Originally Posted by
jimjim1
It's a lot simpler than that.
The phone can be factory reset by anyone with a computer by following Apple's instructions.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204306#recovery
I have done it myself a couple of times in the case when friends have forgotten their code.
But if the iCloud account is active on the phone, then when attempting to register the phone you get a message which tells you that there is an active account registered on the phone and you have to enter the iCloud password before it will activate the phone.
There is no commercial bypass for this at all. No password, phone is a brick unless you jailbreak it, which is not something that most would want to do. Why buy an iPhone and basically install Android on it ?