Our visitors send us a dozen of question every single day! A few days ago, one of you send me this:
I just forget the email of my Apple ID and I only know the password. So, how can unlock my iPhone? pls, help!
In fact, we get this question quite often (plus similar ones from visitors who forgot the Apple ID password or the security questions) but here is the thing: Usually this is not the actual problem.
For a strange reason, many of you are afraid to tell us that you bought an iCloud Locked iPhone and you simply want to disable iCloud Activation Lock. So, to get everything covered, I will so you how to recover your iCloud Account if you forgot the email of your Apple ID and moreover, how to turn Find My iPhone Activation Lock off!
What Apple suggests when you forget your Apple ID
If you visit Apple’s page there is a detailed guide for all of you who forgot the email of Apple ID. But let me make it more simple for you!
First of all, your Apple ID is usually your email address! Of course, nowadays we have multiple email accounts, so maybe your Apple ID is an older email address that you don’t use anymore.
Check out iTunes! If you bought something then you can see which Apple ID was used!
- Open iTunes.
- Find your purchases in your Library and choose one of them.
- Tap Edit > Get Info.
- Tap the File tab.
- If you go to “purchased by”, you will be able to see the Apple ID that was used for your purchase!
If you never bought something from iTunes Store, then here is what you can do!
- Go to Apple ID account page and click on the forgot Apple ID or Password button!
– If you don’t know the email of Apple ID, click on “Forgot your Apple ID?” and fill in your full name and email address to recover the Apple ID login. Try all your previous email addresses if nothing happens. Usually one of them will get the job done and now you can also reset your Apple ID password if you don’t also remember it. - Answer your Apple ID security questions in order to complete to complete the process
How can I iCloud Unlock my iPhone without Apple ID Password and security questions
If you also forgot your Apple ID security questions, then this is a major issue. You must contact Apple Support immediately! Just choose the region you live in and the appropriate phone number will appear.
If Apple refuse to unlock your Apple ID then you have another option!
iCloud Unlocking without Apple ID
There are many iCloud Lock Removal tools online but unfortunately, almost none of them works. After extensive research, the only successful iCloud Hack is the iCloud Account Unlock Online.
But even this great iCloud Unlock Software doesn’t work all the times. If it fails:
- If you are not the original owner and you want to activate an iCloud Locked iPhone you can also use iCloud ID Finder and locate the iPhone’s previous owner.
- If you are the iPhone’s original owner, you can also recover the email of your Apple ID with iCloud ID Finder
6 comments
Hi am Umar i login a friend ID into my IPhone and he changed the password and he didn’t want to give it to me again so please help me
Sorry to say this, but only he can give you the password to deactivate the Apple ID. If this is your iPhone, you can also call Apple and inform them about your issues. Read our How to Unlock iCloud Activation lock article to learn how to do it.
Jason, as I see you want to help people, so I am here 🙂
I have a second-hand iPhone. I checked it by IMEi and it’s a clean iPhone (not blacklisted, not carrier locked) but FMI is turned on. I don t know the previous owner.
How to find iPhone’s original owner and is there any other solution to turn FMI OFF?
thanx
Hey Sanel,
I am doing my best, I hope I can help you too.
There were some services that can locate the contact information of the original owner, but those services are now unreliable and very unstable.
I suggest reading the following article (Legal Methods to iCloud Unlock Free), which includes a method that will allow you to initiate a chat with Apple iCloud department, so you can at least explain your situation.
They might be able to help you, or maybe at least notify the original owner to contact you.
This is the only solution for the time being, hope that helped!
Please my iPhone 5s cannot be opened
Hello Shrikant. Can you please give me some more info about your iPhone 5s? What exactly is the problem? Is your iPhone iCloud Locked? Are the owner of that device or you purchased it as second hand?