In this lesson, we will discuss Activation Lock, which is an antitheft feature that Apple added several
iterations of iOS ago when find my iPhone or find my iPad is enabled when the device has been reset
to factory settings, to recovery mode or by other means, without first disabling find my iPhone.
It places the device into the activation lock mode.
Activation lock requires, in theory, the owner or at least the last person who signed the iCloud and
actually turned on find my iPad to log in to their Apple ID when they first set up the device during
the setup assistant after that reset occurs.
This is very simple.
If you're the one who previously signed in, this ends up causing people grief when they don't know
the password of the last user who signed in iCloud on that device.
If you are the owner of the iPad or iPhone, the best solution is to gather a proof of purchase for
the device and open up a ticket with apple care or visit the Apple store and have a genius assist you
if you're a business or education customer and are using Apple business manager or Apple school manager
along with a compatible MDM solution, you can also disable activation lock on your own devices without
needing to contact Apple.