Without notice or any official explanation, Apple has removed the page on the iCloud Activation Lock site that allowed faster to check i...
Without notice or any official explanation, Apple has removed the page on the iCloud Activation Lock site that allowed faster to check if an iPhone had been stolen or not through the check Activation Lock Status tool.
This is not a temporary removal of the web page, because Apple has also updated its online support documentation now includes no more 'no mention website. Now, when you buy an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Apple Watch from someone other than Apple or an Apple authorized dealer to be sure that the device is initialized and is no longer linked to the previous owner must turn on the device and slide to unlock - if you see the lock screen or Home screen with code means that the device has not been initialized. We must therefore ask the seller to completely initialize so 'device the buyer can' start its process of configuring the device.
Before removal, by accessing the above page and entering your IMEI identifier or serial number of an Apple device it was possible to check whether he had activated the lock activation, a function that is designed to prevent other people from using your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Apple Watch in case of loss or theft.
Activation lock is automatically enabled when you enable Find My iPhone.
With the Find My iPhone Activation Lock are required Apple ID and password before you can turn off Find My iPhone on the device, or initialize the device, or Reactivate and use the device. In this way the device remains protected even if it is in the wrong hands and the real owner is more likely to be able to recover. Although the device is initialized remotely lock activation continues to prevent it from being reactivated without the authorization of its real owner, who only has to turn on Find My iPhone not forgetting the Apple ID with corresponding password. With watchOS 2 and later you can also use Activation Lock to protect the Apple Watch.
Now, if it is no longer the device, because it has been lost or may have been stolen, the Apple support page recommended to activate the mode misplaced via Find My iPhone so 'to go to lock the screen with a code to six figures allowing to display a custom message (with your telephone number to help recover it) visible to those who have the device. If necessary, you can also initialize the device remotely.
Block activation operates in the background to hinder those seeking to use or sell the lost device and Mode lost instructs anyone who finds the device that it is a people's property and can not be reactivated without your password.
For those planning to sell your device, you must first disable Find My iPhone to make sure that the other person can activate and use the device as new. To do this you have to get out of iCloud, then initialize the contents and settings before delivering it. This will completely initialize the device, you turn off Find My iPhone and you remove the device from your Apple ID account.
Removal of the iCloud website activation certainly Lock makes things a bit 'more difficult for fans of the iPhone, but what are Apple's earnings on this is still a mystery.
