[PLUG-TALK] Resetting an iPhone 4?

[TomasK]

This (the fact that you would need to dig out your deceased ...) is
probably side effect of prioritizing user privacy over anything else,
especially over the three letter agencies anywhere in the world.

It seems to me that one cannot have the cake and eat it too -
reasonable compromise IMHO.

Does Free Geek recycle this kind of electronic waste or does it have to
go to back to the creator, eh-rm Apple?

-Tomas

On Sun, 2022-01-23 at 21:16 -0800, Russell Senior wrote:
> > > > > > "Russell" == Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net>
> > > > > > writes:
> 
> Russell> I have a macbook and followed apple's instructions. I did
> both
> Russell> the update and reset processes, the latter apparently wiping
> Russell> data. But, I get:
> 
> Russell>  1) Hello slide to setup
> 
> Russell>  2) English
> 
> Russell>  3) Select your Country or Region [United States]
> 
> Russell>  4) Choose a Wi-Fi Network [my home network]
> 
> Russell>  5) Activation Lock Apple ID: [my apple id as an email
> address]
> Russell> Password: [my apple password]
> 
> Russell>  6) Activating...
> 
> Russell>  7) apple logo appears
> 
> Russell>  8) Hello (rinsing and repeating indefinitely)
> 
> Russell> On my macbook, I don't have anything actually called iTunes,
> Russell> but when I plugged the cable in between the macbook and
> phone
> Russell> according to their instructions, I was talking to something
> and
> Russell> I successfully detected the phone and updated and "reset" it
> Russell> (or some other word that started with an 'R').
> 
> More research suggests that Apple requires that the original owner
> (regrettably deceased) must unlock the Activation Lock. I have
> requested
> that Apple do it for me. We'll see.
> 
>