I'm interested, what could have triggered it? What data could have been compromised? I remind you that there were no messages about lost mode or erased iPhone, no scammer messages asking for money for the unlock, nothing like that.
And no cases like mine in the search results. But there were no previous owners, and I am able to unlock my phone for now. When I google about the activation lock, everything seems to be about "previous owners" cases. And didn't say how exactly to turn it off. Then I went to and it said that my activation lock was on. I successfully logged in, and then there was an iMessage alert: "Your carrier may charge for SMS messages used to activate iMessage", as if it was the first setup. It looked similar to this, but with my email dotted: It also was showing my email with some hidden symbols. But this time after the logo there was something different - on the lock screen in the notification area, there was the text "Activation required" with an icon of a circled exclamation point.Īfter swiping the screen, the system said that this iPhone is linked to the Apple ID, and offered me to enter my Apple ID and password, the ones that "were used to set up this iPhone". It glitches like that sometimes, very rare and not very long (unlike the real reboot).
Today, on 10:00 pm, when I was riding a subway train, connected to its free wi-fi, black screen with white apple appeared suddenly, when I was browsing, as if it was rebooting. Was bought in the Apple Store and activated by me with my Apple ID a few years ago.