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dwill05
Posts: 2,595
Registered: ‎04-06-2005
My Device: iPhone 5
Re: Cant activate iPhone 5?

edgarjanoyan wrote:

Hi 

 

I have some problem i bouht from Craiglist , in LA, this stupid guy forgot to acctivate it, he only acctivate online, now i couldnt contact with him to to know last for digits of SOcial i know only zip code, i call apple to resolve this problem , Apple said me that only Att&t can fix this, i paid 850$ for this Iphone 5 and now i couldnt use it im coming crazy, then i call Att&t some worker telling me that it will be acctivate with Att&t prepaid card another one telling me that i must take contract , but that stupid i already bouht it from craiglist, another one telling i must trasfer that number with my name , i want to know how can i do that, im comeoning crazy, i dont understand Att&t is very big company and it couldnt fix such tupid problem?

i talk on cell phone like 5 hours and nobody can help me with that issue ?

no please tell me what i have to do ? to trow the cell phone to the garbage or what?

when im calling this guy he dont telling this last digits of Social Security number, i need to go to find i dont know how and batter this guy to know inforamtion about last 4 digits of his Social SL?


Unfortunately, as has been stated in this thread, the phone has to be activated on the account it was purchased under.  If the person didn't activate it before he sold it to you, you need his account info.  If the person who sold it to you won't give you the information (to be honest, I wouldn't give anyone the last four of my SSN either) and won't take the phone back, you are stuck.  Apple can't override this restriction and it doesn't matter how much you paid for the phone. 

 

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