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get your money back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
'''The other issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then surplus used by businesses or business professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the students/parents accountable for damaging the Chromebook, and replace the entire machine without at least trying.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs of damage!''''' The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''DO NOT BUY Chromebooks from schools unless they are cheap AND you can handle the major problems that need repair if you can avoid it.'''
'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''The Chromebook enterprise lock (and device policies) are based on the device serial number and is not recoverable without having it removed from the administrator’s device console so it’s no longer “managed”, or a new motherboard. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks (5+ years old) that are mostly decommissioned and were sold as surplus, so that option is no longer viable since the newer ones are patched against it. Unless they somehow can’t afford new Chromebooks after 5 years, it can’t be bypassed by anyone - including me. This is an iCloud lock for Chromebooks.'''''
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'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''The enterprise lock (and device policies) is cloud based and pushed based on the device serial number. There is no way to remove the tie without having it removed by the administrator who added it, or replacing the motherboard. The screw trick really only works on the “CR-48” (5+ years old) Chromebooks, and those have largely been retired and sold as surplus due to the devices no longer getting updates and being several years old. Unless the school somehow can’t afford new ones, the screw trick is not an option anymore as it was patched years ago.'''''
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'''This is an iCloud lock for Chromebooks.'''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return them as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the ones who applied the device management. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
It’s your call on what to do, but I would just return it and let the seller deal with it instead of trying to get it removed. It’s not my fault that the seller was negligent, so why should I have to clean up their mistake? You have a solid case against the seller if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get your money back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
'''The other issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then surplus used by businesses or business professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the students/parents accountable for damaging the Chromebook, and replace the entire machine without at least trying.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs of damage!''''' The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''DO NOT BUY Chromebooks from schools unless they are cheap AND you can handle the major problems that need repair if you can avoid it.'''
'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''The Chromebook enterprise lock (and device policies) are based on the device serial number and is not recoverable without having it removed from the administrator’s device console so it’s no longer “managed”, or a new motherboard. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks (5+ years old) that are mostly decommissioned and were sold as surplus, so that option is no longer viable since the newer ones are patched against it. Unless they somehow can’t afford new Chromebooks after 5 years, it can’t be bypassed by anyone - including me. This is an iCloud lock for Chromebooks.'''''
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [link|https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return them as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the ones who applied the device management. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
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It’s your call on what to do, but I would just return it and let the seller deal with it instead of trying to get it removed. It’s not my fault that the seller was negligent, so why should I have to clean up their mistake? You have a solid case against the seller if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get you money back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
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It’s your call on what to do, but I would just return it and let the seller deal with it instead of trying to get it removed. It’s not my fault that the seller was negligent, so why should I have to clean up their mistake? You have a solid case against the seller if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get your money back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
'''The other issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then surplus used by businesses or business professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the students/parents accountable for damaging the Chromebook, and replace the entire machine without at least trying.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs of damage!''''' The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''DO NOT BUY Chromebooks from schools unless they are cheap AND you can handle the major problems that need repair if you can avoid it.'''
'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''The Chromebook enterprise lock (and device policies) are based on the device serial number and is not recoverable without having it removed from the administrator’s device console so it’s no longer “managed”, or a new motherboard. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks (5+ years old) that are mostly decommissioned and were sold as surplus, so that option is no longer viable since the newer ones are patched against it. Unless they somehow can’t afford new Chromebooks after 5 years, it can’t be bypassed by anyone - including me. This is an iCloud lock for Chromebooks.'''''
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a education specific variant. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a [https://www.iboss.com/education/|education specific variant]. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return them as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the ones who applied the device management. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
It’s your call on what to do, but I would just return it and let the seller deal with it instead of trying to get it removed. It’s not my fault that the seller was negligent, so why should I have to clean up their mistake? You have a solid case against the seller if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get you money back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
'''The other issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then surplus used by businesses or business professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the students/parents accountable for damaging the Chromebook, and replace the entire machine without at least trying.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs of damage!''''' The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''DO NOT BUY Chromebooks from schools unless they are cheap AND you can handle the major problems that need repair if you can avoid it.'''
'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''The Chromebook enterprise lock (and device policies) are based on the device serial number and is not recoverable without having it removed from the administrator’s device console so it’s no longer “managed”, or a new motherboard. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks (5+ years old) that are mostly decommissioned and were sold as surplus, so that option is no longer viable since the newer ones are patched against it. Unless they somehow can’t afford new Chromebooks after 5 years, it can’t be bypassed by anyone - including me. This is an iCloud lock for Chromebooks.'''''
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from their decommissioned systems.
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school machine since iBoss has a education specific variant. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from decommissioned systems.
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'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return them as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG. Use it and try again.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the ones who applied the device management. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
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'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return them as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the ones who applied the device management. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
It’s your call on what to do, but I would just return it and let the seller deal with it instead of trying to get it removed. It’s not my fault that the seller was negligent, so why should I have to clean up their mistake? You have a solid case against the seller if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get you money back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
'''The other issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then surplus used by businesses or business professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the students/parents accountable for damaging the Chromebook, and replace the entire machine without at least trying.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs of damage!''''' The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''DO NOT BUY Chromebooks from schools unless they are cheap AND you can handle the major problems that need repair if you can avoid it.'''
'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''The Chromebook enterprise lock (and device policies) are based on the device serial number and is not recoverable without having it removed from the administrator’s device console so it’s no longer “managed”, or a new motherboard. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks (5+ years old) that are mostly decommissioned and were sold as surplus, so that option is no longer viable since the newer ones are patched against it. Unless they somehow can’t afford new Chromebooks after 5 years, it can’t be bypassed by anyone - including me. This is an iCloud lock for Chromebooks.'''''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from their decommissioned systems.
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'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, your only really good option is to return it as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG - it’s there,so use it.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the ones who applied the device management. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
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'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, the only good option is to return them as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG. Use it and try again.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the ones who applied the device management. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
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It’s your call on what to do, but I would just return it and let the seller deal with it instead of trying to get it removed. It’s not my fault that the seller was negligent, so why should I have to clean up their mistake? You have a solid case against the seller if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get you money back and try again. Few ex school district Chromebooks are worth saving.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
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It’s your call on what to do, but I would just return it and let the seller deal with it instead of trying to get it removed. It’s not my fault that the seller was negligent, so why should I have to clean up their mistake? You have a solid case against the seller if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get you money back and try again - ex school Chromebooks are rarely worth saving.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
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'''The other issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then surplus used by businesses and business professionals selling their old machines off.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks flood the market with this problem with regularity. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the students/parents accountable for device damage on Chromebooks as well, and just opt to replace them instead of pursuing repair/replacement cost.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to fight back against. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs of damage!''''' The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''DO NOT BUY Chromebooks from schools unless they are cheap AND you can handle the major problems that need repair if you can avoid it.'''
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'''The other issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then surplus used by businesses or business professionals selling their old machine.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little parental pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks regularly flood the market with residual remote management. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the students/parents accountable for damaging the Chromebook, and replace the entire machine without at least trying.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to push back. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs of damage!''''' The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''DO NOT BUY Chromebooks from schools unless they are cheap AND you can handle the major problems that need repair if you can avoid it.'''
'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''The Chromebook enterprise lock (and device policies) are based on the device serial number and is not recoverable without having it removed from the administrator’s device console so it’s no longer “managed”. The only way to remove a Chromebook enterprise lock is a new motherbord. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus, unless they somehow can’t afford new Chromebooks after 5 years. This is an iCloud lock for Chromebooks. I can’t even get past it, especially since the write screw Chromebooks are pretty much all EOL and decommissioned. IT DOES NOT WORK on modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).'''''
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'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''The Chromebook enterprise lock (and device policies) are based on the device serial number and is not recoverable without having it removed from the administrator’s device console so it’s no longer “managed”, or a new motherboard. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks (5+ years old) that are mostly decommissioned and were sold as surplus, so that option is no longer viable since the newer ones are patched against it. Unless they somehow can’t afford new Chromebooks after 5 years, it can’t be bypassed by anyone - including me. This is an iCloud lock for Chromebooks.'''''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from their decommissioned systems.
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What you need to do is return it as defective (because it *is*) with the eBay MBG - it’s there, so use it. That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number and release it, but they usually don’t and defer it to the enterprise who managed it. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
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'''With these “managed” Chromebooks, your only really good option is to return it as defective (because it *is*), especially with the eBay MBG - it’s there, so use it.''' That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number, but they usually defer it to the ones who applied the device management. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it and let the seller deal with it. It’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usually worse for wear compared to a machine used in a business scenario. Since this was missed and it cripples the Chromebook from being useful, you have an easy case against the seller. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get you money back and try again. Few ex school district Chromebooks are worth saving.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
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It’s your call on what to do, but I would just return it and let the seller deal with it instead of trying to get it removed. It’s not my fault that the seller was negligent, so why should I have to clean up their mistake? You have a solid case against the seller if they assumed it was clean without checking and then listing it as if it was okay for end user use. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get you money back and try again. Few ex school district Chromebooks are worth saving.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
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'''The problem with school machines - ESPECIALLY school issue Chromebooks is weak school districts. Many of them are too afraid to hold the parents accountable for the damage their kids do to them, and only stop when they give their kid a pass. That’s partially due to how pushy the ones who do it are since they’re so cheap to replace. Since they’re not treated as well, the school ones tend to fall apart first if you have one from a professional environment and a school.''' The only time they ever stand their ground is parents who give in easily or it’s hard to fight back against. '''''Some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs and blame.''''' The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''Most school district Chromebooks need far more work then the other computers they sell off for surplus and come in rougher condition.'''
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'''The other issue with school surplus is it tends to be in worse condition then surplus used by businesses and business professionals selling their old machines off.''' In some school districts, they tend to back off with even a little pushback due to the low purchase price, which is why damaged Chromebooks flood the market with this problem with regularity. '''In some cases, the schools are unwilling to hold the students/parents accountable for device damage on Chromebooks as well, and just opt to replace them instead of pursuing repair/replacement cost.''' The only time they stand their ground is parents who give in or it’s hard to fight back against. '''''Because of this, some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs of damage!''''' The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''DO NOT BUY Chromebooks from schools unless they are cheap AND you can handle the major problems that need repair if you can avoid it.'''
'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''The Chromebook enterprise lock (and device policies) are based on the device serial number and is not recoverable without having it removed from the administrator’s device console so it’s no longer part of the Google Enterprise cloud. The only way to remove a Chromebook enterprise lock is a new motherbord. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus, unless they somehow can’t afford new Chromebooks after 5 years. This is an iCloud lock for Chromebooks. I can’t even get past it, especially since the write screw Chromebooks are pretty much all EOL and decommissioned. It DOES NOT work on the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).'''''
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'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''The Chromebook enterprise lock (and device policies) are based on the device serial number and is not recoverable without having it removed from the administrator’s device console so it’s no longer “managed”. The only way to remove a Chromebook enterprise lock is a new motherbord. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus, unless they somehow can’t afford new Chromebooks after 5 years. This is an iCloud lock for Chromebooks. I can’t even get past it, especially since the write screw Chromebooks are pretty much all EOL and decommissioned. IT DOES NOT WORK on modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).'''''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from their decommissioned systems.
What you need to do is return it as defective (because it *is*) with the eBay MBG - it’s there, so use it. That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number and release it, but they usually don’t and defer it to the enterprise who managed it. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it and let the seller deal with it. It’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usually worse for wear compared to a machine used in a business scenario. Since this was missed and it cripples the Chromebook from being useful, you have an easy case against the seller. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get you money back and try again. Few ex school district Chromebooks are worth saving.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
'''The problem with school machines - ESPECIALLY school issue Chromebooks is weak school districts. Many of them are too afraid to hold the parents accountable for the damage their kids do to them, and only stop when they give their kid a pass. That’s partially due to how pushy the ones who do it are since they’re so cheap to replace. Since they’re not treated as well, the school ones tend to fall apart first if you have one from a professional environment and a school.''' The only time they ever stand their ground is parents who give in easily or it’s hard to fight back against. '''''Some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs and blame.''''' The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''Most school district Chromebooks need far more work then the other computers they sell off for surplus and come in rougher condition.'''
'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is based on the serial number with the enrollment policies stored on the Google Enterprise cloud. When these are reset, the same policies are loaded onto the device based on a forced enrollment policy. The only way to remove a Chromebook enterprise lock is a new motherbord. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus, unless they somehow can’t afford new Chromebooks after 5 years. This is an iCloud lock for schools and enterprise. I can’t even get past it, especially since the write screw Chromebooks are pretty much all EOL and decommissioned. It DOES NOT work on the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).'''''
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'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''The Chromebook enterprise lock (and device policies) are based on the device serial number and is not recoverable without having it removed from the administrator’s device console so it’s no longer part of the Google Enterprise cloud. The only way to remove a Chromebook enterprise lock is a new motherbord. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus, unless they somehow can’t afford new Chromebooks after 5 years. This is an iCloud lock for Chromebooks. I can’t even get past it, especially since the write screw Chromebooks are pretty much all EOL and decommissioned. It DOES NOT work on the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).'''''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from their decommissioned systems.
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What you need to do is return it as defective (because it *is*) with the eBay MBG - it’s there, so use it. That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number and release it, but they usually don’t and defer it to the enterprise who managed it - yeah, GFL getting them to help. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
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What you need to do is return it as defective (because it *is*) with the eBay MBG - it’s there, so use it. That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number and release it, but they usually don’t and defer it to the enterprise who managed it. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it and let the seller deal with it. It’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usually beaten up far worse then a machine used by a business professional. Since this was missed and it cripples the Chromebook from being useful, you have an easy case against the seller. Unless you somehow get a really nice one, it’s not worth fighting to save it - get your money back. Few ex school district Chromebooks are worth saving, as they tend to be more rough in terms of overall condition then the ones used in business settings.'''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it and let the seller deal with it. It’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usually worse for wear compared to a machine used in a business scenario. Since this was missed and it cripples the Chromebook from being useful, you have an easy case against the seller. '''''Unless you somehow get a really nice one, get you money back and try again. Few ex school district Chromebooks are worth saving.'' Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
'''The problem with school machines - ESPECIALLY school issue Chromebooks is weak school districts. Many of them are too afraid to hold the parents accountable for the damage their kids do to them, and only stop when they give their kid a pass. That’s partially due to how pushy the ones who do it are since they’re so cheap to replace. Since they’re not treated as well, the school ones tend to fall apart first if you have one from a professional environment and a school.''' The only time they ever stand their ground is parents who give in easily or it’s hard to fight back against. '''''Some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs and blame.''''' The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''Most school district Chromebooks need far more work then the other computers they sell off for surplus and come in rougher condition.'''
'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is stored on the Enterprise Google cloud and loaded onto the device based on stored forced enrollment policies. The only way to remove a Chromebook enterprise profile is a replacement motherboard. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus, unless they somehow can’t afford new Chromebooks after 5 years. This is an iCloud lock for schools and enterprise. I can’t even get past it, especially since the write screw Chromebooks are pretty much all EOL and decommissioned. It DOES NOT work on the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).'''''
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'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is based on the serial number with the enrollment policies stored on the Google Enterprise cloud. When these are reset, the same policies are loaded onto the device based on a forced enrollment policy. The only way to remove a Chromebook enterprise lock is a new motherbord. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus, unless they somehow can’t afford new Chromebooks after 5 years. This is an iCloud lock for schools and enterprise. I can’t even get past it, especially since the write screw Chromebooks are pretty much all EOL and decommissioned. It DOES NOT work on the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).'''''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from their decommissioned systems.
What you need to do is return it as defective (because it *is*) with the eBay MBG - it’s there, so use it. That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number and release it, but they usually don’t and defer it to the enterprise who managed it - yeah, GFL getting them to help. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it and let the seller deal with it. It’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usually beaten up far worse then a machine used by a business professional. Since this was missed and it cripples the Chromebook from being useful, you have an easy case against the seller. Unless you somehow get a really nice one, it’s not worth fighting to save it - get your money back. Few ex school district Chromebooks are worth saving, as they tend to be more rough in terms of overall condition then the ones used in business settings. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
'''The problem with school machines - ESPECIALLY school issue Chromebooks is weak school districts. Many of them are too afraid to hold the parents accountable for the damage their kids do to them, and only stop when they give their kid a pass. That’s partially due to how pushy the ones who do it are since they’re so cheap to replace. Since they’re not treated as well, the school ones tend to fall apart first if you have one from a professional environment and a school.''' The only time they ever stand their ground is parents who give in easily or it’s hard to fight back against. '''''Some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs and blame.''''' The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''Most school district Chromebooks need far more work then the other computers they sell off for surplus and come in rougher condition.'''
'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents I got past their latest countermeasures. ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is stored on the Enterprise Google cloud and loaded onto the device based on stored forced enrollment policies. The only way to remove a Chromebook enterprise profile is a replacement motherboard. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus, unless they somehow can’t afford new Chromebooks after 5 years. This is an iCloud lock for schools and enterprise. I can’t even get past it, especially since the write screw Chromebooks are pretty much all EOL and decommissioned. It DOES NOT work on the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).'''''
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'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents where I worked around their countermeasures.** ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is stored on the Enterprise Google cloud and loaded onto the device based on stored forced enrollment policies. The only way to remove a Chromebook enterprise profile is a replacement motherboard. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus, unless they somehow can’t afford new Chromebooks after 5 years. This is an iCloud lock for schools and enterprise. I can’t even get past it, especially since the write screw Chromebooks are pretty much all EOL and decommissioned. It DOES NOT work on the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).'''''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from their decommissioned systems.
What you need to do is return it as defective (because it *is*) with the eBay MBG - it’s there, so use it. That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number and release it, but they usually don’t and defer it to the enterprise who managed it - yeah, GFL getting them to help. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it and let the seller deal with it. It’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usually beaten up far worse then a machine used by a business professional. Since this was missed and it cripples the Chromebook from being useful, you have an easy case against the seller. Unless you somehow get a really nice one, it’s not worth fighting to save it - get your money back. Few ex school district Chromebooks are worth saving, as they tend to be more rough in terms of overall condition then the ones used in business settings. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
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'''The problem with school machines - ESPECIALLY school issue Chromebooks is weak school districts. Many of them are too afraid to hold the parents accountable for the damage their kids do to them, and only stop when they give their kid a free pass. That’s partially due to how pushy the ones who do it are since they’re so cheap to replace. Since they’re not treated as well, the school ones tend to fall apart first if you have one from a professional environment and a school.''' The only time they ever stand their ground is parents who give in easily or it’s hard to fight back against. '''''Some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs and blame.''''' The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''Most school district Chromebooks need far more work then the other computers they sell off for surplus and come in rougher condition.'''
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'''The problem with school machines - ESPECIALLY school issue Chromebooks is weak school districts. Many of them are too afraid to hold the parents accountable for the damage their kids do to them, and only stop when they give their kid a pass. That’s partially due to how pushy the ones who do it are since they’re so cheap to replace. Since they’re not treated as well, the school ones tend to fall apart first if you have one from a professional environment and a school.''' The only time they ever stand their ground is parents who give in easily or it’s hard to fight back against. '''''Some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs and blame.''''' The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''Most school district Chromebooks need far more work then the other computers they sell off for surplus and come in rougher condition.'''
'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents I got past their latest countermeasures. ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is stored on the Enterprise Google cloud and loaded onto the device based on stored forced enrollment policies. The only way to remove a Chromebook enterprise profile is a replacement motherboard. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus, unless they somehow can’t afford new Chromebooks after 5 years. This is an iCloud lock for schools and enterprise. I can’t even get past it, especially since the write screw Chromebooks are pretty much all EOL and decommissioned. It DOES NOT work on the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).'''''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from their decommissioned systems.
What you need to do is return it as defective (because it *is*) with the eBay MBG - it’s there, so use it. That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number and release it, but they usually don’t and defer it to the enterprise who managed it - yeah, GFL getting them to help. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it and let the seller deal with it. It’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usually beaten up far worse then a machine used by a business professional. Since this was missed and it cripples the Chromebook from being useful, you have an easy case against the seller. Unless you somehow get a really nice one, it’s not worth fighting to save it - get your money back. Few ex school district Chromebooks are worth saving, as they tend to be more rough in terms of overall condition then the ones used in business settings. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
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'''The problem with school machines - ESPECIALLY school issue Chromebooks is weak school districts who let the students abuse them because it’s easier then holding the parents accountable for the damage their kids cause since they complain until their kid gets a free pass - many of them back off due to the low cost of the devices. Since they’re not treated as well, the school ones tend to fall apart first if you have one from a professional and a school.''' The only time they ever stand their ground is parents who give in easily or it’s hard to fight back against. '''''Some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs and blame.''''' The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''Most school district Chromebooks need far more work then the other computers they sell off for surplus and come in rougher condition.'''
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'''The problem with school machines - ESPECIALLY school issue Chromebooks is weak school districts. Many of them are too afraid to hold the parents accountable for the damage their kids do to them, and only stop when they give their kid a free pass. That’s partially due to how pushy the ones who do it are since they’re so cheap to replace. Since they’re not treated as well, the school ones tend to fall apart first if you have one from a professional environment and a school.''' The only time they ever stand their ground is parents who give in easily or it’s hard to fight back against. '''''Some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs and blame.''''' The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''Most school district Chromebooks need far more work then the other computers they sell off for surplus and come in rougher condition.'''
'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department to bypass the filter freely after beating them so many times. ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is stored on the Enterprise Google cloud and loaded onto the device based on forced enrollment policies. The only way to remove a Chromebook enterprise profile is a replacement motherboard. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus, unless they somehow can’t afford new Chromebooks after 5 years. This is an iCloud lock for schools and enterprise issued ones. I can’t even get past it, especially since the write screw Chromebooks are pretty much all EOL and decommissioned. It DOES NOT work on the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).'''''
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'''**''Read me:'' This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department after enough incidents I got past their latest countermeasures. ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is stored on the Enterprise Google cloud and loaded onto the device based on stored forced enrollment policies. The only way to remove a Chromebook enterprise profile is a replacement motherboard. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus, unless they somehow can’t afford new Chromebooks after 5 years. This is an iCloud lock for schools and enterprise. I can’t even get past it, especially since the write screw Chromebooks are pretty much all EOL and decommissioned. It DOES NOT work on the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).'''''
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. As soon as you erase a managed Chromebook, the profile comes back every time. '''There is no way to get rid of the profile.''' It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those - they are the absolute worst offenders for this, next to BIOS/EFI passwords.
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. In addition to local storage, the profile gets restored to the device if you erase it by using the stored forced enrollment policies. '''Simply put, there is no way around it.''' It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those. I’m not shocked since schools are already infamously lazy about removing BIOS/EFI passwords from their decommissioned systems.
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What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it *is*) with the eBay MBG - it’s there, so actually use it. That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number and release it, but they usually don’t and defer it to the seller or person who managed it - yeah, GFL getting them to help. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
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What you need to do is return it as defective (because it *is*) with the eBay MBG - it’s there, so use it. That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number and release it, but they usually don’t and defer it to the enterprise who managed it - yeah, GFL getting them to help. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it and let the seller deal with it. It’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usually beaten up far worse then a machine used by a business professional. Since this was missed and it cripples the Chromebook from being useful, you have an easy case against the seller. Unless you somehow get a really nice one, it’s not worth fighting to save it - get your money back. Few machines that ever come out of school districts are worth it because of how rough they tend to be compared to other used computers. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it and let the seller deal with it. It’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usually beaten up far worse then a machine used by a business professional. Since this was missed and it cripples the Chromebook from being useful, you have an easy case against the seller. Unless you somehow get a really nice one, it’s not worth fighting to save it - get your money back. Few ex school district Chromebooks are worth saving, as they tend to be more rough in terms of overall condition then the ones used in business settings. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
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'''The problem with school machines - ESPECIALLY school issue Chromebooks is weak school districts who let the students abuse them because it’s easier then holding people accountable because the parents complain until they get an exception because of the low cost. They tend to fall apart first if you have one from a professional and a school.''' The only time they ever stand their ground is parents who give in easily or it’s hard to fight back against. Some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs and blame. The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''Most school district Chromebooks need far more work then the other computers they sell off for surplus and come in rougher condition.'''
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'''The problem with school machines - ESPECIALLY school issue Chromebooks is weak school districts who let the students abuse them because it’s easier then holding the parents accountable for the damage their kids cause since they complain until their kid gets a free pass - many of them back off due to the low cost of the devices. Since they’re not treated as well, the school ones tend to fall apart first if you have one from a professional and a school.''' The only time they ever stand their ground is parents who give in easily or it’s hard to fight back against. '''''Some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs and blame.''''' The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''Most school district Chromebooks need far more work then the other computers they sell off for surplus and come in rougher condition.'''
'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department to bypass the filter freely after beating them so many times. ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is stored on the Enterprise Google cloud and loaded onto the device based on forced enrollment policies. The only way to remove a Chromebook enterprise profile is a replacement motherboard. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus, unless they somehow can’t afford new Chromebooks after 5 years. This is an iCloud lock for schools and enterprise issued ones. I can’t even get past it, especially since the write screw Chromebooks are pretty much all EOL and decommissioned. It DOES NOT work on the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).'''''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. As soon as you erase a managed Chromebook, the profile comes back every time. '''There is no way to get rid of the profile.''' It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those - they are the absolute worst offenders for this, next to BIOS/EFI passwords.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it *is*) with the eBay MBG - it’s there, so actually use it. That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number and release it, but they usually don’t and defer it to the seller or person who managed it - yeah, GFL getting them to help. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it and let the seller deal with it. It’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usually beaten up far worse then a machine used by a business professional. Since this was missed and it cripples the Chromebook from being useful, you have an easy case against the seller. Unless you somehow get a really nice one, it’s not worth fighting it - get rid of it and get your money back. Few machines that ever come out of school districts are worth it because of how rough they tend to be. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it and let the seller deal with it. It’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usually beaten up far worse then a machine used by a business professional. Since this was missed and it cripples the Chromebook from being useful, you have an easy case against the seller. Unless you somehow get a really nice one, it’s not worth fighting to save it - get your money back. Few machines that ever come out of school districts are worth it because of how rough they tend to be compared to other used computers. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
'''The problem with school machines - ESPECIALLY school issue Chromebooks is weak school districts who let the students abuse them because it’s easier then holding people accountable because the parents complain until they get an exception because of the low cost. They tend to fall apart first if you have one from a professional and a school.''' The only time they ever stand their ground is parents who give in easily or it’s hard to fight back against. Some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs and blame. The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''Most school district Chromebooks need far more work then the other computers they sell off for surplus and come in rougher condition.'''
'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department to bypass the filter freely after beating them so many times. ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is stored on the Enterprise Google cloud and loaded onto the device based on forced enrollment policies. The only way to remove a Chromebook enterprise profile is a replacement motherboard. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus, unless they somehow can’t afford a new lot of Chromebooks after 5 years. This is an iCloud lock for schools and enterprise issued ones. I can’t even get past it, especially since the write screw Chromebooks are pretty much all EOL and decommissioned. It DOES NOT work on the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).'''''
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'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department to bypass the filter freely after beating them so many times. ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is stored on the Enterprise Google cloud and loaded onto the device based on forced enrollment policies. The only way to remove a Chromebook enterprise profile is a replacement motherboard. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus, unless they somehow can’t afford new Chromebooks after 5 years. This is an iCloud lock for schools and enterprise issued ones. I can’t even get past it, especially since the write screw Chromebooks are pretty much all EOL and decommissioned. It DOES NOT work on the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).'''''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. As soon as you erase a managed Chromebook, the profile comes back every time. '''There is no way to get rid of the profile.''' It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those - they are the absolute worst offenders for this, next to BIOS/EFI passwords.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it *is*) with the eBay MBG - it’s there, so actually use it. That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number and release it, but they usually don’t and defer it to the seller or person who managed it - yeah, GFL getting them to help. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it and let the seller deal with it. It’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usually beaten up far worse then a machine used by a business professional. Since this was missed and it cripples the Chromebook from being useful, you have an easy case against the seller. Unless you somehow get a really nice one, it’s not worth fighting it - get rid of it and get your money back. Few machines that ever come out of school districts are worth it because of how rough they tend to be. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
'''The problem with school machines - ESPECIALLY school issue Chromebooks is weak school districts who let the students abuse them because it’s easier then holding people accountable because the parents complain until they get an exception because of the low cost. They tend to fall apart first if you have one from a professional and a school.''' The only time they ever stand their ground is parents who give in easily or it’s hard to fight back against. Some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs and blame. The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''Most school district Chromebooks need far more work then the other computers they sell off for surplus and come in rougher condition.'''
'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department to bypass the filter freely after beating them so many times. ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is stored on the Enterprise Google cloud and loaded onto the device based on forced enrollment policies. The only way to remove a Chromebook enterprise profile is a replacement motherboard. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus, unless they somehow can’t afford a new lot of Chromebooks after 5 years. This is an iCloud lock for schools and enterprise issued ones. I can’t even get past it, especially since the write screw Chromebooks are pretty much all EOL and decommissioned. It DOES NOT work on the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).'''''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. As soon as you erase a managed Chromebook, the profile comes back every time. '''There is no way to get rid of the profile.''' It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those - they are the absolute worst offenders for this, next to BIOS/EFI passwords.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it *is*) with the eBay MBG - it’s there, so actually use it. That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number and release it, but they usually don’t and defer it to the seller or person who managed it - yeah, GFL getting them to help. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it and let the seller deal with it. It’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usually beaten up far worse then a machine used by a business professional. Since this was missed and it cripples the Chromebook from being useful, you have an easy case against the seller. Unless you somehow get a really nice one, it’s not worth fighting it - get rid of it and get your money back. Few machines that ever come out of school districts are worth it because of how rough they tend to be. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers or do not care.'''
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it and let the seller deal with it. It’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usually beaten up far worse then a machine used by a business professional. Since this was missed and it cripples the Chromebook from being useful, you have an easy case against the seller. Unless you somehow get a really nice one, it’s not worth fighting it - get rid of it and get your money back. Few machines that ever come out of school districts are worth it because of how rough they tend to be. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers/do not care.'''
'''The problem with school machines - ESPECIALLY school issue Chromebooks is weak school districts who let the students abuse them because it’s easier then holding people accountable because the parents complain until they get an exception because of the low cost. They tend to fall apart first if you have one from a professional and a school.''' The only time they ever stand their ground is parents who give in easily or it’s hard to fight back against. Some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs and blame. The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''Most school district Chromebooks need far more work then the other computers they sell off for surplus and come in rougher condition.'''
'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department to bypass the filter freely after beating them so many times. ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is stored on the Enterprise Google cloud and loaded onto the device based on forced enrollment policies. The only way to remove a Chromebook enterprise profile is a replacement motherboard. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus, unless they somehow can’t afford a new lot of Chromebooks after 5 years. This is an iCloud lock for schools and enterprise issued ones. I can’t even get past it, especially since the write scre Chromebooks are pretty much all EOL and decommissioned. It DOES NOT work on the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).'''''
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'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department to bypass the filter freely after beating them so many times. ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is stored on the Enterprise Google cloud and loaded onto the device based on forced enrollment policies. The only way to remove a Chromebook enterprise profile is a replacement motherboard. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus, unless they somehow can’t afford a new lot of Chromebooks after 5 years. This is an iCloud lock for schools and enterprise issued ones. I can’t even get past it, especially since the write screw Chromebooks are pretty much all EOL and decommissioned. It DOES NOT work on the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).'''''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. As soon as you erase a managed Chromebook, the profile comes back every time. '''There is no way to get rid of the profile.''' It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those - they are the absolute worst offenders for this, next to BIOS/EFI passwords.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it *is*) with the eBay MBG - it’s there, so actually use it. That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number and release it, but they usually don’t and defer it to the seller or person who managed it - yeah, GFL getting them to help. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it and let the seller deal with it. It’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usually beaten up far worse then a machine used by a business professional. Since this was missed and it cripples the Chromebook from being useful, you have an easy case against the seller. Unless you somehow get a really nice one, it’s not worth fighting it - get rid of it and get your money back. Few machines that ever come out of school districts are worth it because of how rough they tend to be. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers or do not care.'''
'''The problem with school machines - ESPECIALLY school issue Chromebooks is weak school districts who let the students abuse them because it’s easier then holding people accountable because the parents complain until they get an exception because of the low cost. They tend to fall apart first if you have one from a professional and a school.''' The only time they ever stand their ground is parents who give in easily or it’s hard to fight back against. Some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs and blame. The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''Most school district Chromebooks need far more work then the other computers they sell off for surplus and come in rougher condition.'''
'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department to bypass the filter freely after beating them so many times. ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is loaded to the device from the Google cloud - you need to change the board. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus. This is an iCloud lock for schools and enterprise issued ones. I wouldn't even be able to get past it, especially since the write protect screw loophole has not worked on any of the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).''**'''
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'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department to bypass the filter freely after beating them so many times. ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is stored on the Enterprise Google cloud and loaded onto the device based on forced enrollment policies. The only way to remove a Chromebook enterprise profile is a replacement motherboard. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus, unless they somehow can’t afford a new lot of Chromebooks after 5 years. This is an iCloud lock for schools and enterprise issued ones. I can’t even get past it, especially since the write scre Chromebooks are pretty much all EOL and decommissioned. It DOES NOT work on the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).'''''
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and loaded on the device in a persistent way. If you erase it, the profile is pushed back onto these managed Chromebooks. '''The problem is there is no way to get rid of it'''. It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those - they are the absolute worst offenders for this, next to BIOS/EFI passwords.
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and is loaded on the device through the cloud. In addition, it is stored on the device locally just in case they’re kept offline so it’s persistent. As soon as you erase a managed Chromebook, the profile comes back every time. '''There is no way to get rid of the profile.''' It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those - they are the absolute worst offenders for this, next to BIOS/EFI passwords.
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What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it *is*) with the eBay MBG. That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number and release it, but they usually don’t. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and have a “normal” Chromebook.'''
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What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it *is*) with the eBay MBG - it’s there, so actually use it. That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number and release it, but they usually don’t and defer it to the seller or person who managed it - yeah, GFL getting them to help. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and turn it into a “normal Chromebook” again.'''
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it and let the seller deal with it. It’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usually beaten up far worse then a machine used by a business professional. You have a case against the seller that’s easy to win - unless it was a solid 8/10 cosmetically (rare from school district issued Chromebooks), don’t waste any time on this; send it back and try again. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers or do not care.'''
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it and let the seller deal with it. It’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usually beaten up far worse then a machine used by a business professional. Since this was missed and it cripples the Chromebook from being useful, you have an easy case against the seller. Unless you somehow get a really nice one, it’s not worth fighting it - get rid of it and get your money back. Few machines that ever come out of school districts are worth it because of how rough they tend to be. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers or do not care.'''
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'''The problem with school machines is some school districts tend to let Chromebook abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, and they’re so cheap.''' The only time they ever get leverage on these is the ones with parents who have too much trust in the district. Since the parents are so pushy, they only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens - which are harder to protest OR they sell the Chromebooks to the parent and shift the blame if it breaks. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged ($$ repairs), but a Chromebook is often excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones are cosmetically poor and often need more repair work.
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'''The problem with school machines - ESPECIALLY school issue Chromebooks is weak school districts who let the students abuse them because it’s easier then holding people accountable because the parents complain until they get an exception because of the low cost. They tend to fall apart first if you have one from a professional and a school.''' The only time they ever stand their ground is parents who give in easily or it’s hard to fight back against. Some districts sell them to the “student” (really the parents) to shift the costs and blame. The irony here is they stand on Mac damage due to the cost($$), but not Chromebooks ($) unless the Chromebook is damaged beyond repair. '''Most school district Chromebooks need far more work then the other computers they sell off for surplus and come in rougher condition.'''
'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department to bypass the filter freely after beating them so many times. ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is loaded to the device from the Google cloud - you need to change the board. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus. This is an iCloud lock for schools. I wouldn't even be able to get past it, especially since the write protect screw loophole has not worked on any of the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).''**'''
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'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department to bypass the filter freely after beating them so many times. ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is loaded to the device from the Google cloud - you need to change the board. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus. This is an iCloud lock for schools and enterprise issued ones. I wouldn't even be able to get past it, especially since the write protect screw loophole has not worked on any of the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).''**'''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and loaded on the device in a persistent way. If you erase it, the profile is pushed back onto these managed Chromebooks. '''The problem is there is no way to get rid of it'''. It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those - they are the absolute worst offenders for this, next to BIOS/EFI passwords.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it *is*) with the eBay MBG. That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number and release it, but they usually don’t. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and have a “normal” Chromebook.'''
It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it and let the seller deal with it. It’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usually beaten up far worse then a machine used by a business professional. You have a case against the seller that’s easy to win - unless it was a solid 8/10 cosmetically (rare from school district issued Chromebooks), don’t waste any time on this; send it back and try again. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers or do not care.'''
'''The problem with school machines is some school districts tend to let Chromebook abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, and they’re so cheap.''' The only time they ever get leverage on these is the ones with parents who have too much trust in the district. Since the parents are so pushy, they only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens - which are harder to protest OR they sell the Chromebooks to the parent and shift the blame if it breaks. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged ($$ repairs), but a Chromebook is often excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones are cosmetically poor and often need more repair work.
'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department to bypass the filter freely. ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is loaded to the device from the Google cloud - you need to change the board. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus. This is an iCloud lock for schools. I wouldn't even be able to get past it, especially since the write protect screw loophole has not worked on any of the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).''**'''
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'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department to bypass the filter freely after beating them so many times. ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is loaded to the device from the Google cloud - you need to change the board. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus. This is an iCloud lock for schools. I wouldn't even be able to get past it, especially since the write protect screw loophole has not worked on any of the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).''**'''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and loaded on the device in a persistent way. If you erase it, the profile is pushed back onto these managed Chromebooks. '''The problem is there is no way to get rid of it'''. It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those - they are the absolute worst offenders for this, next to BIOS/EFI passwords.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it *is*) with the eBay MBG. That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number and release it, but they usually don’t. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and have a “normal” Chromebook.'''
It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it and let the seller deal with it. It’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usually beaten up far worse then a machine used by a business professional. You have a case against the seller that’s easy to win - unless it was a solid 8/10 cosmetically (rare from school district issued Chromebooks), don’t waste any time on this; send it back and try again. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers or do not care.'''
'''The problem with school machines is some school districts tend to let Chromebook abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, and they’re so cheap.''' The only time they ever get leverage on these is the ones with parents who have too much trust in the district. Since the parents are so pushy, they only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens - which are harder to protest OR they sell the Chromebooks to the parent and shift the blame if it breaks. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged ($$ repairs), but a Chromebook is often excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones are cosmetically poor and often need more repair work.
'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department to bypass the filter freely. ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is loaded to the device from the Google cloud - you need to change the board. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus. This is an iCloud lock for schools. I wouldn't even be able to get past it, especially since the write protect screw loophole has not worked on any of the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).''**'''
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and locked to the system board, which is how the profile is pushed to these managed Chromebooks. '''The problem is there is no way to get rid of it'''. It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those - they are the absolute worst offenders of this negligence.
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and loaded on the device in a persistent way. If you erase it, the profile is pushed back onto these managed Chromebooks. '''The problem is there is no way to get rid of it'''. It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those - they are the absolute worst offenders for this, next to BIOS/EFI passwords.
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What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to see if they can help and potentially forcefully remove it. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.'''
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What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it *is*) with the eBay MBG. That said, Google may forcefully release it if you provide a receipt and the Chromebook serial number and release it, but they usually don’t. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and have a “normal” Chromebook.'''
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usully beaten up way worse then a machine used by a business professional - you have a case against the seller that’s easy to win. Unless it was a solid 8/10 cosmetically - which is rare from school districts especially with Chromebooks, don’t waste any time on this; send it back with the MBG and try again. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers or do not care.'''
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it and let the seller deal with it. It’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usually beaten up far worse then a machine used by a business professional. You have a case against the seller that’s easy to win - unless it was a solid 8/10 cosmetically (rare from school district issued Chromebooks), don’t waste any time on this; send it back and try again. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers or do not care.'''
'''The problem with school machines is some school districts tend to let Chromebook abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, and they’re so cheap.''' The only time they ever get leverage on these is the ones with parents who have too much trust in the district. Since the parents are so pushy, they only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens - which are harder to protest OR they sell the Chromebooks to the parent and shift the blame if it breaks. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged ($$ repairs), but a Chromebook is often excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones are cosmetically poor and often need more repair work.
'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and beat IT to the point I was left alone so they can move on…''' '''''A Chromebook enterprise lock is truly forever since it is loaded to the device from the Google cloud - you need to change the boards. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus. This is an iCloud lock for schools. I wouldn't even be able to get past it, especially since the write protect screw loophole has not worked on any of the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).''**'''
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'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and was left alone by admin and the IT department to bypass the filter freely. ''A Chromebook enterprise lock is not recoverable since it is loaded to the device from the Google cloud - you need to change the board. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus. This is an iCloud lock for schools. I wouldn't even be able to get past it, especially since the write protect screw loophole has not worked on any of the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).''**'''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and locked to the system board, which is how the profile is pushed to these managed Chromebooks. '''The problem is there is no way to get rid of it'''. It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those - they are the absolute worst offenders of this negligence.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to see if they can help and potentially forcefully remove it. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.'''
It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usully beaten up way worse then a machine used by a business professional - you have a case against the seller that’s easy to win. Unless it was a solid 8/10 cosmetically - which is rare from school districts especially with Chromebooks, don’t waste any time on this; send it back with the MBG and try again. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers or do not care.'''
'''The problem with school machines is some school districts tend to let Chromebook abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, and they’re so cheap.''' The only time they ever get leverage on these is the ones with parents who have too much trust in the district. Since the parents are so pushy, they only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens - which are harder to protest OR they sell the Chromebooks to the parent and shift the blame if it breaks. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged ($$ repairs), but a Chromebook is often excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones are cosmetically poor and often need more repair work.
'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and beat IT to the point I was left alone so they can move on…''' '''''A Chromebook enterprise lock is truly forever since it is loaded to the device from the Google cloud - you need to change the boards. In addition, the screw trick only workz on old EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus. This is an iCloud lock for schools. I wouldn't even be able to get past it, especially since the write protect screw loophole has not worked on any of the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).''**'''
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'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and beat IT to the point I was left alone so they can move on…''' '''''A Chromebook enterprise lock is truly forever since it is loaded to the device from the Google cloud - you need to change the boards. In addition, the screw trick only works on EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus. This is an iCloud lock for schools. I wouldn't even be able to get past it, especially since the write protect screw loophole has not worked on any of the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).''**'''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and locked to the system board, which is how the profile is pushed to these managed Chromebooks. '''The problem is there is no way to get rid of it'''. It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those - they are the absolute worst offenders of this negligence.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to see if they can help and potentially forcefully remove it. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.'''
It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usully beaten up way worse then a machine used by a business professional - you have a case against the seller that’s easy to win. Unless it was a solid 8/10 cosmetically - which is rare from school districts especially with Chromebooks, don’t waste any time on this; send it back with the MBG and try again. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers or do not care.'''
'''The problem with school machines is some school districts tend to let Chromebook abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, and they’re so cheap.''' The only time they ever get leverage on these is the ones with parents who have too much trust in the district. Since the parents are so pushy, they only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens - which are harder to protest OR they sell the Chromebooks to the parent and shift the blame if it breaks. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged ($$ repairs), but a Chromebook is often excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones are cosmetically poor and often need more repair work.
'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and beat IT to the point I was left alone so they can move on…''' '''''A Chromebook enterprise lock is truly forever since it is loaded to the device from the Google cloud - you need to change the board and the screw trick only worked on old chromebooks, which are mostly all EOL now, and out of the school system. This is an iCloud lock for schools. I wouldn't even be able to get past it, especially since the write protect screw loophole has not worked on any of the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).''**'''
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'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and beat IT to the point I was left alone so they can move on…''' '''''A Chromebook enterprise lock is truly forever since it is loaded to the device from the Google cloud - you need to change the boards. In addition, the screw trick only workz on old EOL Chromebooks that are mostly out of the education system and sold as surplus. This is an iCloud lock for schools. I wouldn't even be able to get past it, especially since the write protect screw loophole has not worked on any of the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).''**'''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and locked to the system board, which is how the profile is pushed to these managed Chromebooks. '''The problem is there is no way to get rid of it'''. It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those - they are the absolute worst offenders of this negligence.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to see if they can help and potentially forcefully remove it. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.'''
It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usully beaten up way worse then a machine used by a business professional - you have a case against the seller that’s easy to win. Unless it was a solid 8/10 cosmetically - which is rare from school districts especially with Chromebooks, don’t waste any time on this; send it back with the MBG and try again. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers or do not care.'''
'''The problem with school machines is some school districts tend to let Chromebook abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, and they’re so cheap.''' The only time they ever get leverage on these is the ones with parents who have too much trust in the district. Since the parents are so pushy, they only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens - which are harder to protest OR they sell the Chromebooks to the parent and shift the blame if it breaks. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged ($$ repairs), but a Chromebook is often excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones are cosmetically poor and often need more repair work.
'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and beat IT to the point I was left alone so they can move on…''' '''''A Chromebook enterprise lock is truly forever since it is loaded to the device from the Google cloud - you need to change the board and the screw trick only worked on old chromebooks, which are mostly all EOL now, and out of the school system. This is an iCloud lock for schools. I wouldn't even be able to get past it, especially since the write protect screw loophole has not worked on any of the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).''**'''
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and locked to the system board with the serial number as the enrollment ID, which is what it uses to push the forcced enrollment profile. '''The problem is there is no way to get rid of it'''. It sounds like a ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those.
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and locked to the system board, which is how the profile is pushed to these managed Chromebooks. '''The problem is there is no way to get rid of it'''. It sounds like an ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those - they are the absolute worst offenders of this negligence.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to see if they can help and potentially forcefully remove it. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.'''
It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usully beaten up way worse then a machine used by a business professional - you have a case against the seller that’s easy to win. Unless it was a solid 8/10 cosmetically - which is rare from school districts especially with Chromebooks, don’t waste any time on this; send it back with the MBG and try again. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers or do not care.'''
'''The problem with school machines is some school districts tend to let Chromebook abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, and they’re so cheap.''' The only time they ever get leverage on these is the ones with parents who have too much trust in the district. Since the parents are so pushy, they only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens - which are harder to protest OR they sell the Chromebooks to the parent and shift the blame if it breaks. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged ($$ repairs), but a Chromebook is often excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones are cosmetically poor and often need more repair work.
**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and beat IT to the point I was left alone so they can move on… '''''A Chromebook enterprise lock is truly forever since it is loaded to the device from the Google cloud - you need to change the board and the screw trick only worked on old chromebooks, which are mostly all EOL now, and out of the school system. This is an iCloud lock for schools. I wouldn't even be able to get past it, especially since the write protect screw loophole has not worked on any of the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).**'''''
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'''**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and beat IT to the point I was left alone so they can move on…''' '''''A Chromebook enterprise lock is truly forever since it is loaded to the device from the Google cloud - you need to change the board and the screw trick only worked on old chromebooks, which are mostly all EOL now, and out of the school system. This is an iCloud lock for schools. I wouldn't even be able to get past it, especially since the write protect screw loophole has not worked on any of the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).''**'''
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and locked to the system board with the serial number as the enrollment ID, which is what it uses to push the forcced enrollment profile. '''The problem is there is no way to get rid of it'''. It sounds like a ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to see if they can help and potentially forcefully remove it. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.'''
It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usully beaten up way worse then a machine used by a business professional - you have a case against the seller that’s easy to win. Unless it was a solid 8/10 cosmetically - which is rare from school districts especially with Chromebooks, don’t waste any time on this; send it back with the MBG and try again. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers or do not care.'''
'''The problem with school machines is some school districts tend to let Chromebook abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, and they’re so cheap.''' The only time they ever get leverage on these is the ones with parents who have too much trust in the district. Since the parents are so pushy, they only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens - which are harder to protest OR they sell the Chromebooks to the parent and shift the blame if it breaks. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged ($$ repairs), but a Chromebook is often excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones are cosmetically poor and often need more repair work.
**Read me: This is coming from someone who bypassed the web filter, printed from school printers on a personal laptop by finding the IP address, got past a local IP internet block and beat IT to the point I was left alone so they can move on… '''''A Chromebook enterprise lock is truly forever since it is loaded to the device from the Google cloud - you need to change the board and the screw trick only worked on old chromebooks, which are mostly all EOL now, and out of the school system. This is an iCloud lock for schools. I wouldn't even be able to get past it, especially since the write protect screw loophole has not worked on any of the modern Chromebooks (made within the past 5 years).**'''''
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and locked to the system board with the serial number as the enrollment ID, which is what it uses to push the forcced enrollment profile. '''The problem is there is no way to get rid of it'''. It sounds like a ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to see if they can help and potentially forcefully remove it. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.'''
It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usully beaten up way worse then a machine used by a business professional - you have a case against the seller that’s easy to win. Unless it was a solid 8/10 cosmetically - which is rare from school districts especially with Chromebooks, don’t waste any time on this; send it back with the MBG and try again. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers or do not care.'''
'''The problem with school machines is some school districts tend to let Chromebook abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, and they’re so cheap.''' The only time they ever get leverage on these is the ones with parents who have too much trust in the district. Since the parents are so pushy, they only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens - which are harder to protest OR they sell the Chromebooks to the parent and shift the blame if it breaks. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged ($$ repairs), but a Chromebook is often excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones are cosmetically poor and often need more repair work.
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and locked to the system board with the serial number as the enrollment ID, which is what it uses to push the forcced enrollment profile. '''The problem is there is no way to get rid of it'''. It sounds like a ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to see if they can help and potentially forcefully remove it. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.'''
It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usully beaten up way worse then a machine used by a business professional - you have a case against the seller that’s easy to win. Unless it was a solid 8/10 cosmetically - which is rare from school districts especially with Chromebooks, don’t waste any time on this; send it back with the MBG and try again. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers or do not care.'''
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'''The problem with school machines is some school districts tend to let Chromebook abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, and they’re so cheap.''' The only time they ever get leverage on these is the ones with parents who have too much trust in the district. Since the parents are so pushy, they only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens - which are harder to protest OR they sell the Chromebooks to the kids and shift the blame if it breaks. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged ($$ repairs), but a Chromebook is often excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones are cosmetically poor and often need more repair work.
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'''The problem with school machines is some school districts tend to let Chromebook abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, and they’re so cheap.''' The only time they ever get leverage on these is the ones with parents who have too much trust in the district. Since the parents are so pushy, they only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens - which are harder to protest OR they sell the Chromebooks to the parent and shift the blame if it breaks. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged ($$ repairs), but a Chromebook is often excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones are cosmetically poor and often need more repair work.
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and locked to the system board with the serial number as the enrollment ID, which is what it uses to push the forcced enrollment profile. '''The problem is there is no way to get rid of it'''. It sounds like a ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to see if they can help and potentially forcefully remove it. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.'''
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usully beaten up way worse then a machine used by a business professional - you have a case against the seller that’s easy to win. Unless it was a solid 8/10 cosmetically - which is rare from school districts especially with Chromebooks, don’t waste any time on this; send it back with the MBG and try again. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine. Most of the sellers who improperly list enterprise enrollment devices as “good” are flippers who don’t know better or don’t care.'''
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usully beaten up way worse then a machine used by a business professional - you have a case against the seller that’s easy to win. Unless it was a solid 8/10 cosmetically - which is rare from school districts especially with Chromebooks, don’t waste any time on this; send it back with the MBG and try again. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine - the sellers who don’t check or lie are flippers or do not care.'''
'''The problem with school machines is some school districts tend to let Chromebook abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, and they’re so cheap.''' The only time they ever get leverage on these is the ones with parents who have too much trust in the district. Since the parents are so pushy, they only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens - which are harder to protest OR they sell the Chromebooks to the kids and shift the blame if it breaks. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged ($$ repairs), but a Chromebook is often excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones are cosmetically poor and often need more repair work.
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and locked to the system board with the serial number as the enrollment ID, which is what it uses to push the forcced enrollment profile. '''The problem is there is no way to get rid of it'''. It sounds like a ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to see if they can help and potentially forcefully remove it. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.'''
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usully beaten up way worse then a machine used by a business professional - you have a case against the seller that’s easy to win. Unless it was a solid 8/10 cosmetically - which is rare from school districts especially with Chromebooks, don’t waste any time on this; send it back with the MBG and try again. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine.'''
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usully beaten up way worse then a machine used by a business professional - you have a case against the seller that’s easy to win. Unless it was a solid 8/10 cosmetically - which is rare from school districts especially with Chromebooks, don’t waste any time on this; send it back with the MBG and try again. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine. Most of the sellers who improperly list enterprise enrollment devices as “good” are flippers who don’t know better or don’t care.'''
'''The problem with school machines is some school districts tend to let Chromebook abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, and they’re so cheap.''' The only time they ever get leverage on these is the ones with parents who have too much trust in the district. Since the parents are so pushy, they only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens - which are harder to protest OR they sell the Chromebooks to the kids and shift the blame if it breaks. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged ($$ repairs), but a Chromebook is often excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones are cosmetically poor and often need more repair work.
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and locked to the system board with the serial number as the enrollment ID, which is what it uses to push the forcced enrollment profile. '''The problem is there is no way to get rid of it'''. It sounds like a ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to see if they can help and potentially forcefully remove it. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.'''
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usully beaten up way worse then a machine used by a business professional. Unless it was a solid 8/10 cosmetically - which is rare from school districts especially with Chromebooks, don’t waste any time on this; send it back with the MBG and try again. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine.'''
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usully beaten up way worse then a machine used by a business professional - you have a case against the seller that’s easy to win. Unless it was a solid 8/10 cosmetically - which is rare from school districts especially with Chromebooks, don’t waste any time on this; send it back with the MBG and try again. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine.'''
'''The problem with school machines is some school districts tend to let Chromebook abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, and they’re so cheap.''' The only time they ever get leverage on these is the ones with parents who have too much trust in the district. Since the parents are so pushy, they only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens - which are harder to protest OR they sell the Chromebooks to the kids and shift the blame if it breaks. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged ($$ repairs), but a Chromebook is often excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones are cosmetically poor and often need more repair work.
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and locked to the system board with the serial number as the enrollment ID, which is what it uses to push the forcced enrollment profile. '''The problem is there is no way to get rid of it'''. It sounds like a ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to see if they can help and potentially forcefully remove it. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.'''
It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usully beaten up way worse then a machine used by a business professional. Unless it was a solid 8/10 cosmetically - which is rare from school districts especially with Chromebooks, don’t waste any time on this; send it back with the MBG and try again. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine.'''
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'''The problem with school machines is some school districts tend to let Chromebook abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, and they’re so cheap.''' The only time they ever get leverage on these is the ones with parents who have too much trust in the district. Since the parents are so pushy, they only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens - which are harder to protest OR they sell the Chromebooks to the kids and shift the blame if it breaks. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged ($$ repairs), but a Chromebook is often excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones look like crap or border on it.
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'''The problem with school machines is some school districts tend to let Chromebook abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, and they’re so cheap.''' The only time they ever get leverage on these is the ones with parents who have too much trust in the district. Since the parents are so pushy, they only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens - which are harder to protest OR they sell the Chromebooks to the kids and shift the blame if it breaks. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged ($$ repairs), but a Chromebook is often excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones are cosmetically poor and often need more repair work.
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and locked to the board of the Chromebook using the serial number as the ID to push that profile. There is no way to get rid of it. It sounds like a ex school district machine since iBoss only ever shows up on those from what I've seen.
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and locked to the system board with the serial number as the enrollment ID, which is what it uses to push the forcced enrollment profile. '''The problem is there is no way to get rid of it'''. It sounds like a ex school district machine since iBoss is usually only found on those.
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What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to force things. Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.
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What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to see if they can help and potentially forcefully remove it. '''Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.'''
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent. Unless it was a cosmetic unicorn (which is hard to come by from schools) there's more then enough to go around. Schools tend to let abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, other then the ones who blindly trust damage claims (which is few relative to how many provide pushback). They only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens which are harder to fight against. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged but a Chromebook is excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones look like crap or border on it.
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent, plus school district surplus is usully beaten up way worse then a machine used by a business professional. Unless it was a solid 8/10 cosmetically - which is rare from school districts especially with Chromebooks, don’t waste any time on this; send it back with the MBG and try again. '''Let the seller take the financial hit since it should have been sold as a parts machine.'''
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'''The problem with school machines is some school districts tend to let Chromebook abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, and they’re so cheap.''' The only time they ever get leverage on these is the ones with parents who have too much trust in the district. Since the parents are so pushy, they only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens - which are harder to protest OR they sell the Chromebooks to the kids and shift the blame if it breaks. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged ($$ repairs), but a Chromebook is often excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones look like crap or border on it.
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and lcoked to the board of the Chromebook using the serial number as the ID to push that profile. There is no way to get rid of it. It sounds like a ex school district machine since iBoss only ever shows up on those from what I've seen.
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and locked to the board of the Chromebook using the serial number as the ID to push that profile. There is no way to get rid of it. It sounds like a ex school district machine since iBoss only ever shows up on those from what I've seen.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to force things. Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.
It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent. Unless it was a cosmetic unicorn (which is hard to come by from schools) there's more then enough to go around. Schools tend to let abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, other then the ones who blindly trust damage claims (which is few relative to how many provide pushback). They only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens which are harder to fight against. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged but a Chromebook is excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones look like crap or border on it.
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and board of the Chromebook. There is no way to get rid of it. It sounds like a ex school district machine since iBoss only ever shows up on those from what I've seen.
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and lcoked to the board of the Chromebook using the serial number as the ID to push that profile. There is no way to get rid of it. It sounds like a ex school district machine since iBoss only ever shows up on those from what I've seen.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to force things. Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.
It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent. Unless it was a cosmetic unicorn (which is hard to come by from schools) there's more then enough to go around. Schools tend to let abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, other then the ones who blindly trust damage claims (which is few relative to how many provide pushback). They only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens which are harder to fight against. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged but a Chromebook is excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones look like crap or border on it.
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and board of the Chromebook. There is no way to get rid of it. It sounds like a ex school district machine since iBoss only ever shows up on those from what I've seen.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to force things. Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent. Unless it was a cosmetic unicorn (which is hard to come by from schools) there's more then enough to go around. Schools tend to let abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass. They only go after major stuff like screens which are harder to fight against. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged but a Chromebook is excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down.
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent. Unless it was a cosmetic unicorn (which is hard to come by from schools) there's more then enough to go around. Schools tend to let abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass, other then the ones who blindly trust damage claims (which is few relative to how many provide pushback). They only ever seem to go after major stuff like screens which are harder to fight against. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged but a Chromebook is excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down - which is why many of the ex school ones look like crap or border on it.
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and board of the Chromebook. There is no way to get rid of it. It sounds like a ex school district machine since iBoss only ever shows up on those from what I've seen.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to force things. Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent. Unless it was a cosmetic unicorn (which is hard to come by from schools) there's more then enough to go around. Schools tend to let abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass. They only go after major stuff like screens which are harder to fight against. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged but a Chromebook is excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb.
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent. Unless it was a cosmetic unicorn (which is hard to come by from schools) there's more then enough to go around. Schools tend to let abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass. They only go after major stuff like screens which are harder to fight against. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged but a Chromebook is excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb. Unless it's outright damaged they're probably not going to chase the student down.
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and board of the Chromebook. There is no way to get rid of it. It sounds like a ex school district machine since iBoss only ever shows up on those from what I've seen.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to force things. Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent. Unless it was a cosmetic unicorn (which is hard to come by from schools) there's more then enough to go around. Schools tend to let abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass. They only go after major stuff like screens which are harder to fight against.
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent. Unless it was a cosmetic unicorn (which is hard to come by from schools) there's more then enough to go around. Schools tend to let abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass. They only go after major stuff like screens which are harder to fight against. They'll push hard for a Mac that's damaged but a Chromebook is excused because it's a difference in how much the repairs cost to absorb.
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and board of the Chromebook. There is no way to get rid of it. It sounds like a ex school district machine since iBoss only ever shows up on those from what I've seen.
What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to force things. Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent. Unless it was a cosmetic unicorn (which is hard to come by from schools) there's more then enough to go around.
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent. Unless it was a cosmetic unicorn (which is hard to come by from schools) there's more then enough to go around. Schools tend to let abuse go because they're too afraid to hold the kids responsible since the parents cry until they get a pass. They only go after major stuff like screens which are harder to fight against.
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and board of the Chromebook. There is no way to get rid of it. It sounds like a school forgot to remove it since iBoss software is mainly found on ex school ones as a overall general rule - it doesn’t seem to show up on anything else.
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and board of the Chromebook. There is no way to get rid of it. It sounds like a ex school district machine since iBoss only ever shows up on those from what I've seen.
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What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller or contact Google with a receipt and provide the serial number of the Chromebook and have them remove it. Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and bring it back to a normal state. It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent.
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What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller with the MBG or contact Google with a receipt and the Chromebook serial number to force things. Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it into a normal state again.
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It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent. Unless it was a cosmetic unicorn (which is hard to come by from schools) there's more then enough to go around.
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and board of the Chromebook. There is no way to get rid of it. It sounds like a school forgot to remove it since iBoss software is mainly found on ex school ones as a overall general rule - it doesn’t seem to show up on anything else.
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What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller or contact Google with a receipt and provide the serial number of the Chromebook and have them remove it. Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and bring it back to a normal state.
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What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller or contact Google with a receipt and provide the serial number of the Chromebook and have them remove it. Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and bring it back to a normal state. It’s your call here on what to do, but I’d probably just return it if I bought it because it’s not my fault the seller was negligent.
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and board of the Chromebook. There is no way to get rid of it.
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The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and board of the Chromebook. There is no way to get rid of it. It sounds like a school forgot to remove it since iBoss software is mainly found on ex school ones as a overall general rule - it doesn’t seem to show up on anything else.
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It sounds like a school forgot to remove it since iBoss Connect is mainly found on ex school ones. What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller or contact Google with a receipt and provide the serial number of the Chromebook and have them remove it. Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and bring it back to a normal state.
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What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller or contact Google with a receipt and provide the serial number of the Chromebook and have them remove it. Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and bring it back to a normal state.
The enterprise enrollment is tied to the serial number and board of the Chromebook. There is no way to get rid of it.
It sounds like a school forgot to remove it since iBoss Connect is mainly found on ex school ones. What you will need to do is return it as defective (because it is) to the eBay seller or contact Google with a receipt and provide the serial number of the Chromebook and have them remove it. Only once it’s removed can you powerwash it and bring it back to a normal state.