iPhone activation lock

Hey everyone, have an iPhone here at the school I work at that was handed in a few days ago, no one has claimed it. It's locked to an iCloud account is there anyway to find out what the account might be?

There is a way to find out via Casper but unfortunately this phone isn't enrolled in our MDM.

Any ideas or should I just keep it in the draw hoping someone claims it?

 

You'll need someone to claim it. The info is encrypted by default, only way to get the details is to take the original receipt for the phone to the Apple Store.

 

wait, they'll unlock it if you show them an original receipt?

 

Yup.

 

put it in recovery and connect to itunes, perform a reset/upgrade - during the OOB setup you will be challenged to login to icloud and will see the email address used.

 

from iTunes
Activation Lock
This iPhone is linked to an Apple ID. Enter the Apple ID and password that were used to set up this iPhone. j●●●●●@icloud.com


same message on the phone itself.

 

oh yeah that's right i forgot you don't see the whole thing.

@icloud.com though is a bad sign. sounds like a personal itunes account.

 

Well back in the draw it goes haha

 

If no one claims it, after sending out an email... I presume the student or staff would have to unlock it to prove its theirs.

But if no one claims it, send it to police, could be possible someone found the phone on the way to school than just dumped it because its locked.

 

on a slightly related note, sometimes my kid messes around with my phone and you get that message that you can't use it for X minutes.. is there anyway to bypass that???

 

Not that I know of and I come across alot of this at the school, the quicker way is to restore the device depending on how long the device is locked for.

 

keep your phone away from your kids

 

Nup, and you'll have to wait for the time to count down fully before you can restore it via DFU.

 

easier said than done.. my 4 year old is like one of those dogs sniffing out truffles when it comes to my phone

 

Nope, I lock my nieces and nephews out of their devices for x minutes (depending) if they are mean to me

 

no you don't. can stick it straight into recovery mode and restore it, don't need to wait.

 

Slightly re-lated great program called recboot for mac, plug in the iphone/ipad and then it slaps it in recovery mode for you, great if the home button is busted up.

 

on windows you can use 3Utools and a few others to do the same thing.

 

Hmm must just be DEP enrolled phones then, I've tried with some at work and no dice.

 

http://www.iclarified.com/64984/mys...our-iphone-passcode-to-law-enforcement-photos

anyone see this?