$5 iphone i4 not what I expected

[mikeford]

I didn't buy it to use as a phone, just a music player for my iphone loving android hating Mercedes. The phone charges and works apparently fine, but its never been reset, unlocked, or I assume jailbroke. Slide to unlock brings up the touchpad for a 4 digit code, which isn't any obvious pattern I've tried. Scroll up brings up the media player but I don't see any files.

I've ordered a bunch of different types of cables, charge sync usb, MMI connection the MB, so if this i4 verizon no sim slot won't work, I'm semi game to hunt down a different one, but I have never used an iphone and have no clue on the basics, like do I need to set up an itunes acct just to play my own music or maybe to reset the phone?

 

[mikeford]

Itunes did the reset fairly easily, but turns out its iCloud locked, so its parts unless I want to swap out the motherboard with a clean one.

 

[Commodus]

Itunes did the reset fairly easily, but turns out its iCloud locked, so its parts unless I want to swap out the motherboard with a clean one.

If the person who sold you the phone was also the owner, they could theoretically bail you out, but otherwise you're stuck.

 

[killster1]

ive seen people defeat icloud locks on ebay(oops i mean youtube) by making their own icloud server to unlock it from. i bet it would work with a super old iphone 4 on a old ios.