Forgot iPhone Passcode; HELP???

[chemistslime]

Hi all,
I seem to have forgotten my iphone passcode that I set in the menu. And because I cannot connect to the computer without it, I can't even do a restore. Is there any way around this?

[ivi7]

Hi all,
I seem to have forgotten my iphone passcode that I set in the menu. And because I cannot connect to the computer without it, I can even do a restore. Is there any way around this?

I don't think anything could be done till you connect it to itunes.
Good luck with that.

[Ron21]

Sounds more like you found/stole an iPhone and now you are looking for a way to bypass the 4 digit code.

[chemistslime]

Sounds more like you found/stole an iPhone and now you are looking for a way to bypass the 4 digit code.

Found an Iphone? I wish, if you look at my past posts, you'll know that I have an Iphone. Thanks for thread crapping though.

[Ron21]

Found an Iphone? I wish, if you look at my past posts, you'll know that I have an Iphone. Thanks for thread crapping though.

So then why don't you simply connect it to your computer and do a restore?

[chemistslime]

So then why don't you simply connect it to your computer and do a restore?

Because it wont' LET ME WITHOUT the passcode which is why I'm asking for help. DID YOU NOT READ MY POST? Dude, get out of my thread.

[Telp]

I agree that you do make it sound like you stole or found this iphone, however, try putting it into disk mode or whatever its called. That should, maybe work.

[Ron21]

Because it wont' LET ME WITHOUT the passcode which is why I'm asking for help. DID YOU NOT READ MY POST? Dude, get out of my thread.

See here is where you don't make sense... The iPhone will allow you to do a restore with the computer that you last synced it with. It doesn't matter if it is pass locked or not. I just tried it on my own a iPhone and it worked.

[chemistslime]

See here is where you don't make sense... The iPhone will allow you to do a restore with the computer that you last synced it with. It doesn't matter if it is pass locked or not. I just tried it on my own a iPhone and it worked.

Well, I apologize if I sounded a bit tense. When I connect it to my computer, it doesn't even show up. Usually there's this noise, like "beep" which means my computer detected a USB device; in this case, I connect it, and nothing shows up and the Iphone icon in iTunes doesn't even pop up so I'm assuming it won't let me connect. Are you using a Mac or PC. Again, I apologize for my initial "eruption" but you had accused me of stealing.

[Sobe]

it's kind of funny considering all the talk about hacks and unlocks that a poor guy forgets his passcode and gets mauled.

[ntrigue]

HOLD the Power Button and the Home Button until a 'Yellow Hazard Triangle' Appears...(25 SECONDS)

Then connect to iTunes and it will prompt to Restore

[Ron21]

Well, I apologize if I sounded a bit tense. When I connect it to my computer, it doesn't even show up. Usually there's this noise, like "beep" which means my computer detected a USB device; in this case, I connect it, and nothing shows up and the Iphone icon in iTunes doesn't even pop up so I'm assuming it won't let me connect. Are you using a Mac or PC. Again, I apologize for my initial "eruption" but you had accused me of stealing.

In that case plug the iphone in, hold the power button and then slide to power off. Press the power button, as soon as the apple logo appears press and hold both the top power button and the home button together until the orange triangle appears. This should put the iPhone into restore mode, open itunes and restore.

[sadamsa]

Hy everybody!
Is there any basic pass code for iphone, because one of my firend says that he didnt changed any code and one time when he tried to unlock the iphone it shown "please enter pass code"
So i want to ask if is any basic pass code?

Thanks!
Adam

[ivi7]

The iPhone does not have a default passcode. So it should not ask you to enter anything if you haven't set a new one.

[mongoose8p]

Hold done the menu button and the sleep button for 20-30 seconds and it will go into restore mode then connect it to your computer and restore it should work

[sadamsa]

And what is if my iPhone didn't activated whit itunes, so if it is an unlocked iphone whit other sim not AT&T, and i forgot my pass code? Can i restore the original version than too? And can i unlock it again?

[nicolishez]

And what is if my iPhone didn't activated whit itunes, so if it is an unlocked iphone whit other sim not AT&T, and i forgot my pass code? Can i restore the original version than too? And can i unlock it again?

did you actually get a reply for this?? what would we have to do in such a case? my best friend managed to lock her phone by forgetting her password (very clever) and she has an unlocked iphone not with AT&T so she hasnt used the itunes feature and never actually connected her iphone on her laptop.. what does she have to do now? any help, pleaaaaase!!

[outaru]

I've been lurking on this forums since i had a mac (3 years) i think it's time to participate...

If you know the basics of hacking your iphone you can follow this method to bypass your iphone passcode link here (http://www.machoe.com/iphone/forgot-your-iphone-passcode-learn-to-bypass-it/)

[razorianfly]

Because it wont' LET ME WITHOUT the passcode which is why I'm asking for help. DID YOU NOT READ MY POST? Dude, get out of my thread.

That deserves one huge lol.

R-Fly

[jackjason]

try give it back to the owner.
that's 0911

[macbookhamburg]

Hy everybody!
Is there any basic pass code for iphone, because one of my firend says that he didnt changed any code and one time when he tried to unlock the iphone it shown "please enter pass code"
So i want to ask if is any basic pass code?

Thanks!
Adam

there is no basic passcode but if you have a code on you sim it needs to be entered after switching it on ...

[kathmat]

I have been reading these posts and simply cannot believe how suspicious and cynical some of you are. So sad. My daughter inadvertently "washed" her iPhone along with her comforter on Saturday. Wash, rinse, spin the whole works. Needless to say we thought the thing had to be a goner. She went out yesterday and four hours later had her new iPhone3G. Since Saturday though I refused to give the old phone up for dead, and did everything I saw on the forums as a last resort, including submerging the thing in a paper bag full of uncooked rice and cilica packets. Leaving it in the car (we live in Miami - hot!) for two days, and today when we turned it on - well waddya know! Bingo!! Crystal clear and looking great. In attempting to synch it in itunes however, it is asking for the passcode. She put in the one she had but it won't recognise it. She did not STEAL her phone, she just washed the darn thing by mistake causing this problem. Why would anyone assume that because itunes does not recognise the passcode that there is not a legitimate reason for this problem. Back to the Apple store tomorrow. Left to you lot we'd:mad: by cuffed and carted away by now! Jeez!

[skubish]

I have been reading these posts and simply cannot believe how suspicious and cynical some of you are. So sad. My daughter inadvertently "washed" her iPhone along with her comforter on Saturday. Wash, rinse, spin the whole works. Needless to say we thought the thing had to be a goner. She went out yesterday and four hours later had her new iPhone3G. Since Saturday though I refused to give the old phone up for dead, and did everything I saw on the forums as a last resort, including submerging the thing in a paper bag full of uncooked rice and cilica packets. Leaving it in the car (we live in Miami - hot!) for two days, and today when we turned it on - well waddya know! Bingo!! Crystal clear and looking great. In attempting to synch it in itunes however, it is asking for the passcode. She put in the one she had but it won't recognise it. She did not STEAL her phone, she just washed the darn thing by mistake causing this problem. Why would anyone assume that because itunes does not recognise the passcode that there is not a legitimate reason for this problem. Back to the Apple store tomorrow. Left to you lot we'd:mad: by cuffed and carted away by now! Jeez!
You are too trusting of people on the interwebs, young padawan.

[kathmat]

Well - 'tis true. Pollyanna"ish" I might be, but what we did actually worked. I mean we really thought the thing was dead and would have to be jettisoned into the the next black hole we encountered. There was nothing to lose therefore, and whether it was the rice :) the cilica or the hot car something did the trick. I know someone else who had a similar problem - different body of water, and one week in the hot car and it also came back to life. Pity the same thing did not work with my iPod which also suffered a major MI when encountering water on Saturday. Oh well... sigh. Live and hopefully learn.

[outaru]

You are too trusting of people on the interwebs, young padawan.

people are rude, the webs makes them worst..

[Opie]

I've never seen someone refer to water damage as a MI. That's funny she must be an MD to say it had an MI or VD or ED. HA HA

[richg916]

Hy everybody!
Is there any basic pass code for iphone, because one of my firend says that he didnt changed any code and one time when he tried to unlock the iphone it shown "please enter pass code"
So i want to ask if is any basic pass code?

Thanks!
Adam

If you are talking about the sim lock, then it is 1111.

[sr5878]

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:D

But really though, I also think you stole it. If not, then take it to a Genius Bar.

[AustinSTI]

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:D

But really though, I also think you stole it. If not, then take it to a Genius Bar.

Unless he set it up like yesterday how the heck do you just one day forget your passcode?

[outaru]

Unless he set it up like yesterday how the heck do you just one day forget your passcode?

what about this situation, he change his passcode while drunked.. :)

[sr5878]

Unless he set it up like yesterday how the heck do you just one day forget your passcode?

My thoughts exactly.

[chepe]

The only thing you can do is force your iphone to recovery mode and then restore it. you will lose all data but its the only way you can make it work.
follow the steps of this apple article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808?viewlocale=en_US

[milani]

Because it wont' LET ME WITHOUT the passcode which is why I'm asking for help. DID YOU NOT READ MY POST? Dude, get out of my thread.

Never heard of that happening before. Ever. When I plug my iPhone into my computer I don't have to enter my passcode to get it to connect. In fact, I just tested it right now, and it did not ask me for the passcode, and simply synced the phone no questions asked. Are you sure you didn't steal it? Seriously though, if your phone isn't showing up on your computer it probably has something to do with your USB connector, or your USB port itself. Try using a different port, or plugging and unplugging the USB from the phone/port several times.

[macintosh.apple]

Hy everybody!
Is there any basic pass code for iphone, because one of my firend says that he didnt changed any code and one time when he tried to unlock the iphone it shown "please enter pass code"
So i want to ask if is any basic pass code?

Thanks!
Adam

This is a bad side affect of releasing the iPhone in multiple countries.:eek:

[acvball92]

what about this situation, he change his passcode while drunked.. :)

i feel like that would happen to me lol

[crisss1205]

Never heard of that happening before. Ever. When I plug my iPhone into my computer I don't have to enter my passcode to get it to connect. In fact, I just tested it right now, and it did not ask me for the passcode, and simply synced the phone no questions asked. Are you sure you didn't steal it? Seriously though, if your phone isn't showing up on your computer it probably has something to do with your USB connector, or your USB port itself. Try using a different port, or plugging and unplugging the USB from the phone/port several times.

iTunes will not ask you for a pass code unless the phone is locked and it was synced with a different computer. Sound's like you found the phone because iTunes would recognize it then, or something is wrong with the USB port on your computer or the dock connector.

[Eso]

Well - 'tis true. Pollyanna"ish" I might be, but what we did actually worked. I mean we really thought the thing was dead and would have to be jettisoned into the the next black hole we encountered.

Big deal, you already bought a new one.

Title of this thread should be "Too much money to buy iPhones; HELP????"

[firewood]

Could you have accidentally swapped your iPhone with somebody else's iPhone. They pretty much look identical to each other of the same color. You can check the iPhone's serial number (on the GSM SIM card holder) against the one on your receipt.

[SFStateStudent]

OP needs to take it to the Apple Store and have the experts take a look at it. What do I look like a GENIUS? :eek:

[sallythemac]

iTunes will not ask you for a pass code unless the phone is locked and it was synced with a different computer.

Exactly. When i have got a replacements iPhone from an Apple store, they have activated it for me there and then (as i live quite far away and need to be able to make/receive calls on the way home). First thing i do is set a passcode (don't want to get complacent). When i get home i get the same error as crisss1205 has posted unless i unlock it first before attaching it to my mac.

Therefore, this phone is not synced with the computer you are using. It's either not your computer, or not your iPhone.

[SFStateStudent]

OP, give AppleCare Support a call on your landline...

[tomzak]

OP, give AppleCare Support a call on your landline...

you do realize the thread was started over a year ago?!., :D

[sallythemac]

you do realize the thread was started over a year ago?!., :D

Haha, tu chez (sic)!

[wd40]

Ok, I just synced my iphone and it deleted all but 5 recently downloaded apps!? My dad and I both sync to the same comp so what I think happened is that I only had a few checked off last time I synched my dad's iPhone (bc he doesn't need a facebook app etc.).

But I digress... So I went ahead and did a restore to the last backup before today's sync (sept 12) in hopes of getting the apps back. Not only <b>NO DICE </b> on the apps restore but when the iPhone is now Passcode-locked and none of my standard pass-codes work. :mad:

Long story short:
I did a restore and my iphone is asking for a passcode and no passcodes (that I have used prior) work!?! I've got iTunes open and get jump around to all the tabs, but I'm definitely ticked off - this has been a serious waste of time =/

Any ideas/solutions? Seems like another restore will just ask for passcode again. Perhaps a restore to today's backup will ask for today's passcode - both assume that there's no way to get back all of my old apps which appear to have been deleted.

[mokeiko]

Try and restore the iPhone without the backups, it worked for me.

mokeiko

[abcNoob]

First, turn your iPhone off...
You can turn it off even if it is locked with a passcode.
If you don't know how to turn it off:
1. Press/hold power button for 5 seconds
2. Slide the red bar at the top all the way to the right.

Once off, wait 5 seconds

NOTE: when I say wait 10 seconds, start counting from 0 (zero), not 1. Use a countdown timer if you don't know how to count properly.

Press/hold power and home button for 10 seconds...
Release power button but NOT home button, hold the home button for 10 seconds.
After 10 seconds, you can then release the home button.

After that, connect your iPhone to iTunes, and then it will say "iTunes has detected an iPhone in Restore mode. You must restore your iPhone before using it with iTunes". Now you can restore your iPhone and recover it from it's passcode lock. :)

[media3440]

At the risk of inflaming some of you even more, how about this scenario? My five year-old daughter was playing with my phone (can't start indoctrinating them to the Mac way too young, I say!) and must have pressed something, cos now my phone requires a passcode when it never did before!

I will quietly restore it to its original settings, but I most certainly did not steal my phone.

Happy New year :-)

[firewood]

Is there any basic pass code for iphone, because one of my firend says that he didnt changed any code and one time when he tried to unlock the iphone it shown "please enter pass code"

Yup. The basic passcode is none. If you don't have a passcode on your iphone, your "friends" can play nasty tricks on you by adding one. Only takes a few seconds.

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[tommyIphone]

a few days ago i forgot my passcode. and i had to restore and i did not get a message that said that ..my iphone showed up and i clicked restore and everything was fine

[jimrx7]

any ideas if my iphone won't unlock with the passcode I set? I can't just restore it in itunes as this will reset it to Canadian settings where the phone was purchased and I live in australia...

[Auzburner]

I have been reading these posts and simply cannot believe how suspicious and cynical some of you are. So sad. My daughter inadvertently "washed" her iPhone along with her comforter on Saturday. Wash, rinse, spin the whole works. Needless to say we thought the thing had to be a goner. She went out yesterday and four hours later had her new iPhone3G. Since Saturday though I refused to give the old phone up for dead, and did everything I saw on the forums as a last resort, including submerging the thing in a paper bag full of uncooked rice and cilica packets. Leaving it in the car (we live in Miami - hot!) for two days, and today when we turned it on - well waddya know! Bingo!! Crystal clear and looking great. In attempting to synch it in itunes however, it is asking for the passcode. She put in the one she had but it won't recognise it. She did not STEAL her phone, she just washed the darn thing by mistake causing this problem. Why would anyone assume that because itunes does not recognise the passcode that there is not a legitimate reason for this problem. Back to the Apple store tomorrow. Left to you lot we'd:mad: by cuffed and carted away by now! Jeez!

My iPod Touch did this a month back. It decided it wanted to protect itself with an unknown passcode on an iPod Touch that has never had a passcode on it. It was not wet, just playing music. When I went to unlock it asked for a passcode... okay? Called Apple support to see if they would maybe give me some sort of universal code for the heck of it and just to see what they would say. They did as expected "Just Restore"... @OP DO THIS (http://limitededitioniphone.com/how-to-put-the-iphone-into-dfu-mode/) I've seen it work...

[penfold4582]

Okay firstly I am new so please treat me gently.

I have actually genuinely found an ipod touch outside my house and being that I am a nice person I picked it up in order to try and find out who the owner is. See if there are any details, pictures etc that will link it to the owner.

However, my problem is that I am unable to get into the ipod touch as there is a passcode on it. Now I don't want to reset it as it isn't mine and that isn't fair to the person who the ipod belongs to.

I use a Mac normally and have plugged it into that to try and get it work but with no success - doesn't even register and wants the passcode before it will let me open up the ipod folder.

I have also plugged it into my Windows pc to see if i can get into the folder options to change it from lock to unlocked but this has been unsuccessful as it appears the Vista will not show me the ipod files.

Is there anyway I can get into the ipod without knowing the passcode or wiping everything that is on there.

Thank you in advance.

Also - just so you know, I have put a note up outside my house saying if anyone has lost something then they can contact me and providing they can get into it with the passcode (and then they look like their pictures) they can have it back but so far, no-one has come forward.

[cellocello]

Also - just so you know, I have put a note up outside my house saying if anyone has lost something then they can contact me and providing they can get into it with the passcode (and then they look like their pictures) they can have it back but so far, no-one has come forward.

This is all you can do. Post some more signs, maybe post it on your local Craigs list or something. Give it 30 days, then keep it as your own.

I have lost many electronics over the years - fair is fair. I lost it and didn't claim/find it in time. Someone out there is enjoying my old zune, for example;)

[iphonehelping]

Hi all,
I seem to have forgotten my iphone passcode that I set in the menu. And because I cannot connect to the computer without it, I can't even do a restore. Is there any way around this?

:) your in luck kid, because i got a solution

power off iphone
as it is after power off, hold the home button
as you are holding the button, connect iphone to computer for recovery mode
restore with button on itunes, itll work

[Theirishjoey]

Don't take my word as hard evidence! But...You could try doing a hard restore (Hold Power button and Menu button for a while until you notice the screen change and it should have a picture of a USB cable and an iTunes logo) then plug it into your computer and whabang! You should be able to restore your iPhone.

Also, seeing as it doesn't even come up on your computer check if there is a problem with your computer and your USB cable.

Joey

[outaru]

:) your in luck kid, because i got a solution

power off iphone
as it is after power off, hold the home button
as you are holding the button, connect iphone to computer for recovery mode
restore with button on itunes, itll work


he said he cannot connect to a computer.. so i guess theres no other solution..

[Theaser]

he said he cannot connect to a computer.. so i guess theres no other solution..

.........Then how did he activate the iphone when he bought it in the first place??? I'm beginning to lean to the side where people are saying he stole it. How hard is it to get a sync cable???

[outaru]

.........Then how did he activate the iphone when he bought it in the first place??? I'm beginning to lean to the side where people are saying he stole it. How hard is it to get a sync cable???

he have a computer a home which he use to activate the iphone, perhaps he's on a trip and might took several month to get home and restore his iphone.. :p

[Theaser]

he have a computer a home which he use to activate the iphone, perhaps he's on a trip and might took several month to get home and restore his iphone.. :p

Well as long as he has his laptop or macbook with him, NEVER FORGET ABOUT YOUR SYNC CABLE and plug it into there. I'm pretty sure that he could do that if he is traveling.

[Iphone3gisgreat]

dude why did you forget the pass code...


gosh

[gabitzu]

someway I have fixed it I turn it on and a password appeared I have entered some different passwords but no results. what can I do? please if you can help me

[megasky]

Restoring it the only solution. what i did is fresh jailbreaking. then install my apps and sync my stuff again.

if you are stuck on restoring, search for other ways to restore. it is the key.
(restoring to a point before the lock happend)

remember either friend jailbreaking or restoring as new iphone. do not restore to a point after the lock happend.

[navelski]

I just joined this forum because my iPhone just started asking for a passcode yesterday without my input. I was at work on Friday morning and i made a call. After the call, I hung up and placed the phone in my pocket as usual. About one hour later I pull the phone out of my pocket to show someone a picture and the phone asked me for a passcode. I never set a passcode and I am quite sure that it's not very likely that the movement in my pocket could cause the exact menu's and icons to be accidentally pressed to activate this feature. I think it's more likely that I could win the Lotto! Three days earlier my PC would not boot. I took the PC to a repair facility and was told the hard disk has a self test error and the computer will not boot. I ordered a new computer the day before the iPhone malfunctioned. For the record, I neither stole the iPhone nor did I steal the PC.

Problem- My Iphone cannot be restored without my PC. When I receive my new PC, I have to figure out to get iTunes and all it's associated Synch info over to the new PC.

Am I screwed?

[SFStateStudent]

Problem- My Iphone cannot be restored without my PC. When I receive my new PC, I have to figure out to get iTunes and all it's associated Synch info over to the new PC. Am I screwed?

No, b/c your iTunes account requires that you login and all your purchased items should still be under your account. You can just download them and iTunes will remind you that you've already purchased the items. Transfer everything from your iPhone to your new PC, directions available via iTunes support. Have you backed up your iPhone via an external hard drive on a regular basis? You are authorized up to 5 different computers for your iTunes account downloads and purchases. If you reached more than 5 then you can reset the "authorized computers" by deleting all computers then reauthorizing the ones that are still active... Good Luck!

[Isteel]

Hey i ve just stolen an iphone, how do i unlock it ?

[S1XStringMayhem]

I love these kinds of threads. People come up with these "convincing" stories about how they forgot 4 numbers or a password magically appeared. If you legitamatly forgot your 4# passcode then why the **** do you have an iPhone? Return it and sign up for school.

[S1XStringMayhem]

Hey i ve just stolen an iphone, how do i unlock it ?

Lmao! You must be the OP with a different account.

[EarthDawn]

Ya know i have had my iPhone passcode protected for a year & a half and i never thought to myself... why doesent it ask me for my code when I sync it ?

And now I know...

Tanks

[Auzburner]

I have been reading these posts and simply cannot believe how suspicious and cynical some of you are. So sad. My daughter inadvertently "washed" her iPhone along with her comforter on Saturday. Wash, rinse, spin the whole works. Needless to say we thought the thing had to be a goner. She went out yesterday and four hours later had her new iPhone3G. Since Saturday though I refused to give the old phone up for dead, and did everything I saw on the forums as a last resort, including submerging the thing in a paper bag full of uncooked rice and cilica packets. Leaving it in the car (we live in Miami - hot!) for two days, and today when we turned it on - well waddya know! Bingo!! Crystal clear and looking great. In attempting to synch it in itunes however, it is asking for the passcode. She put in the one she had but it won't recognise it. She did not STEAL her phone, she just washed the darn thing by mistake causing this problem. Why would anyone assume that because itunes does not recognise the passcode that there is not a legitimate reason for this problem. Back to the Apple store tomorrow. Left to you lot we'd:mad: by cuffed and carted away by now! Jeez!

My brother had a ton of trouble with his iPod Touch. One night his first gen decided it needed to passcode itself. No one had EVER placed a passcode on the device, but it insisted it required a passcode. Long story short, I placed the touch in recovery mode and was able to restore from there...

[bigchief]

I have been reading these posts and simply cannot believe how suspicious and cynical some of you are. So sad. My daughter inadvertently "washed" her iPhone along with her comforter on Saturday. Wash, rinse, spin the whole works. Needless to say we thought the thing had to be a goner. She went out yesterday and four hours later had her new iPhone3G. Since Saturday though I refused to give the old phone up for dead, and did everything I saw on the forums as a last resort, including submerging the thing in a paper bag full of uncooked rice and cilica packets. Leaving it in the car (we live in Miami - hot!) for two days, and today when we turned it on - well waddya know! Bingo!! Crystal clear and looking great. In attempting to synch it in itunes however, it is asking for the passcode. She put in the one she had but it won't recognise it. She did not STEAL her phone, she just washed the darn thing by mistake causing this problem. Why would anyone assume that because itunes does not recognise the passcode that there is not a legitimate reason for this problem. Back to the Apple store tomorrow. Left to you lot we'd:mad: by cuffed and carted away by now! Jeez!

Oh settle down. If your going to the Apple Store with yours it's safe to assume that your's is not stolen.

[shdwops]

See here is where you don't make sense... The iPhone will allow you to do a restore with the computer that you last synced it with. It doesn't matter if it is pass locked or not. I just tried it on my own a iPhone and it worked.

NOT ALWAYS JUST CUZ IT WORKED FOR YOU AND YOU'RE "GOD" DOESNT MEAN IT WORKS FOR ALL.

[mrkgoo]

I think people have to realise that the code is there to protect the data - so having a work around to get in would bypass the whole point, no?

[jarjarblinks]

If you can substantiate proof of purchase, I think bringing it back to the genius bar is the best bet. After all, the iPhone can only be synced to the last computer it was synced with. Other than that, there really is no other way to overcome the passcode.

[chuy313]

i found a iphone but i found it in river side california and i live in san diego!
im goin to keep it and i dont know how to unlock it!!!

[bigchief]

i found a iphone but i found it in river side california and i live in san diego!
im goin to keep it and i dont know how to unlock it!!!

Have fun with that brick! :D

[firewood]

stolen...

Another good possibility is that one of their "friends" has a sick sense of humor, and put a pass code on their phone when they weren't looking.

If you don't already have a pass code on your iPhone, someone could do this to you.

[robinpow]

OK folks, old thread, but same problem.
With a bit of luck, the no one will flame me, for asking.
I need a to learn how to bypass the password on my grandson's iPhone.
The boy kid is 14, and sometimes his brain goes out to lunch without telling his body. LOL He locked his phone to keep his little brother from using it, while he was at camp (no cell phones allowed). Two weeks later he returns home, only to have forgotten his own %^& password!!

Not sure which model, but got it last Christmas. He called Apple, but the told him he was S.O.L., tired to connect it to the computer, but no luck.

You may reply here or email me.
robinpow3 at earthlink.net
(you know how to do the email address, don't need the spam from the robots)

Help!
Robin

[lostprophet894]

OK folks, old thread, but same problem.
With a bit of luck, the no one will flame me, for asking.
I need a to learn how to bypass the password on my grandson's iPhone.
The boy kid is 14, and sometimes his brain goes out to lunch without telling his body. LOL He locked his phone to keep his little brother from using it, while he was at camp (no cell phones allowed). Two weeks later he returns home, only to have forgotten his own %^& password!!

Not sure which model, but got it last Christmas. He called Apple, but the told him he was S.O.L., tired to connect it to the computer, but no luck.

You may reply here or email me.
robinpow3 at earthlink.net
(you know how to do the email address, don't need the spam from the robots)

Help!
Robin

Do a DFU restore.

[outaru]

Do a DFU restore.

yep.. that's the best way...

[dave006]

It might help if you explain what DFU means, since not everyone is an iPhone expert. :eek:

DFU stands for Device Failsafe Utility (DFU). For more information on how to use this DFU to restore your iPhone.

http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=1034

Dave

[-aggie-]

It might help if you explain what DFU means, since not everyone is an iPhone expert. :eek:

DFU stands for Device Failsafe Utility (DFU). For more information on how to use this DFU to restore your iPhone.

http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=1034

Dave

DFU stands for Device Firmware Update, not what you wrote. I thought what you wrote was wrong, but then I had to open the link to make sure my brain wasn't fried. Didn't you even read the link you gave? :)

Edit: Oh, and I thought it was pretty amusing how people kept responding to the OP years after this thread was opened. It would die and then get opened again, and again.

[dave006]

DFU stands for Device Firmware Update, not what you wrote. I thought what you wrote was wrong, but then I had to open the link to make sure my brain wasn't fried. Didn't you even read the link you gave? :)

Edit: Oh, and I thought it was pretty amusing how people kept responding to the OP years after this thread was opened. It would die and then get opened again, and again.How dow you know your brain is not fried?

I find it odd when everyone spends to the time to respond to post by saying "try search, "try google", or some other silly response. Posting "use DFU" is just a silly for most posters since if the individual like "Robin" knew what DFU was they would not have bothered to post a long question asking for help... :confused:

My post was done in the same form are I thought the two (2) previous responses were made, an attemt at humor but somewhat on topic. Please notice the :eek: with the comment about iPhone expert. Robin, would most likely be best served by a link rather then just "Do a DFU restore..."

The post from "robinpow" appears to be a vaild post related to the topic, to the topic is still valid and we see this type of thread all the time. It sure beats having 4-5 threads about MMS per hour.... :D

Dave

[-aggie-]

How dow you know your brain is not fried?

I find it odd when everyone spends to the time to respond to post by saying "try search, "try google", or some other silly response. Posting "use DFU" is just a silly for most posters since if the individual like "Robin" knew what DFU was they would not have bothered to post a long question asking for help... :confused:

My post was done in the same form are I thought the two (2) previous responses were made, an attemt at humor but somewhat on topic. Please notice the :eek: with the comment about iPhone expert. Robin, would most likely be best served by a link rather then just "Do a DFU restore..."

The post from "robinpow" appears to be a vaild post related to the topic, to the topic is still valid and we see this type of thread all the time. It sure beats having 4-5 threads about MMS per hour.... :D

Dave

Okay, I don't think you understand what I typed in my edit. I was referring to the people who kept telling the OP how to fix his problem, when it was over a year after the OP made the post. I don't have a problem with robinpow reopening the thread; that's what you're supposed to do, when you have the same problems, instead of reopening thread after thread (on say MMS, like you wrote).

Also, I thought it was good that you provided the link for DFU Restore. I was just correcting what it stood for (even thought it's in the link), so that newbies wouldn't go on to use the wrong terminolgy if they didn't read the link.

Typed too much here, but I wasn't trying to irritate you. Sorry!

[iOrlando]

this is actually debated quite a lot in the forums. The whole idea of restarting an old thread.

Generally speaking, its frowned upon simply because people's first reaction is to read the first post and then respond. If you did that for this thread, you would be responding to a 2 year old post.

At the same time, people always say search for your answer before starting a new thread.

Conclusion: there isn't a general consensus as to the proper way of handling old threads but my take is if you have something additional to add to the first post (answering their specific question while every other post has failed at answering it) then its safe to bump the thread and respond.

In this case with this thread, it was not appropriate to bump the thread. You should have just started a new thread with your problem since you did not have anything to add to the posts that were made in 2007.

[kiyotte]

Not knowing a passcode does not mean it is stolen neccessarily. I bought iPhones for my husband and 15yr old son. My husband and I split up and he gave me back the iPhone when he got his own service. Then, on a single income I cancelled my sons iphone also. So now I have two iphones and my husband can't seem to remember his passcode (he does but the code he gave me does not seem to work)? so that I can sell it. My son for whatever reasons cant remember his.

So here I am researching how the hell to reset the all settings cuz I have a friend who would like to help me out and buy the damn phone, without having to drive 45 minutes away to the apple store. Frustrating

So besides driving to the apple store is there anything I can do to reset all settings, and I swear they are not stolen!!! Believe me I paid the 400.00 for the damn things!

[xbitexmehx]

lol almost the same thing happened to me
but my friend gave me his old iPhone and didnt know the password, just hold the power button and the home button at the same time for as long as it takes to get to a plug with an arrow to itunes and plug it to ur comp
worked for me,...hence this being written on my iPhone

[ihatemyphone]

uber frustration, my ******** fone decided to set a passcode itself while in my hand, i hate this touch screen crap...games suck everything is worse on a touch screen...I've decided screens are for watching and buttons are for pressing if I reset the factory setting my phone will no llonger be jailbroken. Meaning it will be equally as useless to me. WTF do I do?

[ihatemyphone]

Not knowing a passcode does not mean it is stolen neccessarily. I bought iPhones for my husband and 15yr old son. My husband and I split up and he gave me back the iPhone when he got his own service. Then, on a single income I cancelled my sons iphone also. So now I have two iphones and my husband can't seem to remember his passcode (he does but the code he gave me does not seem to work)? so that I can sell it. My son for whatever reasons cant remember his.

So here I am researching how the hell to reset the all settings cuz I have a friend who would like to help me out and buy the damn phone, without having to drive 45 minutes away to the apple store. Frustrating

So besides driving to the apple store is there anything I can do to reset all settings, and I swear they are not stolen!!! Believe me I paid the 400.00 for the damn things!

save yourself the drive I was just there and they told me I had to do a restore :( I bought this thing 2 weeks ago, and I'm going ot have to jailbreak again and everything. iPhone = waste of my life

[thelatinist]

save yourself the drive I was just there and they told me I had to do a restore :( I bought this thing 2 weeks ago, and I'm going ot have to jailbreak again and everything. iPhone = waste of my life

If you have an iPhone 3GS you cannot restore now if you hope to jailbreak. Doing a restore will upgrade your firmware to 3.1, which cannot yet be jailbroken. It will also upgrade your baseband, making it impossible to unlock for the foreseeable future.

If you have an iPhone 3G, you can still shift-restore (alt-restore for mac) and select the jailbreakable 3.0.1 firmware. But you cannot do this with the 3GS.

[Angellfbaby]

This morning, i was very tired and pressed in a passcode, then when i tried to type it in it didnt come through, i guess i forgot my pw and been tryin to unlock it but it wont work.
Can you help me by tellin me how to get my pw i forgot?
Please and thank you.

[dragoncraft]

hello

i have a problem when i was on vacation i activated the restriction code on my iphone because i was afraid my little cousins would change or delete something important

and now i have the problem i dont know what the restriction code is that i have put in :(
i cant remove it by restore it from an older back up because than i will loose all my contacts and txt messages ....

what can i do

[Kid-Theory]

OK folks, old thread, but same problem.
With a bit of luck, the no one will flame me, for asking.
I need a to learn how to bypass the password on my grandson's iPhone.
The boy kid is 14, and sometimes his brain goes out to lunch without telling his body. LOL He locked his phone to keep his little brother from using it, while he was at camp (no cell phones allowed). Two weeks later he returns home, only to have forgotten his own %^& password!!

Not sure which model, but got it last Christmas. He called Apple, but the told him he was S.O.L., tired to connect it to the computer, but no luck.

You may reply here or email me.
robinpow3 at earthlink.net
(you know how to do the email address, don't need the spam from the robots)

Help!
Robin

OK so you forgot your passcode huh sure ;) anyways best an fastest way to do this is connect it to itunes disconnect the cable from the phone only turn off the phone HOLD the HOME button down an reconnect the cable, on itunes a note will come up an say that you have a problem with the phone bla bla bla :rolleyes: an it will ask you would u like to restore click yes now if you did forget your passcode hope you backed up your data on your computer because its gunna restore the phone to new, an if you found a the iphone congrats you now have an iphone :D

Oh Yea almost forgot if you dont have the software on your computer itunes will download it an once that is done you just repeat the steps process should take 30 min depending on your type of internet

[Kid-Theory]

hello

i have a problem when i was on vacation i activated the restriction code on my iphone because i was afraid my little cousins would change or delete something important

and now i have the problem i dont know what the restriction code is that i have put in :(
i cant remove it by restore it from an older back up because than i will loose all my contacts and txt messages ....

what can i do

same goes for you follow my easy simple steps :cool:

[hargate]

I am a long time blackberry user who just upgraded to the new storm and signed a 2 year plan

I have a 1st gen ipod touch 16gig and a 80gig classic.

I found an iphone. have no idea what kind. it says 16 gig on the back and has a white back cover. The screen is shattered with some of the pieces missing. I found it on the floor of a bar in SC. Bar name "village idiot" ( I think ) I live in NC and was in SC for the Florida South Carolina football game on November the 14th. I tried to turn it in to the bar but they took one look and said "not gonna be responsible. It looks ruined anyway. Give it to a cop"

Long story short I am home now and am trying to do the right thing. Apple Care told me to call ATT after holding forever. ATT could not process the number on the SIM after telling me how to get it out and directed me to a local factory store. I called them and they said to drop it off and maybe they could find the owner.

I am not going to drop it off only to have it repaired/resold/stolen by staff. I left them my contact number and the sim card number.

I have posted this story on some "lost iphone/found iphone" and heva yet to hear anything.

I am sure I could call someone in the library if I could get into it. It was dead (battery) but I charged it on my docking.

I don"t want to try too much on my PC because I am terrified that a red flag will go up and someone may get the wrong idea. I have lost my BB before with hundreds of contacts that i could not restore and am REALLY trying to do the right thing.

Is there another site or anything else I can do to try to return this phone outside of giving it away to employees of an att store? Trying to be honest and nice is becoming a hassle.

Thanks for help and forgive the long post :)

[sycadelic13]

Since no1 else seems to want to help any1 here i will do it...
Put the phone in recovery mode by holdin the power and home button at the same time while connected to the computer...this shud make a usb connecting to itunes image come up, open ur itunes and if it connects then skip this next step if not then put the iphone in dfu mode by holdin the power and home buttons together for 10seconds then letting go of the power button until itunes comes up with iphone in recovery mode...if not then i cnt help u as i do not no anythin else ive just done wat im tellin u now this mornin to my friends iphone, anyways then restore iphone by upgrading and then jailbreakin it, i like blackrain and i think its the r3 or wateva one has the 3 in it and then ur iphone shud be completed...hope this works for u and for any1 else that has this same problem...

[digginestdogg]

Not knowing a passcode does not mean it is stolen neccessarily. I bought iPhones for my husband and 15yr old son. My husband and I split up and he gave me back the iPhone when he got his own service. Then, on a single income I cancelled my sons iphone also. So now I have two iphones and my husband can't seem to remember his passcode (he does but the code he gave me does not seem to work)? so that I can sell it. My son for whatever reasons cant remember his.

So here I am researching how the hell to reset the all settings cuz I have a friend who would like to help me out and buy the damn phone, without having to drive 45 minutes away to the apple store. Frustrating

So besides driving to the apple store is there anything I can do to reset all settings, and I swear they are not stolen!!! Believe me I paid the 400.00 for the damn things!


So where'd you buy the stolen iPhones for them? Seriously, there is no easy way and I don't want there to be otherwise my data is not protected on my locked iPhone.

And yes, I know this is an old thread but it is one of the living dead and no wooden stake or other charm will kill it so we might as well enjoy it LOL.

[lostprophet894]

Since no1 else seems to want to help any1 here i will do it...
Put the phone in recovery mode by holdin the power and home button at the same time while connected to the computer...this shud make a usb connecting to itunes image come up, open ur itunes and if it connects then skip this next step if not then put the iphone in dfu mode by holdin the power and home buttons together for 10seconds then letting go of the power button until itunes comes up with iphone in recovery mode...if not then i cnt help u as i do not no anythin else ive just done wat im tellin u now this mornin to my friends iphone, anyways then restore iphone by upgrading and then jailbreakin it, i like blackrain and i think its the r3 or wateva one has the 3 in it and then ur iphone shud be completed...hope this works for u and for any1 else that has this same problem...

:rolleyes:

Is this how the "hip" and "trendy" write these days?

[krustam]

Hi,

I left my Iphone over my sisters house and my nephew attemped to use it, Btw his is 3yrs old!! Now i cannot even enter my password, it says the iphone is disabled try again in 20,983,744 minutes!!! Any suggestions for me??






Hi all,
I seem to have forgotten my iphone passcode that I set in the menu. And because I cannot connect to the computer without it, I can't even do a restore. Is there any way around this?

[A Blackburn]

I forgot my password.

I've read the thread and I understand that I need to restore to factory settings and then restore it from a back up.

This makes no sense to me and doesnt work, as whan the phone is restored from the backup, it just restores the password that I can't remember and I'm back to the same issue.

I am entering and new password after I restore it to factory settings and that just gets wiped out by the backup.

what am I missing?

I have a 3Gs. I am doing the factore restore from inside iTunes with the iPhone hooked up.

[mattatkins86]

I'm in the navy, and I have a friend who bought an Iphone from Softbank in Japan. I was there when he bought it. On the Ship, we HAVE to set an alarm to wake up in the mornings. My friend was using his Iphone as his alarm clock, and didn't wake up for the alarm. In a berthing with over a hundred people sleeping there, you get tired of hearing someone elses alarm going off, but to the point. He didn't wake up to his alarm, and while he was still sleeping, someone took his phone and messed with it and put a password on it so he couldn't access it. I mean it is stupid that he didn't put a password on there himself to begin with, but now he can't use his phone. Is there ANY way to restore the phone legitimately. He has receipts from the purchase and everything, he just needs to restore it. Bear in Mind that this a Japanese locked Iphone, and he's tried all of these methods but so far nothing.

[betaboy78]

I found a solution to this! Here is my story and how I fixed the problem of an inadvertently changed pass code lock.

Story: The other day I was checking this exact forum for an clue on how I could 'bypass' my iPhone password. I had just unlocked my iPhone and gave it to my little brother-in-law to play "SmackTalk" and when he gave it back to me the pass-code had changed. I am sure he didn't realize he did this, but nonetheless, he did. Unfortunately, my iMac (which is what I sync to) is about 3000 miles away, so a restore was out of the question. I kept trying to guess, but after a few wrong tries, the iPhone kept giving me 1, 5, 15, 60 minute times between tries. Unfortunately, it looked like most forums and tips I found suggested a restore or tried to accuse me of stealing my phone. Anyway, to make a long story short (too late), through some sort of instant genius, I thought of a way to get back into my iPhone!

Solution: If you have a MobileMe account, go to the 'Find my iPhone' section. From there, you can create a pass code. It says it will overwrite any existing one (which is just what we need). After you get the confirmation email (took all of 2 seconds), simply enter the new code you created and you are good to go!

This was a life saver for me so I wanted to make sure I passed it along. Hope this helps!

[ToMiK]

Ok I don't know maybe someone already answered this. But its pretty easy to solve.

1. Ok first of all go to Firmware Download (http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/) and under Iphone / Ipod Touch, select whatever firmware you want and download it to the Desktop.

2. Then, connect your iphone to your computer. Now you got everything you need to unlock your iphone or ipod touch. Simply just hold the "Power" and "Home" button until the screen turns black. Then while still holding the "Home" button, release the "Power" button. But make sure you're still holding the "Home" button.

3. After a few seconds, your computer should give you a message saying "Installing Device" or something like that. You can now let go of the "Home" button.

4. After its done installing, itunes should pop up, saying Iphone or ipod touch found in recovery mode. You will see a button called "Restore". DON'T CLICK IT YET!

5. Press and hold shift, and click on Restore. A box will pop up, go to the place where you saved the firmware to, and select it. And click on open. Now just wait till it's done.

It just might look hard, but its pretty simple to do.

Source: 2 Years of fixing, jailbreaking, and unlocking Iphone's and Ipod Touch's.

[sfergo]

Sounds more like you found/stole an iPhone and now you are looking for a way to bypass the 4 digit code.

Sounds like you are a jerkwad.

[Darreners]

I'm not trying to spam or anything, but use my YouTube video to solve your issue. Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OD7UyTW1LM. Good luck!

[Missyd71]

Hey all,

So yesterday I changed my pass code on my iphone and then forgot what it was so i called optus and spoke to tech support and read all these posts and more.. Everyone gave the same advice RESTORE THE IPHONE... but doing this doesnt actually fix the problem.

Here's what your supposed to do and I found after hours of trying.

If your phone is in passcode lock mode just follow these simple steps.

PLUG IT INTO ITUNES. preferably the computer you last synced it with.

SYNC THE IPHONE SO THAT IT BACKS UP YOUR DATA.

When this process is finished click the SUMMARY tab and in front of you, you now should have 2 options SYNC and RESTORE.

click restore but restore it to factory settings ! do not restore it to your back up as this also brings with it the passcode you have forgotten and you will be back to square one.

GO TO SETTINGS, GENERAL, PASSCODE AND NOW TURN IT OFF. THE CODE SHOULD BE 0000 OR 1234 . check your manual as it will be something simple.

after several minutes your phone will be blank like when you first took it home.

now plug the phone in return to summary page click restore and restore it to your most recent back up.

once this process is finished click sync so that your applications and photos etc will return to the phone.

The i phone is now unlocked and ready to use again.

unfortunately even a hacker can follow this process and plug the phone into any i tunes and restore it to factory settings and use it as normal.

Apple should have designed this feature better.

[Applejuiced]

Any hacker or thief can just restore or dfu restore the phone thru iTunes and the whole passcode will be gone.

[aybay]

ALL OF YOU ARE SO IGNORANT!
my i always put passcodes on my cell phones just incase they are stolen and i broke my iphone last summer and bought a new one. My new one was stolen and i decided to get my old one fixed and i cant remember the passcode. So instead of accusing someone of theft, think a little bit, get lives and **** unless you have helpful advice.

[macfan881]

ALL OF YOU ARE SO IGNORANT!
my i always put passcodes on my cell phones just incase they are stolen and i broke my iphone last summer and bought a new one. My new one was stolen and i decided to get my old one fixed and i cant remember the passcode. So instead of accusing someone of theft, think a little bit, get lives and **** unless you have helpful advice.

your shouting for people for being ignorant but yet you can hardly put a sentence together your self... ironic isnt it ;)

[janus2578]

Well I have a good one. I just bought a 3gs tonight finally. I came home and was looking through all the default settings, and set my passcode. I haven't taken a backup yet. I somehow fat fingered the passcode twice so now I have no idea what I set it to. I've tried different combinations of something close to what I thought I set it to. With no restore is there a way to reset it? Or will no restore just restore to default settings? That's what I'm going to try (as soon as itunes installs).

EDIT: I only posted this to illustrate that not everyone steals their iphone, and sometimes we're just stupid :)

EDIT 2: Yep, restore did work. Good tip to all that provided that. And I figured out what I did the first time too.. it's easy to hit adjacent keys on this without really noticing if you do it the same way twice :$

[drkstar]

I found a solution to this! Here is my story and how I fixed the problem of an inadvertently changed pass code lock.

Story: The other day I was checking this exact forum for an clue on how I could 'bypass' my iPhone password. I had just unlocked my iPhone and gave it to my little brother-in-law to play "SmackTalk" and when he gave it back to me the pass-code had changed. I am sure he didn't realize he did this, but nonetheless, he did. Unfortunately, my iMac (which is what I sync to) is about 3000 miles away, so a restore was out of the question. I kept trying to guess, but after a few wrong tries, the iPhone kept giving me 1, 5, 15, 60 minute times between tries. Unfortunately, it looked like most forums and tips I found suggested a restore or tried to accuse me of stealing my phone. Anyway, to make a long story short (too late), through some sort of instant genius, I thought of a way to get back into my iPhone!

Solution: If you have a MobileMe account, go to the 'Find my iPhone' section. From there, you can create a pass code. It says it will overwrite any existing one (which is just what we need). After you get the confirmation email (took all of 2 seconds), simply enter the new code you created and you are good to go!

This was a life saver for me so I wanted to make sure I passed it along. Hope this helps!


Thanks... worked like a charm !!!

[peetss]

You just could have also SSH'd into the iPhone and then extract the .plist file with the passcode in it.

[-aggie-]

your shouting for people for being ignorant but yet you can hardly put a sentence together your self... ironic isnt it ;)

That happens on here a lot.

[betaboy78]

If you have MobileMe, you can remotely change the passcode back to one you remember on the 'Find my iPhone' page. (see my earlier, much longer, post in this thread for more)

[carshop]

You just could have also SSH'd into the iPhone and then extract the .plist file with the passcode in it.

which .plist is it

[maggiecubes]

my phone was getting slow so factory reset my 8gb now i cannot get
it to work on a new sim in my region

[RoachMcToast]

Never heard of that happening before. Ever. When I plug my iPhone into my computer I don't have to enter my passcode to get it to connect. In fact, I just tested it right now, and it did not ask me for the passcode, and simply synced the phone no questions asked. Are you sure you didn't steal it? Seriously though, if your phone isn't showing up on your computer it probably has something to do with your USB connector, or your USB port itself. Try using a different port, or plugging and unplugging the USB from the phone/port several times.


My situation, reformatted my computer. Changed the passcode to something I thought would be easyier, aparently I made a type when I keyed it in, as I tried and tried and tried and tried untill it locked me out. I searched google, this is what I found. For goodness sakes, you people are suspicious. Stuff like this happens more often than you realise. The iphone/itunes has been set up in such a way that it is a pain to attempt to do anything other than what apple intended you to do. Unfortunately I had 2 digital downloads which have now expired, I will not be able to get them back. Terminator Salvation and the book of eli.

[Clarisso]

come'on guys... everybody fegets stuff, I bought and iphone from my friend just to keep it as a backup phone if my for some reason would brake... well the day I was going to used cuz my actually broke (drop it in a bucket of bleach while I was pressure washing my house) and I installed my sim card but the phone was lock call my friend and he was on a church mission down in nicaragua.... so I had no phone and the one I had was locked and the other full of bleach... ran to the store and boght a go phone and used while my friend came back... so **** happens all the time,,, help this poor guys no all of us that forget a passcode are criminals

[interceptor47]

Seriously!? This thread was started almost 3 YEARS ago, I think the problem has been solved. Stop bringing it back from the dead.

[Block]

Can we lock this thread it's years old?

[Ratchevski]

Hey i found an iphone and i would like to use it, how can i bypass the code without any RAM disks and stuff way too compicated for my non-geeky computer skills?? I'm not a criminal just found an iPhone 3500km from my place and won't be able to give it back.

[isooz]

Hand it into the police - someone might be grateful.

When my iphone was stolen I felt slightly comforted by the knowledge that it was passlock protected. Reported theft and imei number. I hope the thief has a brick but I am not entirely reassured by this thread.

I'm sure there are genuine passlock mishaps but I dont want any thief to easily access unlock instructions.

And who cares how old the thread is anyway if the information is valid?

[Cheesesteak]

Here's my situation. Wondering if anyone can help.

The boss gave our offices iPhones but locked us out of using apps. We have access to everything else, I can load music, take pictures, of course have full internet and email features, just can’t load apps. He claims he is nervous about security and doesn't want us "mucking up" the phones.

so we have a password we use to unlock the phone to make calls, check email etc. But there is a second layer of security, using a different password known only to the IT guy, that is needed to change settings to allow us to load apps.

I was wondering if Missyd71's post above (#105) about resetting the password using the ‘sync’, ‘factory settings’ and ‘restore’ option would allow me to reset the phone, then load a few apps. Or would the phone simply revert back to the boss’s locked settings when I did the restore, thus wipe out apps I load?

Thanks.


Hey all,

So yesterday I changed my pass code on my iphone and then forgot what it was so i called optus and spoke to tech support and read all these posts and more.. Everyone gave the same advice RESTORE THE IPHONE... but doing this doesnt actually fix the problem.

Here's what your supposed to do and I found after hours of trying.

If your phone is in passcode lock mode just follow these simple steps.

PLUG IT INTO ITUNES. preferably the computer you last synced it with.

SYNC THE IPHONE SO THAT IT BACKS UP YOUR DATA.

When this process is finished click the SUMMARY tab and in front of you, you now should have 2 options SYNC and RESTORE.

click restore but restore it to factory settings ! do not restore it to your back up as this also brings with it the passcode you have forgotten and you will be back to square one.

GO TO SETTINGS, GENERAL, PASSCODE AND NOW TURN IT OFF. THE CODE SHOULD BE 0000 OR 1234 . check your manual as it will be something simple.

after several minutes your phone will be blank like when you first took it home.

now plug the phone in return to summary page click restore and restore it to your most recent back up.

once this process is finished click sync so that your applications and photos etc will return to the phone.

The i phone is now unlocked and ready to use again.

unfortunately even a hacker can follow this process and plug the phone into any i tunes and restore it to factory settings and use it as normal.

Apple should have designed this feature better.

[chargit]

it may work but I doubt it. the only thing for sure that it will do for you is get you FIRED! so good luck!

[emw]

Really bad idea...You're certain you want to bypass your company's security policy? Seems like a surefire way to not only have no iPhone, but also have no job.

Perhaps talk to your boss about his reasoning, give him some links to show the security of the apps available (Apple's strict control, etc.), and see if there's any way to convince him to open up app installing or create a process for requesting new apps be installed by IT.

[jagooch]

For security reasons, you can't take any electronic devices into work, but they have a place to drop off your phone so you can come out and use it when you are break/lunch. Anyone can grab your phone, so I make sure mine has a passcode lock while I am at work. I change it the code often just in case someone sees me lock/unlock it., they won't be able to replay what they saw to get into my phone and snoop around.

Also not that I turn the passcode off when not at work.

After months of doing this without any problems, I decided one morning to use a different formula for my passcode for that day. Well, come lunch time I tried to unlock my phone to send a message, and it didn't work. After trying several versions of what I thought my passcode was, I went home for lunch and even called into work saying that I would be back late.

I ended up resetting the phone to manufacturer defaults, upgrading the firmware ( iTunes insisted that I do this ) , restoring from backup, and finally synching it .

Some weird things:
The restore from backup didn't put all of applications back on the phone, but it did put all of the groups back.

The restore did not put my music back on, I had to sync to do that.

Finally, this takes forever, hours in my case, but phone has to work as I am permanently on-call for my job. And if they can't reach me, I have a lot of explaining to do to many different interested parties . I'd rather not have to do that.

Lessons learned: Don't type in your passcode in a hurry, type it in slowly while looking at the screen. I'd even go a step further and test it out right after you set it using the "disable passcode" feature. You can always just re-enable it.

[lydiadownton]

put in in major restore
plug your ipod cable in but also hold the middle button untill you see the itunes symbol and your cable but also have itunes up ready then click restore and wait :) and it should remove your password

[iRance]

put in in major restore
plug your ipod cable in but also hold the middle button untill you see the itunes symbol and your cable but also have itunes up ready then click restore and wait :) and it should remove your password

:confused: I'm glad you're trying to help,but you are three years late.

[jagooch]

:confused: I'm glad you're trying to help,but you are three years late.

Actually, his post just helped me. Not so late after all.

[jagooch]

ALL OF YOU ARE SO IGNORANT!
my i always put passcodes on my cell phones just incase they are stolen and i broke my iphone last summer and bought a new one. My new one was stolen and i decided to get my old one fixed and i cant remember the passcode. So instead of accusing someone of theft, think a little bit, get lives and **** unless you have helpful advice.

I agree. I've had 2 occasions where I didn't know the right passcode. One where I was really underslept and stressed out and forgot it a few hours after I set it ( and left the phone in my car, returned to it on my lunch break, that was back when I used a different code every day, to reduce chances that anyone saw me enter the code could get into it a day or so later ).

The other time, when I set the code, I half-touched another button unintentionally , but twice in a row. It registered the other button as part of my code, and not the button that I thought was pressing. I figured it out fairly quickly, but it was scary as I needed a phone number from them phone, and didn't have time to go home and do the whole restore to default settings and restore routine.


Mobile Me sounds interesting , but I don't use that, I use hosted Exchange.

[bethann84]

I have been reading these posts and simply cannot believe how suspicious and cynical some of you are. So sad. My daughter inadvertently "washed" her iPhone along with her comforter on Saturday. Wash, rinse, spin the whole works. Needless to say we thought the thing had to be a goner. She went out yesterday and four hours later had her new iPhone3G. Since Saturday though I refused to give the old phone up for dead, and did everything I saw on the forums as a last resort, including submerging the thing in a paper bag full of uncooked rice and cilica packets. Leaving it in the car (we live in Miami - hot!) for two days, and today when we turned it on - well waddya know! Bingo!! Crystal clear and looking great. In attempting to synch it in itunes however, it is asking for the passcode. She put in the one she had but it won't recognise it. She did not STEAL her phone, she just washed the darn thing by mistake causing this problem. Why would anyone assume that because itunes does not recognise the passcode that there is not a legitimate reason for this problem. Back to the Apple store tomorrow. Left to you lot we'd:mad: by cuffed and carted away by now! Jeez!


I put a passcode on my phone because my sister and son wouldn't stop messing with it and it happened to be one of those spur of the moment things and totally forgot what the passcode was.... I think u all need to listen to the person instead of automatically assuming that they stole the crap... Grow up!

[babydoll]

Hi all,
I seem to have forgotten my iphone passcode that I set in the menu. And because I cannot connect to the computer without it, I can't even do a restore. Is there any way around this? i dont know what you mean to short i need help to restore my Ipod i forgot my password can you help me

[babydoll]

i have lost my password and can not do anything on my ipod so could someone help me restore my ipod and i could start all over i know i will lose all my tunes i have now but thats ok i will redo it

[benisdabom]

Hi all,
I seem to have forgotten my iphone passcode that I set in the menu. And because I cannot connect to the computer without it, I can't even do a restore. Is there any way around this?

you need to enter your iphone in DFU mode so you can plug it into the computer, I would recommend finding a video explaining how to do it because it is really useful to watch someone do it first, after it is in DFU mode plug it into your computer and it should allow you to restore.

Here is a quick video I found, if you need more info just search it up on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm2D7-PCTaw&feature=related

[darrylthebest]

Go to itunes, under your iphone icon, right click and say restore iphone from backup

[Smm4Life88]

The only thing you can do is force your iphone to recovery mode and then restore it. you will lose all data but its the only way you can make it work.
follow the steps of this apple article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808?viewlocale=en_US

well i did that setup when i pressed the restore it started to download the new software once that was complete a message showed up saying " There was a problem downloading the software for the iPhone "iPhone The network connection Timed out Make sure your network settings are correct and your network connection is active or try again later what do i do please help me out

[nopepeno]

Hey, who cares if the guy is lying this thread is not to determine if the poster is deceitful or not.

Do not digress dudes/dudettes.

Limit your post to help with the answer or do not post anything. I just wasted a lot of time looking at some people's points of view. No I am not saying that you are right or wrong I am just saying limit your answers to encompass the limits of this post.

Got it!

Weather stolen or lost or what ever. if the Manufactured doesn't have a way to track this item then too bad for the consumer. Manuf. is the one we should be mad at.

[duddle]

hi, i was dumpster diving at a local university and found a iphone with the front glass all cracked,took it home plugged it in my ipod cord and it came on, but it is asking for a pass word or code, is there a way to get by that, i been to you tube and tried everything there even pluged it in to my sons i tune and tried to reset it but cant, any ideas, thanks

[ragu]

If you cannot remember the passcode, you will need to restore your device using the computer with which you last synced it. This allows you to reset your passcode and resync the data from the device (or restore from a backup). If you restore on a different computer that was never synced with the device, you will be able to unlock the device for use and remove the passcode, but your data will not be present. Refer to Updating and restoring iPhone and iPod touch software.



Hi all,
I seem to have forgotten my iphone passcode that I set in the menu. And because I cannot connect to the computer without it, I can't even do a restore. Is there any way around this?

[mooodey]

well if you don't want to restore your iphone and also want you passcodes back you might wanna try this (http://www.howtoarena.com/how-to-recover-your-iphone-restrictions-passcode/) ... worked for me

[braeburn]

well if you don't want to restore your iphone and also want you passcodes back you might wanna try this (http://www.howtoarena.com/how-to-recover-your-iphone-restrictions-passcode/) ... worked for me

I tried this and have a few backups and by going through the list, I found the SBParentalControlsPin file with the value next to it but that wasn't the passcode...Any ideas?

[braeburn]

Update: I DL the same version SW for my iphone and restored it and now works fine...

[tamveazey]

I've read post, but my problem . I recently had my 14 yr old niece come to live with me . She's out of control!! Trying to get the truth from her phone but unable to get pass the passcode. Any advice? And No it's not stolen.If I can go to an att store I will!

[itsm3ming]

put it in DFSU mode then restore.

[ElectroCondom]

I think it would be safe to say, that no one who is honest and true has ever forgotten a password, i mean if people just occasionally forgot passwords, particularly ones that aren't used often, there would be an icon near virtually every prompt for a password on the internet! And since that obviously isn't the case, we should all be incredibly rude in the way we respond to this PERSON. I capitalized person because alot of us forget that behind the screen name is usually, a living, breathing, human being. Whom if you were face to face with, certainly would not aledge that they had stolen something. If i stole an iPhone, the last thing I would do is ask people to help me unlock it! Afterall, that's what google is for! lol lets just be kind and curteous to one another and listen to mother rabbit, if ya don't have nothing nice to say, don't say nothing at all.

[ClearRPG]

I am sure if you SSH into it, if you have OpenSSH installed you can find a root which will had you your unencrypted code. Otherwise sorry, I do not know. :(

[yeud]

Download iphonebrowser here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZWCWWODV

And watch this YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_DeNyp3Si4

The whole process takes about 1 minute :)

[mike4641]

:) your in luck kid, because i got a solution

power off iphone
as it is after power off, hold the home button
as you are holding the button, connect iphone to computer for recovery mode
restore with button on itunes, itll work



Well, if you don't know the passcode, you cannot restore through itunes, period.
Itunes will say: Itune could not connect to the iPhone because it is locked, please enter passcode first then restore with iTunes. There is no other way to solve this, beside you throw it away or sell it for parts.

[Nosch2]

okay, heres the deal, january 2011 i got an iphone 4 as a gift, so i unactivated my iphone 3g and activated my iphone 4, i jailbroke the iphone3g and used it like an ipod touch, however the battery died and i never bothered to recharge, till today. the passcode is enabled however i had the passcode dissabled before it died about 1-4 months ago.......i tried to put into recovery mode but i have bootlace (program allowing me to dual boot ios and android) enabled, i attempted to put in the password, and it diddnt accept the passcode u previously used before i took it off, so i tried about 15 likely combinations and it dissabled, it tells me to connect to itunes, so i do and itunes tells me to unlock it, but i cant because its dissabled -_-

[Nosch2]

nevermind i fixed it, i used redsn0w to enter pwned dfu mode allowing me to restore

[fluxemag]

Wow, this has been an entertaining read. I love when forum people get all upset.

Just thought I'd share my story, since I've already solved the problem.

I was driving to lunch this afternoon with my wife, and saw something on the road. I said "that looked interesting" and pulled over, ran into the street and picked up a crushed iphone 4. It had a protective case on it, but the screen was FUBAR. It had clearly been run over by a car at least once.

So I was going to toss it, but you shouldn't throw electronics in the trash. So I brought it home, and sure enough it still worked. Plugged it into my wife's macbook and it said no dice, this is Nick's iphone and you can go to hell without the passcode. I tried pressing some buttons, and an eclectic mix of rap and club tunes began playing. No idea what to do since I can't read anything. Anyhow, DFU reset and ordered a new screen. At a minimum I have a new ipod touch, but since it's verizon who knows, maybe I can use it.

Ethically, not sure I've done anything wrong. Anyone, including me, looking at this thing would have thrown it in the trash. "Nick" probably doesn't even know he lost it yet (how the hell do you lose a phone in the middle of a busy street?) So there you have it, it will cost me $50 and an 30 min of engineering time.

In hindsight, I probably shouldn't have reset the device yet. I'd like to call Verizon and try to find Nick so he can claim his phone. And your music sucks!

[Mojo1]

1. Use the last four digits of your social security number. If you forget it you have more serious problems than a lost passcode...

2. Use 1Password or another encrypted program to store all your passcodes, serial numbers, etc. If you sync 1Password via Dropbox the info is available on every Mac and iOS device that you own.

[Superbbrr]

Sell it on craigslist. That's where all the other stolen iPhones are dumped. :mad:

[jagooch]

1. Use the last four digits of your social security number. If you forget it you have more serious problems than a lost passcode...

2. Use 1Password or another encrypted program to store all your passcodes, serial numbers, etc. If you sync 1Password via Dropbox the info is available on every Mac and iOS device that you own.

1) will work in some cases. If you're like me, and only enable passcode at work because they make you leave your phone outside the office where anyone can get at it, then you're probably enabling disabling the passcode in a high traffic area. Because of this , I change my code daily so that even if someone sees me enter it once, it won't be the same when/if they try to grab my phone and snoop it while I"m working. I'm more concerned with snooping than theft.

I've actually started just leaving my phone in my car. It sucks that I can't check personal calls/email/etc during the work day, but locking/unlocking the phone all of the time and switching the PIN every day go to be too much of a hassle.

[Mojo1]

1)Because of this , I change my code daily so that even if someone sees me enter it once, it won't be the same when/if they try to grab my phone and snoop it while I"m working. I'm more concerned with snooping than theft.

...but locking/unlocking the phone all of the time and switching the PIN every day go to be too much of a hassle.

My take on this is that you are being paranoid. You are making things way too difficult for yourself. Just set the passcode once and forget it. Unless someone is looking over your shoulder when you enter the passcode no one will be able to see it.

[tdotboys]

Hey guys. New to forums. Reason is simple, i lost my phone few hours ago. I had pass lock on my iphone 4. My only concern is, anyone who got my phone, will that person be able to get into my phone for my notes/contacts/text messages etc. Please clarify. I am not much worried about phone but only my info. Thanks in advance.

[Crystal-RX]

Hey guys. New to forums. Reason is simple, i lost my phone few hours ago. I had pass lock on my iphone 4. My only concern is, anyone who got my phone, will that person be able to get into my phone for my notes/contacts/text messages etc. Please clarify. I am not much worried about phone but only my info. Thanks in advance.

No, they can't. In order for whoever wants to use this phone again, he/she must restore it with itunes and all of your info will be erased. So, don't worry about it.

[tdotboys]

Thank You very much. I was so stressed out. Thanks again. Much appreciated.
No, they can't. In order for whoever wants to use this phone again, he/she must restore it with itunes and all of your info will be erased. So, don't worry about it.

[mr.steevo]

Hey guys. New to forums. Reason is simple, i lost my phone few hours ago. I had pass lock on my iphone 4. My only concern is, anyone who got my phone, will that person be able to get into my phone for my notes/contacts/text messages etc. Please clarify. I am not much worried about phone but only my info. Thanks in advance.

Did you go to iCloud.com and log in? You should be able to locate your phone, leave a message, or wipe it clean from iCloud.

[hazel11]

check out the video to get back your iphone passcode www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR4dYqYZCFo

[rehanali]

Hi all,
I seem to have forgotten my iphone passcode that I set in the menu. And because I cannot connect to the computer without it, I can't even do a restore. Is there any way around this?
ali

[Emmybird]

Hi this is gona sound paranoid but I'm 5 months pregnant and think my bf is cheating on me, we can't do anything due to complications in my pregnancy and yesterday I saw a text come up from a woman saying ok no prob we can meet anotherday babe xxxx i havnt got his code as he keeps changing it if he thinks ive seen so my ask is can I get into his phone without having to reset it or get on his laptop as he's got a password on that too, as I need proof/peace of mind if anything is going on !!

[verwon]

Hi this is gona sound paranoid but I'm 5 months pregnant and think my bf is cheating on me, we can't do anything due to complications in my pregnancy and yesterday I saw a text come up from a woman saying ok no prob we can meet anotherday babe xxxx i havnt got his code as he keeps changing it if he thinks ive seen so my ask is can I get into his phone without having to reset it or get on his laptop as he's got a password on that too, as I need proof/peace of mind if anything is going on !!

Hon, no offense intended, but if you saw that and you're that worried, getting into his phone isn't going to help. Either talk to him about it, or walk away from him.

[Emmybird]

Hon, no offense intended, but if you saw that and you're that worried, getting into his phone isn't going to help. Either talk to him about it, or walk away from him.

Thanks think is gona be the latter as I've spoken to him an nothing seems to ring tru. Would still like proof though lol.

[ddegrasse]

I've been lurking on this forums since i had a mac (3 years) i think it's time to participate...

If you know the basics of hacking your iphone you can follow this method to bypass your iphone passcode link here (http://www.machoe.com/iphone/forgot-your-iphone-passcode-learn-to-bypass-it/)

Thank you. You actually provided a solution to these people's problems.

To the people having this problem: follow that link. If you jailbreak, then go download iexplorer (http://www.macroplant.com/iexplorer/) and connect your phone, go into root/mobile/library/preferences, and delete com.apple.springboard.plist. This will reset your homescreen layout, but you can get back on the iphone.

[RoyWill]

Thanks think is gona be the latter as I've spoken to him an nothing seems to ring tru. Would still like proof though lol.

If I were you, get a new boy friend is the best answer... I think you do not only lose the passcode to the iphone.. you also lose the passcode to your boyfriend... sorry if I have offended you...