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FYI you don’t need WiFi to activate. You can activate via iTunes / macOS if you plug it in.
by lyptt 6y ago
FYI you don’t need WiFi to activate. You can activate via iTunes / macOS if you plug it in.
- forgotmypw17 6y agoI don't have either of those. From previous experiences, it's my understanding that activation means resetting and erasing it.
- spijdar 6y agoIn this case it seems like it has already been reset, or performed some kind of major OS update, which seems unlikely. In lieu of itunes or mac, you could also take it to an apple store I believe.
- forgotmypw17 6y agoIt was just sitting around hooked up to a charger while I was away.
- stock_toaster 6y agoDid it have auto-updates enabled? It might have just been doing what it had been told, and updated itself at some point.
- forgotmypw17 6y agoNot that I am aware of... Would an automatic update lock the device?
- comex 6y agoNo.
- gsich 6y agoiTunes is also available on Windows. Might not help if you run Linux.
- forgotmypw17 6y agoI'm not using Windows.
- gsich 6y agoI wrote that it might not help. But VMs (or separate HDDs) are a thing too.
- em-bee 6y agoyou expect someone to pay for a windows license just so they can run itunes just to reactivate a device they own? seems a bit much
- gsich 6y agoNo need to pay, you can run Windows 10 without activation. I think it was either 90 or 180 days, so should be plenty of time to recover the device.
- forgotmypw17 6y agoFor this content, I may have to do this work, but I just want to point out how ridiculous it is that the ,,solution,, to accessing my own content on my own device is to install an entire un-free operating system from a different vendor using grey area licensing, then install another un-free application, then pray that it works, which still does not seem that likely to me, to be honest, having done that dance before only to be given the ,,choice,, to erase the device memory or cancel.
- gsich 6y agoOf course it's ridiculous, but you can wait until Apple does release a Linux version (Hint: won't happen) or use the tools that are available. If you are so keen on using free software, the iPad is not the device for you.