Asked By
T McDuffy
25 points
N/A
Posted on - 09/22/2016
If you have an iOS device and you enter a wrong password for 6 times, your device will be locked and disabled. That means all the data in it will be lost, until and unless a back-up is done. What to do if i forgot my passcode on my iPhone?
Answered By
T Hill
40 points
N/A
#110017
Forgot My iphone Code And Cannot Access My Phone Now.
iPad, iPod, iPhone devices have a feature to lock themselves when 6 wrong passwords are entered.
The entire data present in it has to be removed in order to solve the issue. If you have not taken a back-up, then you will have to lose all the data to retrieve your device.
TO ERASE THE DATA FROM iOS DEVICE:
1) WITH iTunes
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Your device must be synced with iTunes to restore your data.
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Open iTunes using other device and enter the passcode or go to recovery mode.
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Wait till iTunes get sync with your device and backup process starts.
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When the process is done, click Restore.
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Then click Restore from iTunes device.
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Select the backup on the basis of size and date.
2) WITH iCloud
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Using another device, go to www.icloud.com/find
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Login with your Apple ID.
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From the appearing list, select the device to erase.
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Press erase.
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You can restore by clicking Restore from a back-up.
3) WITH RECOVERY MODE
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Connect your device to another one, force reboot it. Press the wake and home buttons simultaneously.
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When you see the Apple logo, and then the recovery mode screen, release the buttons.
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Click ‘restore’.
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From the options displayed, choose Restore.
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This will download iTunes. Wait till the process gets completed. Then you can use your device.
