I was gifted an iPad from my 95 year old mother who is no longer able to use it due to failing eyesight. It's been about 3 years since she accessed anything on it. She's forgotten her iCloud PW and the answers to the security questions to be able to reset the PW. If they were written down somewhere, they have been lost as she was moved to assisted living a year ago. I tried resetting it to factory settings via iTunes but the iPad is still requiring a PW to continue. It is now completely wiped and therefore I can't even access the few apps she had.
Before the reset, I tried setting up my own iCloud account on the device, but since her account is primary, I cannot update or add any apps thru the app store. I've also tried working this thru Apple support but no one is able to help me without her credentials. Online support is requiring a copy of the receipt and verified place of purchase, but of course that is long gone.
Am I just out of luck to be able to use this device? I know this seems spurious as anyone could come on here and ask for instructions on reactivating a "dead" iPad, but it's a shame to me that it is sitting here unused and basically a glorified doorstop with a lovely pink cover at this point.
Thanks for any ideas or things I could try to get it working again.
Before the reset, I tried setting up my own iCloud account on the device, but since her account is primary, I cannot update or add any apps thru the app store. I've also tried working this thru Apple support but no one is able to help me without her credentials. Online support is requiring a copy of the receipt and verified place of purchase, but of course that is long gone.
Am I just out of luck to be able to use this device? I know this seems spurious as anyone could come on here and ask for instructions on reactivating a "dead" iPad, but it's a shame to me that it is sitting here unused and basically a glorified doorstop with a lovely pink cover at this point.
Thanks for any ideas or things I could try to get it working again.