A large number of recent gen max have wound up unusable on the second hand market due to an activation lock. Apple does it turns out have the ability to distinguish between locked devices that have been reported missing or stolen and locked devices with a clean record. In some circumstances apple can and does unlock those devices upon request. The vast majority of devices unlocked were an iPhone 8 or earlier before april 2020.

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