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Old 07-15-2013, 08:51 AM  
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Here's what my brother said to do

"Hold lock and home button until it shuts off and the apple logo comes on. Ounce it comes on let go of lock keep holding home until it says plug into iTunes. Plug it in and restore it"

"In iOS 7 (Comes out in fall) you won't be able to do anything to fix this."
Actually I found out what it is and it's iOS7 related.

He had a developer install of ios7 on it and apple has added a new security feature to curb theft it seems.

The iPad is linked to your apple account and you have to delete the link prior to wiping the OS if you intend to sell it to a new user.

What happens if the link isn't deleted before you wipe it, it goes into security mode and won't let you reformat unless you use the previous owners log in info.

It's fixable and a bit inconvenient but sounds like a pretty good security feature to curb theft in the future.

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