I can’t get past the device lock
How do I have you to take a device lock
iPhone 11
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the activation lock is not really on
the iphone it's a theft protection measure on apples servers
it needs to be removed
How to remove Activation Lock - Apple Support
if you don't know your appleID
if that does not help you then you need the assistance of apple
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