Apple introduced the Activation Lock feature in iOS 7 to help deter phone theft—if you’ve signed into iCloud and enabled Find My iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch, you can’t erase your phone without entering ...

The security feature, designed to prevent use of lost or stolen devices, must be turned off before you buy a used iPhone. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...

Apple’s Activation Status was a nifty tool that allowed users to check the ownership status of their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Basically, it provided a safeguard against third parties who traffic ...

Apple today launched a utility on its website that allows anyone to check the activation lock status of an iPhone handset. Users will be required to provide the IMEI or serial number of the device ...

On iOS 7 and later, "Find iPhoneThe function called activation lock has been added. This function is automatically turned on when setting "Search for iPhone", but on my device, Apple released an ...

Over the weekend, Apple silently pulled out what was previously an effective anti-theft measure, the Activation Lock status checker webpage. Despite increased media coverage, Apple has remained silent ...

It’s safe to say the market for stolen smartphones is a fairly lucrative one, with the recently launched iPhone 6 costing anything up to $1,000 off-contract. With that in mind, Apple has introduced a ...