It’s hard to imagine how you can forget the 4-digit lock password, but judging by how it happens. In addition, even a child can easily set and forget the password. So there is a need to reset the password on the iPhone to unlock it.
How to reset password iPhone lock, iPod Touch and iPad via iTunes, in iCloud, as well as on jailbroken devices, read "under the cut."
There are only 2 outputs, you can:
- and try again;
- permanently reset the lock password.
Manually choosing a lock password is not an option for many, as for me, especially for those who do not have access to a computer who are allowed to access an iPhone and cannot reset the counter of incorrect attempts.
Manual password guessing on unlock iPhone it has the right to life (if you have access to the "right" computer) when it is turned on and, as a result, activated, and you do not know the "native" password for turning them off.
Why, you ask? The thing is that to reset the iPhone lock password, you must restore it from the "" (DFU) mode or, and then activate it during. As you already know, when activating a device with the Find iPhone feature enabled, you must enter the Apple ID and password to which the device was “tied” to the iCloud menu, otherwise the activation lock will turn the device into a “brick”.
How to reset iPhone lock password through iTunes
As I said, for full reset iPhone password is required (the mode is not fundamental), for this:
How to reset iPhone password in iCloud
If the iPhone is locked with a password, the “Find iPhone” function is enabled on it and it is connected to the Internet via wireless network Wi-Fi (connection to known networks occurs automatically) or over a cellular network, you can reset the lock password in iCloud on a computer, tablet or smartphone with Internet access.
After restoring or erasing the device in iCloud, you must perform it initial setup and recover data from via iTunes or from iCloud. There will be no request to enter a lock password; at the configuration stage, it can be set again.
Reset lock password on iPhone with jailbreak
A few years ago, if memory serves me right, in 2010 on "jailbroken" iOS devices to 4.0, you could reset the lock password without recovery by deleting the keychain along the path: / var / Keychains or changing the "PasswordProtected" values \u200b\u200bfrom "1 "to" 0 "in the file" com.apple.springboard.plist "along the path: / private / var / mobile / Library / Preferences
With the release of iOS 4.0, this is no longer possible, now all passwords are stored in the file /var/keybags/systembag.kb. It contains all the system keys that encrypt access to any user data. Any changes or deletion of this file leads to the fact that the device is finally locked, and it is no longer possible to unlock it even with the correct password.
If your device, besides you, is used by someone else (a child, for example), make sure that in the device’s settings in the "iCloud" menu account which you have access to (to disable activation lock after recovery).
If you have any questions or difficulties on the topic, we will try to answer them in the comments.
Friends, sometimes such a nuisance happens when a user of an iPhone or iPad tablet forgets his password. Well, with whom it doesn’t happen, a complicated password that cannot be associated with anything can be forgotten by a novice user or a more advanced one. If you just forgot your code password from the iPhone (or another device) just like I did, then let's figure out what to do now and how to solve this problem and reset the password.
First, let's look at what passwords can be forgotten in our iPhone. If you do not have an iPhone, but an iPad or an iPod, then everything looks about the same there. So in these devices we can forget the following passwords:
We figured out the restriction password recently, this password to the restriction settings can be reset without losing any information, you can find the details of removing the restriction password in the material ““ ”.
Today we will fight with the main password that is set on the iPhone lock screen, this password protects the contents of the entire phone. Although there are gaps in data security from Apple, if you're interested, you can look at the article “”. We will not run away from the topic and proceed to consider the reset forgotten password lock screen for iPhone with iOS 7.0.4 firmware. If you have another firmware, then it should work too. Before resetting the password, try to find the code after all, the attempts to enter are of course limited, but if you read the instructions - “”, then there may be more attempts.
Consider the two main ways that you can reset your forgotten password on the iPhone. Both of these methods are almost identical, the only difference is the speed of your Internet. If the access speed to the network is good, then use the first method, in it iTunes will download the firmware and restore your iPhone, while resetting the lock password. If the Internet is slow, then use the second method, in which we use pre-downloaded firmware. And most importantly, after a reset, all information is deleted from the iPhone, so do it in advance, and after the reset you can restore the information.
Reset iPhone Lock Password - Fast Internet
Before you start resetting your iPhone password, make sure that the Internet is connected to the computer with good speed. Because during the reset, firmware will be loaded, the volume of which is not small at all, for example, our firmware weighed 1.4 GB.
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2. Plug the cable into the USB port of the computer and enter iPhone into.
3. As soon as the iTunes icon appears on the display and the cable means recovery mode is started. Run the program on the computer. The program at startup displays a message:
“ITunes has detected the iPhone is in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before use with iTunes. ”
4. Press the OK button and in iTunes select the button - Restore iPhone, we see a message that does not appear for everyone:
"Auto check iTunes updates and iPhone is off. Want iTunes to check for updates software iPhone?
To enable automatic check for updates, go to the "General" panel in the iTunes settings and select "Check for software updates automatically."
5. Click the button - Check, since the Cancel button does not lead to anything.
Are you sure you want to restore the factory iPhone settings? All your media and other data will be erased and installed a new version IPhone software.
iTunes will verify this recovery at Apple. After the process is completed, you will be given the opportunity to restore contacts, calendars, SMS messages and other settings.
In the upper part of iTunes we see that 1 object is loading, apparently it downloads the firmware. The firmware downloaded to iTunes for about two hours. During this time, the iPhone woke up had to perform all the actions from the beginning.
I repeat everything from the very beginning, turn off the iPhone, enter it in recovery mode. iTunes retrieves the software and suddenly error 3004 appears:
“Failed to restore iPhone. Happened unknown error (3004). ”
I read on the Internet a cure for this mistake - make Internet explorer by default browser or try manual recovery (with pre-loaded IPSW). And so he closed all browsers and made Internet Explorer by default. I repeated the reset actions again, the error no longer appeared.
FROM iPhone screen the lanyard with the iTunes logo disappeared and an apple appeared with the firmware recovery process. As a result, the iPhone successfully recovered, booted, and asked to be executed, during which we chose - Set up iPhone as new. During the activation process, it was again proposed to set a password, but we refused by clicking below - Do not add a password.
Well, all the password has been reset, the iPhone doesn’t ask for it anymore. Read about restoring your backup information below.
How to reset iPhone password - slow internet
If you have creeping internet, then the first way to reset iPhone password it will not suit you. If the Internet on your computer is slow, then download somewhere the file with your firmware in the format - * .IPSW. Download firmware for your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch You can from any high-speed network connection (ask a friend or in an Internet cafe).
We pulled out our firmware file iPhone6,2_7.0.5_11B601_Restore.ipsw from iTunes. This file The firmware was downloaded by the program during the first method of resetting the firmware described above. The firmware file is located in the following directory:
- C: \\ Documents and Settings \\ Username \\ Application Data \\ Apple Computer \\ iTunes \\ iPhone Software Updates
If you do not have iOS firmware, then download it. We have firmware. Now we take the firmware and, using another computer with a slow but working Internet access, we try again to reset the password on the iPhone. Previously, this computer was also.
To do this, we perform all the same actions as in the first method, but when you reach the 4th point, you need to press the Restore iPhone button in iTunes with the Shift key pressed on the keyboard. If you do this correctly, a window will appear in which you need to select the firmware manually, click OK and continue resetting the password.
Based on the recovery results, you will receive a clean iPhone, which will no longer ask for a forgotten password. After recovery, go through the activation and you can use the phone.
Features password reset in iPhone and data recovery
I hope you understand how to reset the password on your iPhone if it has been forgotten. During the reset, you may stumble upon iTunes errors. This is normal, it happens. Look for the error code on the Internet and read what people are doing, you can write about your experience in the comments. If errors do not appear, but your iPhone or iPad does not want to reset the password in any mode Recovery mode, then you can try the same steps just by plunging your iPhone into.
Before resetting the password, we specifically made a couple of backups in iTunes. The first backup we made was able to lock the phone with a password. And now, when the password has already been reset, we performed, specially selected the backup that has the password and what do you think? The iPhone recovered without question, but I thought it would again start asking for a password, but it worked out. When you first start the iPhone just suggested installing new password. Hallelujah, comrades.
As we know, one of the properties of human memory is to forget. Well, this really happens to everyone. There are so many things to remember in today's digital world: and passwords from social networks, and PIN codes, as well as passwords with which we block our iDevices. So, today we’ll talk about how to reset the password on the iPad.
Usually, in order to remember the password from your “apple” tablet, you have 5 attempts in a row; further, if the memory did not help, you will be asked to wait a minute. With one more unsuccessful attempt We’ll have to wait 5 minutes already, so we’ll move on to more action.
Reset iPad password - it’s not such a hard task as it seems, but for some it will still be painful, since the data will be completely or partially lost (how and why, I will tell you later).
The only way that will work for sure is by flashing the device. Everyone can do this at home, which is a plus, because you do not need to pay a service center for this.
Flashing Methods
In general, there are two ways to reflash a tablet:
- In Recovery Mode.
- IN dFU mode (Device Firmware Upgrade).
The bad news about flashing is that if you did not back up your device, all your data will be deleted. To check if you have backup copy, necessary:
Or you can go to iCloud.com and find “My devices” in the settings: then click on the device and see when the last copy was made.
Flashing in RecoveryMode
We will explain how to reset the iPad password in steps and in detail. To get everything done, just follow the algorithm:
Flashing in DFU
A bit of theory hasn’t hurt anyone yet. DFU is a special mode in which operating system iOS does not start. It turns out that your device accepts only technical information. The main difference from Recovery mode is that in DFU mode nothing is displayed on the screen, and iTunes gives a notification that the device is in recovery stabilization mode.
Almost all users of Apple technology can get into an unpleasant situation when their tablet was intentionally or accidentally blocked. The most common reason is a forgotten password. If the iPad has a password to protect it from outsiders, then after several attempts to enter it incorrectly, a very “sad” message appears on the display informing that the iPad is locked: “Disconnected: Connect to iTunes”.
One way to insure yourself against forgetfulness is to iPad setup so that after 10 incorrect attempts, the memory will be cleared. Of course, you will lose all your data at the same time, but the iPad will be unlocked and when connected to iTunes you will have the opportunity to restore data from a backup.
By default, this cleanup feature is disabled. To enable this parameter, you should do the following algorithm of actions: go to Settings\u003e Passwordand enable the function Erase Data.
But what if your iPad is already locked? Right decision will unlock it with the help of specialists from the nearest service. But you can try to fix this problem yourself.
1. iPad blocked by your fault (forgot password)
Your PC has a backup of your iPad without a password
If the iPad previously connected to iTunes, then you can try to unlock it by resetting the password using the recovery procedure:
- To the computer where the iPad was previously connected, connect the device and start the iTunes program.
- Right-click on the device icon in the left column. Select the Restore command, specifying the most recent backup.
iPad has never connected to iTunes before
If during connection appears: “ITunes could not connect to the iPad because the device is password protected. You must enter the passcode on your iPad before you can use it with iTunes. ”, then to unlock the tablet you need to do the following:
- Disconnect USB from iPad.
- Turn off the device by pressing and holding “Power” for a couple of seconds until the red slider is visible. Move it. Wait for the iPad to turn off.
- While holding the Home button, connect the cable to the tablet. iPad should turn on.
- You need to keep the Home key pressed until “Connect to iTunes” appears on the tablet’s display.
- When a message appears in iTunes that the iPad is in recovery mode, press the OK and Restore keys.
If in this way you cannot unlock your iPad, you can try to “restore” it in DFU emergency mode.
- Connect the iPad to the computer. Open iTunes.
- Hold the Sleep / Wake button for 3 seconds.
- Without releasing the "Sleep / Wake" key, press and hold the "Home" button for 10 seconds.
- While holding the Home button, release the top Sleep / Wake button. The computer must detect the new device, "Apple Mobile Device ( DFU mode) ”And install the driver on it.
- As soon as point 4 is completed, iTunes will detect the iPad and it can be unlocked by completely updating the software.
ATTENTION! It is important to know that after restoring your iPad all information on the device will be deleted!
2. iPad blocked by scammers
Example of a fraudulent message
In addition to the “forgotten password” option, some Apple users are faced with remote tablet blocking by fraudsters. You, quite unexpectedly, can see the following message on the screen: “Your device is locked. To unlock, write to the mail ... " The options for such messages can be very different.
How is this possible? Very simple - ransomware hack Apple ID. To protect your iPad from such scammers, it’s better to use for registration mailbox, wound up on a more reliable service, for example, Gmail. Apple Strongly recommends setting more complex password options. It even “forces” users to make secure code when they log in to the iPad’s management page.
If you become a victim of such fraud, you should first make sure that the iPad is really locked. Often scammers hack apple password ID, but too lazy to implement a change to a new one. Thus, there is a great chance to unlock the iPad without any help.
What to do when the iPad is suddenly locked
- As soon as possible, use the Find iPhone app with your own Apple ID password on iCloud.com or any other iPhone / iPad.
- If it turned out, then you can solve this problem yourself by removing the lock from the iPad and quickly changing the Apple ID password.
If the ransomware took their bad business seriously by replacing the password, then before you pay the scammers to unlock the device, contact Apple technical support. As a rule, they help to unlock in such cases, if you prove that the device is really yours. To do this, you need to present a photo of the device’s box with a clearly visible serial number and a receipt from an authorized Apple dealer for the purchase of the device.
Unfortunately, there are times when for some reason you may be denied support, or the box and check were not saved. Then there are two less honest options:
- Find on the Internet a photo of the check and the box and use Photoshop to “correct” the serial number to your own, and then contact Apple technical support. More on this in the video.
- Contact a professional Internet service through which similar issues are solved, where for a very immodest money they will remove the block from the iPad, which is blocked. However, you will be calm, and scammers will not get a penny!
Not so long ago, the iPhone (iPhone) has acquired the ability to set a password to access the phone menu. Many initially like this feature, but after a while the password entry procedure is boring, and I want to disable it.
Let's figure out how to remove the password from the iPhone (iPhone).
How to reset password: instruction
- Take your phone, unlock it and enter the password.
- Go to the "Settings" section of the phone menu.
- Find the menu item "Password".
- In the new “Password Protection” window, select the “Turn off password” option.
- To confirm the desire to turn off the password, the system will ask you to enter the password used in order to make sure that it is not some unauthorized person who is trying to disconnect it.
- All! If you enter the password correctly, this stepbusiness will be done.
What to do if you forgot your password?
As you can see, disabling the password, if you remember it, is simple, but what if the “secret” combination is forgotten? There is an exit!
- Connect the phone to the PC and copy all the important data.
- Put the phone in recovery mode - simultaneously hold down the Home button and the power / lock key, hold the combination for 10 seconds.
- When the apple appears on the display, release the power key, but continue to hold Home until iTunes displays the following notification: “iTunes has detected the iPhone is in recovery mode.”
- Click the Restore button.
- After the recovery process is completed, you will receive your “clean” iPhone without a password.
- Now it remains only to synchronize the phone with the data that you reset to the PC before starting recovery mode.
See the article for more information.
