RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices
Hi Tom, When I checked the website with Internet Explorer (I am using Jaws 16 public beta) there was no option for an audio captcha. I then used Firefox and of course was able to use Webvisum to solve the captcha, but in addition Jaws announced a button Visually Impaired which when I pressed it gave me a relatively easy to understand audio captcha. I prefer Internet Explorer for most things, but find that nowadays one can't necessarily rely on or get by with just one browser. I find that either with IE or Firefox I can do what I need to do and I'll only try Google Chrome if all else fails. Regards, Sieghard Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Spittle Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 9:23 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Cool, almost. I went to icloud.com/activationlock, put in my serial number to try it, but there was a captia that I had to input the text for, with no workaround for an audio captia. Go figure. Smiles. Thom -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Ruby Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 4:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Tried the link and received page not found. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 2:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices by MacDailyNews [cfsp key=adsense_336x280]Apple recently released a tool that lets anyone check the Activation Lock status of iOS devices, Sébastien Page reports for iDownloadBlog. Introduced along iOS 7, Activation Lock is a security feature that prevents anyone from erasing or activating your iOS device without entering your Apple ID and password first. The feature must be disabled before a device is passed or sold to another person. Failure to do so renders the device unusable for the new owner. With the release of this new tool, Apple wants to make the process of checking for Activation Lock easier, and prevent people from buying a device that might have been locked because it was lost, stolen, or simply because the previous owner forgot remove the device from his account, Page reports. By going to iCloud.com/ActivationLock, anyone can enter the IMEI or Serial Number of an iOS device to check its status. If the device is locked, a message clarifies that the current user’s Apple ID and password will be required before anyone else can activate and use the device. -- Sent from my laptop -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting
RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices
It is not an iOS feature at all. iOS 7 is mentioned because this tool was released when iOS 7 came out and Apple made it much harder to break into an iPhone which has been protected with a passcode and Find my iPhone. But this Activation Lock checker is simply a webpage where you enter a devices serial number or IMEI number and it will tell you whether the device is protected or whether it can be used. The main purpose is that if you buy a used iPhone you can ask for the S/N or IMEI to make sure you are not buying a stolen phone which is locked down. Regards, Sieghardgetting rid of neither an iOS -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pablo Morales Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 2:00 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices In this email, I read that this feature has been incorporated in IOs7. Even though, I have IOs 7.1.2, and I don't see this feature where this email say. So it is an IOs8 or an IOs7 feature? Thanks\ -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Friday, October 3, 2014 3:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices by MacDailyNews [cfsp key=adsense_336x280]Apple recently released a tool that lets anyone check the Activation Lock status of iOS devices, Sébastien Page reports for iDownloadBlog. Introduced along iOS 7, Activation Lock is a security feature that prevents anyone from erasing or activating your iOS device without entering your Apple ID and password first. The feature must be disabled before a device is passed or sold to another person. Failure to do so renders the device unusable for the new owner. With the release of this new tool, Apple wants to make the process of checking for Activation Lock easier, and prevent people from buying a device that might have been locked because it was lost, stolen, or simply because the previous owner forgot remove the device from his account, Page reports. By going to iCloud.com/ActivationLock, anyone can enter the IMEI or Serial Number of an iOS device to check its status. If the device is locked, a message clarifies that the current user’s Apple ID and password will be required before anyone else can activate and use the device. -- Sent from my laptop -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send
Re: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices
Hi, It's interesting you say this and I too agree especially as it pertains to Apple. I've found that many of their support pages with which one must interact plays much nicer from the Windows side of things with screen readers using FireFox. Why this is I don't know but I've definitely found it to be the case as well. Robin -Original Message- From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 2:13 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Hi Tom, When I checked the website with Internet Explorer (I am using Jaws 16 public beta) there was no option for an audio captcha. I then used Firefox and of course was able to use Webvisum to solve the captcha, but in addition Jaws announced a button Visually Impaired which when I pressed it gave me a relatively easy to understand audio captcha. I prefer Internet Explorer for most things, but find that nowadays one can't necessarily rely on or get by with just one browser. I find that either with IE or Firefox I can do what I need to do and I'll only try Google Chrome if all else fails. Regards, Sieghard Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Spittle Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 9:23 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Cool, almost. I went to icloud.com/activationlock, put in my serial number to try it, but there was a captia that I had to input the text for, with no workaround for an audio captia. Go figure. Smiles. Thom -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Ruby Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 4:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Tried the link and received page not found. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 2:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices by MacDailyNews [cfsp key=adsense_336x280]Apple recently released a tool that lets anyone check the Activation Lock status of iOS devices, Sébastien Page reports for iDownloadBlog. Introduced along iOS 7, Activation Lock is a security feature that prevents anyone from erasing or activating your iOS device without entering your Apple ID and password first. The feature must be disabled before a device is passed or sold to another person. Failure to do so renders the device unusable for the new owner. With the release of this new tool, Apple wants to make the process of checking for Activation Lock easier, and prevent people from buying a device that might have been locked because it was lost, stolen, or simply because the previous owner forgot remove the device from his account, Page reports. By going to iCloud.com/ActivationLock, anyone can enter the IMEI or Serial Number of an iOS device to check its status. If the device is locked, a message clarifies that the current user’s Apple ID and password will be required before anyone else can activate and use the device. -- Sent from my laptop -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices
I still have not been able to install or use Webvisim, downloaded FF in early August but have tried to open Webvism with no results, have tried to see if there is another way to go about it but have had no success. I don't understand why they have to make everything so difficult. Seems to me that nothing comes with only one or two steps any longer. My patience is beginning to wear thin for truly difficult things that should be easier to access but that is just my opinion. Of course it really does not matter, manufacturers programs writers etc. tend to think they have to add a billion features no one will use, then make you climb through hoop after hoop after hoop to accomplish one small bit of information. Some days I wish I could go back to DOS or even CP/M I can't and I know most of you will think I am just bitching, maybe so but I have more frustrations in the past four months with something purporting to work and then not doing so. A few successes, KNFB reader for one. Sorry, just had to blow off a bit of steam after trying to get Apple to recognize my iPhone, trying to get Bluetooth to work to connect speakers and my iPad. I know I have done it more than once before but the speakers I mention have a lot of buttons and no one thought to tell me what they do, just plopped the box down said there it is and left. Have been too busy with work and fighting off sadness and depression to have scanned the manual which I assume will have tons of images, just can't seem to drum up the energy to do a tedious scanning job right now, and I can type a heck of a lot faster than I can scan even on the flatbed OK, I am off my soap box or my pity party, whatever, I will sit here and grumble to myself and maybe get over it before I leave for a hair appointment. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 11:14 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Hi Tom, When I checked the website with Internet Explorer (I am using Jaws 16 public beta) there was no option for an audio captcha. I then used Firefox and of course was able to use Webvisum to solve the captcha, but in addition Jaws announced a button Visually Impaired which when I pressed it gave me a relatively easy to understand audio captcha. I prefer Internet Explorer for most things, but find that nowadays one can't necessarily rely on or get by with just one browser. I find that either with IE or Firefox I can do what I need to do and I'll only try Google Chrome if all else fails. Regards, Sieghard Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Spittle Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 9:23 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Cool, almost. I went to icloud.com/activationlock, put in my serial number to try it, but there was a captia that I had to input the text for, with no workaround for an audio captia. Go figure. Smiles. Thom -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Ruby Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 4:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Tried the link and received page not found. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 2:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices by MacDailyNews [cfsp key=adsense_336x280]Apple recently released a tool that lets anyone check the Activation Lock status of iOS devices, Sébastien Page reports for iDownloadBlog. Introduced along iOS 7, Activation Lock is a security feature that prevents anyone from erasing or activating your iOS device without entering your Apple ID and password first. The feature must be disabled before a device is passed or sold to another person. Failure to do so renders the device unusable for the new owner. With the release of this new tool, Apple wants to make the process of checking for Activation Lock easier, and prevent people from buying a device that might have been locked because it was lost, stolen, or simply because the previous owner forgot remove the device from his account, Page reports. By going to iCloud.com/ActivationLock, anyone can enter the IMEI or Serial Number of an iOS device to check its status. If the device is locked, a message clarifies that the current user’s Apple ID and password will be required before anyone else can
Re: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices
You know, I used the button on the page this morning that says for visually impaired users, and it was great. The numbers were spoke in groups of 2 with a slight pause in between so that you could type them while you were being given them. Easiest captcha I have ever dealt with. On 10/4/2014 9:23 AM, Rose Combs wrote: I still have not been able to install or use Webvisim, downloaded FF in early August but have tried to open Webvism with no results, have tried to see if there is another way to go about it but have had no success. I don't understand why they have to make everything so difficult. Seems to me that nothing comes with only one or two steps any longer. My patience is beginning to wear thin for truly difficult things that should be easier to access but that is just my opinion. Of course it really does not matter, manufacturers programs writers etc. tend to think they have to add a billion features no one will use, then make you climb through hoop after hoop after hoop to accomplish one small bit of information. Some days I wish I could go back to DOS or even CP/M I can't and I know most of you will think I am just bitching, maybe so but I have more frustrations in the past four months with something purporting to work and then not doing so. A few successes, KNFB reader for one. Sorry, just had to blow off a bit of steam after trying to get Apple to recognize my iPhone, trying to get Bluetooth to work to connect speakers and my iPad. I know I have done it more than once before but the speakers I mention have a lot of buttons and no one thought to tell me what they do, just plopped the box down said there it is and left. Have been too busy with work and fighting off sadness and depression to have scanned the manual which I assume will have tons of images, just can't seem to drum up the energy to do a tedious scanning job right now, and I can type a heck of a lot faster than I can scan even on the flatbed OK, I am off my soap box or my pity party, whatever, I will sit here and grumble to myself and maybe get over it before I leave for a hair appointment. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 11:14 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Hi Tom, When I checked the website with Internet Explorer (I am using Jaws 16 public beta) there was no option for an audio captcha. I then used Firefox and of course was able to use Webvisum to solve the captcha, but in addition Jaws announced a button Visually Impaired which when I pressed it gave me a relatively easy to understand audio captcha. I prefer Internet Explorer for most things, but find that nowadays one can't necessarily rely on or get by with just one browser. I find that either with IE or Firefox I can do what I need to do and I'll only try Google Chrome if all else fails. Regards, Sieghard Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Spittle Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 9:23 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Cool, almost. I went to icloud.com/activationlock, put in my serial number to try it, but there was a captia that I had to input the text for, with no workaround for an audio captia. Go figure. Smiles. Thom -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Ruby Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 4:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Tried the link and received page not found. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 2:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices by MacDailyNews [cfsp key=adsense_336x280]Apple recently released a tool that lets anyone check the Activation Lock status of iOS devices, Sébastien Page reports for iDownloadBlog. Introduced along iOS 7, Activation Lock is a security feature that prevents anyone from erasing or activating your iOS device without entering your Apple ID and password first. The feature must be disabled before a device is passed or sold to another person. Failure to do so renders the device unusable for the new owner. With the release of this new tool, Apple wants to make the process of checking for Activation Lock easier, and prevent people from buying a device that might have been locked because it was lost, stolen, or simply because the previous owner
RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices
Hi Rose. I think to get Webvism to work, you have to go to their site www.webvisum.com and ask to be invited to join. They want to know something about you before letting you in. I don't exactly know except that they said they wanted to be sure you were blind and really needed to use the service. It took me a couple of hoops to jump through to get it and then discovered that once I made an account at the pizza place I ordered from and ordered once, I no longer needed web visum, smile. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rose Combs Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 10:23 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices I still have not been able to install or use Webvisim, downloaded FF in early August but have tried to open Webvism with no results, have tried to see if there is another way to go about it but have had no success. I don't understand why they have to make everything so difficult. Seems to me that nothing comes with only one or two steps any longer. My patience is beginning to wear thin for truly difficult things that should be easier to access but that is just my opinion. Of course it really does not matter, manufacturers programs writers etc. tend to think they have to add a billion features no one will use, then make you climb through hoop after hoop after hoop to accomplish one small bit of information. Some days I wish I could go back to DOS or even CP/M I can't and I know most of you will think I am just bitching, maybe so but I have more frustrations in the past four months with something purporting to work and then not doing so. A few successes, KNFB reader for one. Sorry, just had to blow off a bit of steam after trying to get Apple to recognize my iPhone, trying to get Bluetooth to work to connect speakers and my iPad. I know I have done it more than once before but the speakers I mention have a lot of buttons and no one thought to tell me what they do, just plopped the box down said there it is and left. Have been too busy with work and fighting off sadness and depression to have scanned the manual which I assume will have tons of images, just can't seem to drum up the energy to do a tedious scanning job right now, and I can type a heck of a lot faster than I can scan even on the flatbed OK, I am off my soap box or my pity party, whatever, I will sit here and grumble to myself and maybe get over it before I leave for a hair appointment. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 11:14 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Hi Tom, When I checked the website with Internet Explorer (I am using Jaws 16 public beta) there was no option for an audio captcha. I then used Firefox and of course was able to use Webvisum to solve the captcha, but in addition Jaws announced a button Visually Impaired which when I pressed it gave me a relatively easy to understand audio captcha. I prefer Internet Explorer for most things, but find that nowadays one can't necessarily rely on or get by with just one browser. I find that either with IE or Firefox I can do what I need to do and I'll only try Google Chrome if all else fails. Regards, Sieghard Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Spittle Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 9:23 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Cool, almost. I went to icloud.com/activationlock, put in my serial number to try it, but there was a captia that I had to input the text for, with no workaround for an audio captia. Go figure. Smiles. Thom -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Ruby Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 4:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Tried the link and received page not found. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 2:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices by MacDailyNews [cfsp key=adsense_336x280]Apple recently released a tool that lets anyone check the Activation Lock status of iOS devices, Sébastien Page reports for iDownloadBlog. Introduced along iOS 7, Activation Lock is a security feature that prevents anyone from erasing
RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices
Do you remember what the cost was? I went to their site but had lots of problems activating links, such as the recommended tutorial, which pulled up an error 404 . -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Larry Lumpkin Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 7:43 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Hi Rose. I think to get Webvism to work, you have to go to their site www.webvisum.com and ask to be invited to join. They want to know something about you before letting you in. I don't exactly know except that they said they wanted to be sure you were blind and really needed to use the service. It took me a couple of hoops to jump through to get it and then discovered that once I made an account at the pizza place I ordered from and ordered once, I no longer needed web visum, smile. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rose Combs Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 10:23 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices I still have not been able to install or use Webvisim, downloaded FF in early August but have tried to open Webvism with no results, have tried to see if there is another way to go about it but have had no success. I don't understand why they have to make everything so difficult. Seems to me that nothing comes with only one or two steps any longer. My patience is beginning to wear thin for truly difficult things that should be easier to access but that is just my opinion. Of course it really does not matter, manufacturers programs writers etc. tend to think they have to add a billion features no one will use, then make you climb through hoop after hoop after hoop to accomplish one small bit of information. Some days I wish I could go back to DOS or even CP/M I can't and I know most of you will think I am just bitching, maybe so but I have more frustrations in the past four months with something purporting to work and then not doing so. A few successes, KNFB reader for one. Sorry, just had to blow off a bit of steam after trying to get Apple to recognize my iPhone, trying to get Bluetooth to work to connect speakers and my iPad. I know I have done it more than once before but the speakers I mention have a lot of buttons and no one thought to tell me what they do, just plopped the box down said there it is and left. Have been too busy with work and fighting off sadness and depression to have scanned the manual which I assume will have tons of images, just can't seem to drum up the energy to do a tedious scanning job right now, and I can type a heck of a lot faster than I can scan even on the flatbed OK, I am off my soap box or my pity party, whatever, I will sit here and grumble to myself and maybe get over it before I leave for a hair appointment. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 11:14 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Hi Tom, When I checked the website with Internet Explorer (I am using Jaws 16 public beta) there was no option for an audio captcha. I then used Firefox and of course was able to use Webvisum to solve the captcha, but in addition Jaws announced a button Visually Impaired which when I pressed it gave me a relatively easy to understand audio captcha. I prefer Internet Explorer for most things, but find that nowadays one can't necessarily rely on or get by with just one browser. I find that either with IE or Firefox I can do what I need to do and I'll only try Google Chrome if all else fails. Regards, Sieghard Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Spittle Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 9:23 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Cool, almost. I went to icloud.com/activationlock, put in my serial number to try it, but there was a captia that I had to input the text for, with no workaround for an audio captia. Go figure. Smiles. Thom -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Ruby Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 4:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Tried the link and received page not found. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 2:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject
RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices
Tried the link and received page not found. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 2:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices by MacDailyNews [cfsp key=adsense_336x280]Apple recently released a tool that lets anyone check the Activation Lock status of iOS devices, Sébastien Page reports for iDownloadBlog. Introduced along iOS 7, Activation Lock is a security feature that prevents anyone from erasing or activating your iOS device without entering your Apple ID and password first. The feature must be disabled before a device is passed or sold to another person. Failure to do so renders the device unusable for the new owner. With the release of this new tool, Apple wants to make the process of checking for Activation Lock easier, and prevent people from buying a device that might have been locked because it was lost, stolen, or simply because the previous owner forgot remove the device from his account, Page reports. By going to iCloud.com/ActivationLock, anyone can enter the IMEI or Serial Number of an iOS device to check its status. If the device is locked, a message clarifies that the current user’s Apple ID and password will be required before anyone else can activate and use the device. -- Sent from my laptop -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices
Cool, almost. I went to icloud.com/activationlock, put in my serial number to try it, but there was a captia that I had to input the text for, with no workaround for an audio captia. Go figure. Smiles. Thom -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Ruby Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 4:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Tried the link and received page not found. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 2:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices by MacDailyNews [cfsp key=adsense_336x280]Apple recently released a tool that lets anyone check the Activation Lock status of iOS devices, Sébastien Page reports for iDownloadBlog. Introduced along iOS 7, Activation Lock is a security feature that prevents anyone from erasing or activating your iOS device without entering your Apple ID and password first. The feature must be disabled before a device is passed or sold to another person. Failure to do so renders the device unusable for the new owner. With the release of this new tool, Apple wants to make the process of checking for Activation Lock easier, and prevent people from buying a device that might have been locked because it was lost, stolen, or simply because the previous owner forgot remove the device from his account, Page reports. By going to iCloud.com/ActivationLock, anyone can enter the IMEI or Serial Number of an iOS device to check its status. If the device is locked, a message clarifies that the current user’s Apple ID and password will be required before anyone else can activate and use the device. -- Sent from my laptop -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices
Hello, Please report this to, accessibil...@apple.com On Oct 3, 2014, at 9:23 AM, Thom Spittle thom3...@gmail.com wrote: Cool, almost. I went to icloud.com/activationlock, put in my serial number to try it, but there was a captia that I had to input the text for, with no workaround for an audio captia. Go figure. Smiles. Thom -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Ruby Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 4:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Tried the link and received page not found. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 2:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices by MacDailyNews [cfsp key=adsense_336x280]Apple recently released a tool that lets anyone check the Activation Lock status of iOS devices, Sébastien Page reports for iDownloadBlog. Introduced along iOS 7, Activation Lock is a security feature that prevents anyone from erasing or activating your iOS device without entering your Apple ID and password first. The feature must be disabled before a device is passed or sold to another person. Failure to do so renders the device unusable for the new owner. With the release of this new tool, Apple wants to make the process of checking for Activation Lock easier, and prevent people from buying a device that might have been locked because it was lost, stolen, or simply because the previous owner forgot remove the device from his account, Page reports. By going to iCloud.com/ActivationLock, anyone can enter the IMEI or Serial Number of an iOS device to check its status. If the device is locked, a message clarifies that the current user's Apple ID and password will be required before anyone else can activate and use the device. -- Sent from my laptop -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about
RE: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices
In this email, I read that this feature has been incorporated in IOs7. Even though, I have IOs 7.1.2, and I don't see this feature where this email say. So it is an IOs8 or an IOs7 feature? Thanks\ -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Friday, October 3, 2014 3:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices by MacDailyNews [cfsp key=adsense_336x280]Apple recently released a tool that lets anyone check the Activation Lock status of iOS devices, Sébastien Page reports for iDownloadBlog. Introduced along iOS 7, Activation Lock is a security feature that prevents anyone from erasing or activating your iOS device without entering your Apple ID and password first. The feature must be disabled before a device is passed or sold to another person. Failure to do so renders the device unusable for the new owner. With the release of this new tool, Apple wants to make the process of checking for Activation Lock easier, and prevent people from buying a device that might have been locked because it was lost, stolen, or simply because the previous owner forgot remove the device from his account, Page reports. By going to iCloud.com/ActivationLock, anyone can enter the IMEI or Serial Number of an iOS device to check its status. If the device is locked, a message clarifies that the current user’s Apple ID and password will be required before anyone else can activate and use the device. -- Sent from my laptop -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices
It is enabled once you turned on Find My iPhone in iOS 7 and later. Sent from my laptop On 03/10/2014 22:00, Pablo Morales wrote: In this email, I read that this feature has been incorporated in IOs7. Even though, I have IOs 7.1.2, and I don't see this feature where this email say. So it is an IOs8 or an IOs7 feature? Thanks\ -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Friday, October 3, 2014 3:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices by MacDailyNews [cfsp key=adsense_336x280]Apple recently released a tool that lets anyone check the Activation Lock status of iOS devices, Sébastien Page reports for iDownloadBlog. Introduced along iOS 7, Activation Lock is a security feature that prevents anyone from erasing or activating your iOS device without entering your Apple ID and password first. The feature must be disabled before a device is passed or sold to another person. Failure to do so renders the device unusable for the new owner. With the release of this new tool, Apple wants to make the process of checking for Activation Lock easier, and prevent people from buying a device that might have been locked because it was lost, stolen, or simply because the previous owner forgot remove the device from his account, Page reports. By going to iCloud.com/ActivationLock, anyone can enter the IMEI or Serial Number of an iOS device to check its status. If the device is locked, a message clarifies that the current user’s Apple ID and password will be required before anyone else can activate and use the device. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices
I wonder if it would end up locking if you used the wipe function in iCloud, Exchange, or whatever other solutions for sending a remote wipe signal exist? The thought would be that if I had a phone stolen with work email on it, I would want it to lock out if I hit the remote wipe button, not to be just ready for the thief to try and pawn off. - Original Message - From: Christopher Hallsworth challswor...@icloud.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 4:05 PM Subject: Re: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices It is enabled once you turned on Find My iPhone in iOS 7 and later. Sent from my laptop On 03/10/2014 22:00, Pablo Morales wrote: In this email, I read that this feature has been incorporated in IOs7. Even though, I have IOs 7.1.2, and I don't see this feature where this email say. So it is an IOs8 or an IOs7 feature? Thanks\ -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Friday, October 3, 2014 3:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices Apple releases online tool for checking Activation Lock status of iOS devices by MacDailyNews [cfsp key=adsense_336x280]Apple recently released a tool that lets anyone check the Activation Lock status of iOS devices, Sébastien Page reports for iDownloadBlog. Introduced along iOS 7, Activation Lock is a security feature that prevents anyone from erasing or activating your iOS device without entering your Apple ID and password first. The feature must be disabled before a device is passed or sold to another person. Failure to do so renders the device unusable for the new owner. With the release of this new tool, Apple wants to make the process of checking for Activation Lock easier, and prevent people from buying a device that might have been locked because it was lost, stolen, or simply because the previous owner forgot remove the device from his account, Page reports. By going to iCloud.com/ActivationLock, anyone can enter the IMEI or Serial Number of an iOS device to check its status. If the device is locked, a message clarifies that the current user’s Apple ID and password will be required before anyone else can activate and use the device. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
