566734, RE: Apple Help Posted by Ttech, Sat Nov-28-20 02:07 AM
The message you are seeing doesn't mean that it needs an Apple ID and password... yet. Take a look at the steps below. If you restore the IOS onto the iPad and then get a message that it has an iCloud lock, you will need the correct Apple ID and password to proceed.
https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/how-activate-old-ipad-after-update-3638936/
|