How can I delete icloud account
How can I delete the icloud account if I don't know my email and password
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you will need to contact the previous owner and have them login to the icloud account and remove the association, either on the phone itself, or via either www.icloud.com or appleid.apple.com.
beyond that there is no permanent solution.
yes, you will find services and software offering to remove icloud accounts, it's all BS. these "solutions" involve jailbreaking the phone then installing a "bypass". but the phone will not behave like a normal phone (if i'm misstating some of these items, i welcome correction as a am not a jailbreaking expert). you will likely have issues with downloading and installing apps, you may have issues trying to use the only on you cellular service account, you cannot do auto upgrades the IOS, your device becomes more vulnerable to malware/hacking, battery drain/usage increases dramatically, it makes the overall IOS environment less stable meaning more crashes, and if you do upgrade the IOS or reset the phone, you have to re-jailbreak it again.
using jailbreaking to "fix" an icloud account is like (you may be too young to actually relate to this) watching TV before they had remote controls. you want to change the channel or change the volume or adjust the rabbit ears, you had to get out out of your chair, walk to the tv and do so manually - every time. sure it all worked, but it was horribly inconvenient compared to what a modern day TV remote can do for you.
if anyone has a better analogy, i welcome input on that regard as well. :)
bottom line, the only way to properly remove it is to have the icloud account owner do it
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@beekerc - A jail broken iCloud locked phone with the older iOSs, all you got was emergency phone access. All the apps won’t work as well as mail and web.
The current iOSs can’t be defeated Apple closed all the holes.
there are programs which can (supposedly) bypass an icloud account, but that process requires jailbreaking first. i've never tried any of them so i can't speak to their effectiveness.
@beekerc - Older iOS’s that was true, todays nope! Lots of scammers out there who would love your money! You get nothing! Or they want you to send the phone in for them to fix it, you’ll never see it again.
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Apple did a great job locking down their phones! Without access to the original account it’s not possible. The newer releases of iOS have removed all of the tricks people tried. At best you got access to the phone function so you could make a call that’s it with the older iOS versions.
Best to get your money back or gain access to the original users info.
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