The trail drive cowboys were just as tough as the cows they prodded along, but even a tough cowboy has to eat once in a while. The first trail drives were pretty basic affairs. Each cowboy was in charge of bringing his own breakfast, dinner and supper.
Activation Lock is automatically enabled when you turn on Find My iPhone on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. Likewise, disabling Find My iPhone on an iOS device or removing the device from the mobile Find My iPhone app or the web interface at icloud.com/find will automatically disable Activation Lock protection.
Disable Activation Lock on iPhone / iPad from iCloud. You (or whoever has the Apple ID) will need access to a web browser and the internet to be able to do this, they do not need physical access to the iOS device to remove the iCloud lock with this method: Go to iCloud.com and log in with the associated Apple ID.