[Hidden-tech] Hidden-discuss Digest, Vol 130, Issue 29

[Dan Richardson (t)]

> From: andrew bellak <andrew at stakeholderscapital.com>
> Subject: [Hidden-tech] Using bad esn iPhone as iPod

> My son wants an iPod touch for his birthday.
>
> I wonder under what conditions we can use an iPhone as an iPod.
>
> We never plan to use it as a phone.
>
> If it is icloud locked, but not stolen, can we do a factory reset and then
> use it as an iPod?
>
> Thanks
> Andrew

If it's iCloud locked, you can't do a factory reset, either on the phone 
itself or through iTunes. You also can't update the OS. You need the 
account password. The point of the iCloud lock is to make a stolen 
iPhone worthless.