How to reset a forgotten iPhone passcode? Three main ways. Reset iPad to factory settings

Friends, sometimes such a nuisance happens when an iPhone or iPad user forgets his password. Well, with whom it doesn’t happen, a complex, not associated with anything, password can be forgotten by both a novice user and a more advanced one. If you, just like me, forgot your passcode from your iPhone (or other device), then let's figure out what to do now and how to solve this problem and reset the password.

First, let's figure out what passwords can be forgotten on our iPhone. If you do not have an iPhone, but an iPad or iPod, then everything looks about the same there. So in these devices we can forget the following passwords:

We dealt with the restrictions password quite recently, this password for the restrictions settings can be reset without losing any information, you can find the details of removing the restrictions 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 on the part of Apple, if you are interested, you can look at the article - "". Let's not run away from the topic and proceed with the consideration of resetting a forgotten lock screen password on iPhone example with iOS 7.0.4 firmware. If you have a different firmware, then it should also work. Before you reset your password, try to pick up the code, the attempts to enter are of course limited, but if you read the instruction - “”, then there may be more attempts.

Consider two main ways that allow you to reset forgotten password on the iPhone. Both of these methods are almost the same, the difference is only in the speed of your Internet. If the network access speed is good, then use the first method, in which iTunes will download the firmware itself and restore your iPhone, while resetting the lock password. If the Internet is slow, then use the second method, in which we use a pre-downloaded firmware. And most importantly, after the reset, all information will be deleted from the iPhone, so do it in advance, and after the reset, you can restore the information.

Reset iPhone Lock Passcode - Fast Internet

Before you start resetting your iPhone passcode, make sure you have a decent Internet connection to your computer with good speed. Because during the reset, the firmware will be loaded, the volume of which is not at all small, for example, our firmware weighed 1.4 GB.

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2. Plug the cable into the computer's USB port and enter the iPhone into .
3. As soon as the iTunes icon and the cable appear on the display, then the recovery mode is started. We launch the program on the computer. The program displays the following message on startup:

“iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before using it with iTunes."

4. Click the OK button and select the button in iTunes - Restore iPhone, we see a message that does not appear for everyone:

"Automatically checking for iTunes and iPhone updates is off. Want iTunes to check for updates software iPhone?
To enable automatic check for updates, go to the General panel in iTunes preferences and select "Check for software updates automatically."

5. Click the button - Check, since the Cancel button does nothing.

Do you really want to restore the factory iPhone settings? All your media files and other data will be erased and the a new version iPhone software.
iTunes will review this recovery with Apple. After the process is completed, you will be given the option to restore contacts, calendars, SMS messages and other settings.

At the top of iTunes, we see that 1 object is being downloaded, apparently it is downloading the firmware. The firmware was loaded into iTunes for two hours. For that iPhone time woke up had to do all the steps again.

I repeat everything from the very beginning, turn off the iPhone, enter it into recovery mode. iTunes is extracting the software and suddenly error 3004 appears:

"Failed to restore iPhone. An unknown error has occurred (3004)."

I read on the Internet a cure for this error - make Internet Explorer the default browser or try manual recovery (with IPSW preloaded). So I closed all browsers and made Internet Explorer the default. I repeated the reset steps again, the error no longer appeared.

The string with the iTunes logo disappeared from the iPhone screen and an apple appeared with the process of restoring the firmware. As a result, the iPhone successfully recovered, booted up and asked to complete, during which we chose - Set up iPhone as new. During the activation process, it was again asked to set a password, but we refused by clicking below - Do not add a password.

Well, all the password has been reset, the iPhone does not ask for it anymore. Read more about restoring your information from a backup.

How to Reset Passcode on iPhone – Slow Internet

If you have a crawling Internet, then the first method to reset your iPhone password will not work for you. If the Internet on your computer is slow, then download the file with your firmware somewhere in the * .IPSW format. Download firmware for your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch you can from on some 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 firmware was loaded 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 the firmware. Now we take the firmware and, using another computer with a slow but working Internet access, we try to reset the password on the iPhone again. Previously, this computer was the same.

To do this, we perform all the same steps 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 held down 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.

As a result of the recovery, you will receive a clean iPhone, which will no longer ask you to enter a forgotten password. After recovery, go through the activation and you can use the phone.

iPhone Passcode Reset Features and Information 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 program errors. It's 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 no errors appear, but your iPhone or iPad does not want to reset the password in Recovery Mode, then you can try the same steps, only by immersing the iPhone in.

Before resetting the password, we specifically made a couple of backups in iTunes. the first backup we have done in the state of locking the phone with a password. And now, when the password has already been reset, we have completed, specially selected the backup copy, what is with the password and what do you think? The iPhone recovered without question, but I thought that it would again begin to require a password, but everything worked out. When I first started the iPhone, it just offered to install New Password. Hallelujah, comrades.

Unfortunately, it happens that sometimes users forget the password on the Apple iPad, do not know what to do next, what and how to press. How to recover the password on the iPad if it is blocked? At the same time, the tablet asks you to enter the old password, but what you don’t type, everything doesn’t fit as evil. If you forgot your iPad passcode, you can recover it by using different ways, some of which we will cover in this article.

Please note that if you enter the wrong password five times, the tablet will be locked for 1 minute on the sixth time, and a message will appear on the iPad screen. Then you will again have a chance to enter several passwords, and if again they all turn out to be incorrect, then the iPad will stop asking for passwords and will be blocked for a new longer period.

Therefore, do not waste time if you have a backup copy of your data saved in iTunes or iCloud. For example, if you previously synchronized your iPad with any device, then a copy of the data was saved in it. Therefore, do not be afraid to erase data if a backup copy of the data exists, because it is possible to recover lost data from it.

First, decide which method of deleting data is right for you. If you previously synced your iPad with iTunes, then the recovery mode via this program. And if you have synced your iPad with the cloud iCloud storage, then you need to recover through this repository.

Well, if you have never synced your tablet with any devices, then if you cannot backup before the restore process, you will have to apply the hard mode, in which all data on the tablet will be lost forever.

In order to bring your device to working condition, you need to have a high-speed Internet network, a computer or laptop at hand. By the way, check the saved backups of this tablet. Also, link your work computer to your tablet. If everything is ready, we can start.

Password recovery via iTunes

As mentioned earlier, if your tablet has ever synchronized with iTunes, then you can check for a saved copy of the data in this program on your PC. To perform this recovery mode, connect your iPad to your computer via a USB cable. Make sure iTunes is up to date, if it's out of date, be sure to update it. Check for good internet speed.

After the computer detects your tablet, click "Restore iPad" in the program window, then accept the desired iOS firmware and confirm with the "Restore" command. Next, click the Restore from iTunes copy option.

If you have saved a backup copy of the tablet data, then, guided by the date, select latest version conservation. Your tablet will be restored from a backup and at the same time reset a forgotten password. You can now set a new password if you are careful not to forget it again.

Recovery with iCloud

If Find My iPad was installed and configured on your locked tablet, then data recovery can be done through the iCloud program. To do this, log in to the Internet from any device and go to the iCloud.com website, where you can log in to your account ID. Here the program will begin to require the entry of an account password (do not confuse it with an iPad lock password) and an Apple ID (the device ID number is indicated on the tablet). Enter your account information to access iCloud.

In the iCloud program that opens, open the menu list and select "All Devices" at the top. In this section, find your iPad ID and click the "Erase iPad" option. In this case, all data from the tablet will disappear along with the forgotten password. Next, select "Restore iPad from a backup" (if there is one) or click "Set up iPad as new" (if there is no backup). At the same time, it is important that the blocked iPad with ID is on the Internet, since it can only be found in this way.

iPad recovery mode

As mentioned earlier, if you have not synchronized your tablet with one of the programs described above, then this method is for you. It's a little merciless, but once you use it, you can finally access your iPad.

Connect your tablet to your computer with a USB cable and open iTunes with the latest updated version. You don't need the Internet for this. Next, restart the tablet as follows: hold down the two external buttons "Power" and "Home" together for about 10 seconds until the apple logo appears, and then keep holding them together until the iPad recovery mode starts.

After that, iTunes will detect the connected device in recovery mode, so you click on the "Restore" option when prompted again. The recovery of the tablet will start, in which all data from it will be deleted, as well as the unlucky password.

The "iTunes" program will not only delete all data, but also download the latest iOS firmware to the tablet. If during the process of restoring the firmware the program exits the mode, follow the same steps again until the firmware is fully loaded on the tablet. Once the restore is complete, set up your iPad as new and use it.

Well, do not forget the passwords on the iPad! And also synchronize your tablet with a computer or storage from the cloud in time. After all, having a copy of the data, forgetting passwords is not so dangerous.

Recovery using the "DFU" mode

There is another way to recover password on iPad through hard recovery mode called "DFU". To do this, you also need to connect the locked device to a computer with installed program iTunes, using a cable. The iPad must be turned off so that the screen completely goes out.

Next, hold down the "Power" button and the "Home" button at the same time for about 10 seconds, and then release the power button, and continue to hold the home button for another couple of seconds. The iPad will go into "DFU" mode when its screen is completely black and lifeless, with no processes displayed on it.

Please note: the lock indicator or the apple logo should not be lit!

Each iPhone or iPad user is faced with the need to remember up to three different passwords:

• ID (iCloud account, App Store, Find My iPhone);
• restriction functions;
• and iOS device lock screen.

About what to do in cases where or has already been told, now let's deal with the iPhone or iPad screen lock situation.

Despite the fact that the lock password is used very often, mobile device users continue to forget it easily. However, this is not difficult if the passwords are often changed, it was installed in an inconvenient place and at an inconvenient time with a bunch of distractions, or even by someone else (for example, a child). As a result, the question arises - what to do?

Ways to Reset Lock Password on iPhone/iPad

The good news is that if the device repeatedly reports an incorrectly entered password, users have two ways to solve this problem at once. And this is not considering the option of having a jailbreak.

So, in this situation, you can go the following ways:

• reset iPhone lock password in iCloud;
• reset iPhone passcode via iTunes.

How to Reset iPhone Lock Password in iCloud

This unlock option requires that Find My iPhone is activated on your iPhone/iPad and that the device itself has Internet access. You also need to know the password you use to sign in to iCloud.

IMPORTANT. At the end of the procedure, all data stored on the iPhone / iPad will be erased. At the end of the reset procedure, you will receive an unlocked, but absolutely “clean” device (provided that there is no backup copy).

If these points are taken into account, we put the blocked device aside for a while and turn to your PC.

1. Open a browser and go to icloud.com

2. Sign in to iCloud > Find My iPhone.

3. Open the All Devices list. Your device, iPhone or iPad, must be online (green circle).

4. Click on the name of the device, after which three buttons will become available to you - "Play sound", "Lost mode" and "Erase iPhone / iPad". Click on "Erase iPhone / iPad", confirm your action in the dialog box that appears and enter your iCloud password (Apple ID).

5. Wait until the end of the data deletion procedure, then configure mobile device. This does not require a lock password, but at one of the setup steps you will need to create a new password for the screen lock.

Reset iPhone password via iTunes

To reset your iPhone or iPad lock screen password, you need to restore it in iTunes from DFU or Recovery Mode. It doesn't matter which mode you choose.

In the first case, you need:

1. Enter device into DFU mode. You can find instructions
2. Then connect to iTunes and wait until the program recognizes the device in recovery mode.
3. Click on the "Restore" button.

The same trick, only with recovery mode step by step and clearly described in

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To remove the iPhone lock password that has been forgotten, you need to erase all data from it. In the future, they can be restored using a backup copy, if you have one.

Erasing data with iTunes

it the only way remove the password, which will keep the data on your iPhone, even if you do not have an up-to-date backup. You can only use it if you have previously synced iPhone with your computer and have access to that computer.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to the computer you previously synced it with.

Step 2 Wait for iTunes to finish syncing your data and backing up your device.

Step 3 After the end of the process, select the "Restore iPhone" menu item.

Step 4 When during iPhone recovery the setup screen will open, click "Restore from iTunes copy".

Step 5 Mark the appropriate backup and wait for the procedure to finish.

As a result, you will receive an iPhone without a lock password and with all the information that was on it before the corresponding procedure.

If iPhone hasn't been synced with your computer, use one of the two methods below.

Erasing data with iCloud

If you have turned on Find My iPhone on your iPhone, you can use it to clear your data and password.

Step 1. Go to the Find My iPhone website or open the appropriate app.

Step 2 Sign in with the Apple ID that your device is linked to.

Step 3 Expand the "All devices" list at the top of the window and select the one with which you are having problems.

Step 4 Select the "Erase iPhone" option to delete all data from it along with the password, and wait for the procedure to complete.

Wiping data in recovery mode

If you use this method, you will not be able to make a backup during the process. However, you can later restore from an iCloud backup if you have one. If not, then you will lose all data from the iPhone.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to your computer and launch iTunes.

Step 2 Perform a forced restart of the mobile device:

If you have an iPhone 6s or more early models, iPad, or iPod touch, press and hold the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons at the same time. Don't let go of them when the Apple logo appears. Keep holding them until the recovery mode screen appears.

If you have an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus, press and hold the Sleep/Wake and Volume Down buttons at the same time. Do not release the buttons when the Apple logo appears. Keep holding them until the recovery mode screen appears.

Step 3 Select the "Restore" mode when the corresponding dialog box of the program appears, and wait for the procedure to finish.

The modern user has to deal with a bunch of electronic personal accounts, and therefore it is not surprising when the password to a particular account is suddenly forgotten. However, it's one thing if you don't remember secret code to access some forum - here, as a rule, everything is very simple - I contacted the administration, received a new password to the mail specified during registration, and the problem was solved. But what if you forgot the passcode on your iPhone? Fortunately, in most cases, this situation can be dealt with easily and without consequences.

In this article, we will tell you how to unlock iPhone 5. We note right away that these recommendations will also answer the question of how to hack iPhone 5S, and, in fact, any other model of an “apple” smartphone, even SE.

We will consider three situations:

• Screen lock
• Blocking Apple ID
• Operator lock

So, let's begin…

In this case, the actions depend on whether you kept a backup copy of all data, and if you did, then where - in iTunes or iCloud. Let's consider all three cases and start with the most optimistic - those situations where the backup is saved.

iTunes

So, what to do if you forgot the screen passcode from iPhone 5, and the backup is stored in iTunes. We will reset the password as follows:

• We connect the smartphone to the PC.
• Download iTunes, wait until the device is identified.
• We go to the "Overview" section, in the menu on the right we find the "Restore iPhone" button, click it.
• All! Nothing else is required of us - the program will automatically erase the password and all other data from the smartphone, but then restore the data from the backup in the same automatic manner.

When the procedure is completed, you can disconnect your smartphone from the PC and start using it normally.

iCloud

If the backup is stored in the iCloud cloud service, the recovery procedure will be more difficult, but not by much. How to unlock the screen on iPhone 5 in this case? The instruction is:

Backup not saved

If you forgot your iPhone password and didn’t keep a backup, this situation is very depressing, but not hopeless. Yes, you will not be able to recover data, but you will get access to your smartphone. So what to do? Here is the instruction:

By the way, if you once set a restrictions password on the iPhone (a special code to prohibit performing certain actions with the device) and forgot it, and now you are wondering how to reset the restrictions password, you can use the above method.

How to unlock iPhone if you forgot your Apple ID password?

Apple ID is Account user of i-technology, with the help of which the latter gets access to all "apple" services - App Store, iTunes, iCloud, etc. This means that if the password to the Apple ID on the iPhone is forgotten, the actions of the owner of the device will be extremely constrained.

Is there a way out of the situation when the password to the Apple ID is forgotten? Yes, and not just one, but two!

Password recovery via email.

When registering an Apple ID, the user specifies email- this requirement is mandatory, and it will save you if you suddenly forget your password. The recovery procedure looks quite simple:

1. We go to the "Settings" menu from the iPhone, then "iCloud" and click on the link "Forgot Apple ID or password"?

Password recovery using security questions.

This password recovery method will come to the aid of those who, during the initial setup of the smartphone, set a number of security questions and remember the answers to them. In this case, unlocking the iPhone will look like this:

1. We go to the "Settings" menu of the iPhone, then "iCloud" and click on the link "Forgot Apple ID or password"?

Attention! The device must be connected to the Internet.

Exceptional Cases

No access to email and forgot answers to security questions?

Of course, we understand that such a situation, when the user does not remember the answers to the security questions, and also does not have access to the email specified when registering the Apple ID, can also be. So what? How many scattered people! How to crack the password in this case? There is only one way left - to contact Apple support and somehow prove that the iPhone you want to access belongs to you - in such a situation, the saved box and receipt will save.

Did you buy an iPhone?

What if the situation is really bad? You bought an iPhone with your hands, and the owner accidentally or intentionally did not log out of his Apple ID. You don’t have a receipt and a box, of course, you also don’t have access to the previous owner’s mail, not to mention the answers to security questions ... How to remove the password from the iPhone then? Unfortunately, in this situation, you can only try to contact the previous owner and ask him to unlink the Apple ID. Otherwise, the Apple ID of the device will be blocked for you forever.

Did you find an iPhone?

And how to unlock the Apple ID found iPhone? Is it even possible to reset the passcode on an iPhone if it's not yours? Unfortunately, if you cannot prove to the support service that the device belongs to you, the probability of unlocking the iPhone 5S smartphone or any other “apple” is almost zero.

Of course, some folk craftsmen can promise you that they can hack Apple ID, but most likely you will simply spend the money, so the best thing a person who finds an iPhone can do is return it to its owner - get 1000 points to karma!

How to hack an iPhone 5 locked by the operator?

Well, if we are talking about hand-bought iPhones and craftsmen, it's time to answer the question - how to unlock an iPhone 5 smartphone or any other "apple" that is programmed to work with only one operator.

As you probably know, iPhones in the USA are often programmed to work with one operator, such devices force the user to deal only with this very operator, but they are much cheaper. Well, for Americans, this is great, but often these locked smartphones, bought for next to nothing, are often sold by scammers in Russia for very good money. Can this blocking be removed? Let's try!

R-SIM

It should be said right away that the procedure for decoupling from the operator does not need to be performed independently, here it is better to turn to a professional, because not everyone will be able to correctly disassemble the device. True, you will have to pay not only for the services of a specialist, but also for the so-called R-SIM - a chip that allows you to unlock the device.

R-SIM is bought for a specific model, which means that it will not work to unlock the iPhone 5C and iPhone 5s with one chip. Moreover, R-SIM is configured for a specific version operating system, which means that it will be updated after unlocking, you will no longer be able to. More precisely, you can, but after that you will need to buy a new R-SIM and contact a specialist again. Difficult? Yes! That's why it's important to be very careful when buying a device from your hands!

Official address

By the way, another way to throw off the blocking of the operator is to make an official appeal to this operator and explain the situation. It is possible that you will be accepted if:

• Mandatory contract has expired
• There are no connection charges.

Let's summarize

As you can see, there are quite a lot of ways out of the situation when you forgot the password to the iPhone 5 and a locked smartphone is not such a terrible problem if the device belongs to you - it is unlikely that it will be able to block what is called “tightly”. As you can see, forgetting is not so scary!

However, everything becomes much more complicated if you bought a smartphone with your hands, it is blocked, and you cannot prove that it is yours. So the main conclusion that you should draw from this article is that if you buy a used smartphone, be sure to check if the previous owner logged out of the Apple ID and if the phone works with your operator's SIM card!