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OnlyOneThatEver
Dec 10, 2008, 03:50 PM
I was in an Apple Store today to get my iPhone 3g replaced. I brought it to a employee at the Genius Bar and I had my password set. The lady didn't ask me for my password, she just simply typed in a 4 digit number. The number went "74??" I didn't see the last digit. Someone try to figure it out.


barkomatic
Dec 10, 2008, 03:55 PM
I'm glad someone finally had a similar experience. I posted about this awhile ago:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=601211
Auzburner
Dec 10, 2008, 04:41 PM
I suppose you could try typing all possible outcomes following 74.... Good luck. I'm really interested in finding this pass-code so that I can mess with my friends, and not tell them how to do it.

Are you sure the first two digits were "74"?
fendol
Dec 10, 2008, 04:43 PM
Hmm.

So you just watched the 2 digits, 7 and 4? Maybe "1974"? Just guessing here, it would be cool if that was some kind of important historical date and it was the master password :cool::apple:http://seoagora.com/img/308/s08e1024rvou/champagne.gifhttp://seoagora.com/img/589/d08l1104oulu/smiley2.gifhttp://seoagora.com/img/1261/v08t1201sxfb/cheers.gif
Auzburner
Dec 10, 2008, 04:46 PM
Hmm.

So you just watched the 2 digits, 7 and 4? Maybe "1974"? Just guessing here, it would be cool if that was some kind of important historical date and it was the master password :cool::apple:http://seoagora.com/img/308/s08e1024rvou/champagne.gifhttp://seoagora.com/img/589/d08l1104oulu/smiley2.gifhttp://seoagora.com/img/1261/v08t1201sxfb/cheers.gif

Confirmation that the master code is not 1974. Just tried it...
QuarterSwede
Dec 10, 2008, 04:54 PM
Hmm.

So you just watched the 2 digits, 7 and 4? Maybe "1974"? Just guessing here, it would be cool if that was some kind of important historical date and it was the master password :cool::apple:http://seoagora.com/img/308/s08e1024rvou/champagne.gifhttp://seoagora.com/img/589/d08l1104oulu/smiley2.gifhttp://seoagora.com/img/1261/v08t1201sxfb/cheers.gif
He said it started with 74. So 74xx.
Barbs
Dec 10, 2008, 04:59 PM
The number went "74??" I didn't see the last digit. Someone try to figure it out.

you try and figure it out. That leaves just 99 possible numbers between 7400 and 7499. Snap to it!
Lucbert
Dec 10, 2008, 05:05 PM
I was in an Apple Store today to get my iPhone 3g replaced. I brought it to a employee at the Genius Bar and I had my password set. The lady didn't ask me for my password, she just simply typed in a 4 digit number. The number went "74??" I didn't see the last digit. Someone try to figure it out.

Why didn;t you ask her? I f someone would "hack" my iPhone in just scounds, I would definitly be concerned.
iParis
Dec 10, 2008, 05:07 PM
That's strange.
This is not the case when I took my iPod touch into the Apple Store.
They handed it back to me and had me put it in.
MikeRiv87
Dec 10, 2008, 05:12 PM
My honest guess is that ur password didn't set. I used to have my password to set 2 minutes after standby and sometimes i would come back 10 minutes later and the pass lock would not be on. I think it's a bug of sorts... Do you have your passlock set immediately or delayed?
bassproguy07
Dec 10, 2008, 05:13 PM
i've tried up to 7440 nothing yet....dunno if I wanna waste my time to keep going
Tallest Skil
Dec 10, 2008, 05:14 PM
i've tried up to 7440 nothing yet....dunno if I wanna waste my time to keep going

Watch, it'll be 7499. :p
Auzburner
Dec 10, 2008, 05:15 PM
i've tried up to 7440 nothing yet....dunno if I wanna waste my time to keep going

Might as well, you have gone all this way. I just got locked out for 5 minutes when I was not paying any attention. It's all a waiting game...

Watch, it'll be 7499. :p

I actually tried this one first! lol
bassproguy07
Dec 10, 2008, 05:16 PM
Watch, it'll be 7499. :p

tried that haha
daveishere
Dec 10, 2008, 05:16 PM
you try and figure it out. That leaves just 99 possible numbers between 7400 and 7499. Snap to it!

thats 100 possible numbers.
dukebound85
Dec 10, 2008, 05:17 PM
Watch, it'll be 7499. :p

ha! isnt that how it always goes!
Mad Mac Maniac
Dec 10, 2008, 05:21 PM
i can't wait to find out what it is!!! :)
bluenoise
Dec 10, 2008, 05:21 PM
I'm picturing the OP sitting smugly at his computer thinking, "I can't believe I got some other posters to actually waste their time trying unlock codes." After other wastelanded threads, it wouldn't surprise me.
cWeems
Dec 10, 2008, 05:23 PM
security video or it didnt happen.... :D
Mad Mac Maniac
Dec 10, 2008, 05:26 PM
i've tried up to 7440 nothing yet....dunno if I wanna waste my time to keep going

keep it up!! we're all rooting for you! :)
TheSpaz
Dec 10, 2008, 05:26 PM
OP: did you check your serial number or something to see of it might be phone specific?
bassproguy07
Dec 10, 2008, 05:27 PM
keep it up!! we're all rooting for you! :)
why dont you try 7440-7480 seing how you want me to do it so bad....:D
TheConfuzed1
Dec 10, 2008, 05:28 PM
I'm picturing the OP sitting smugly at his computer thinking, "I can't believe I got some other posters to actually waste their time trying unlock codes." After other wastelanded threads, it wouldn't surprise me.

Heh... After people start posting that it's none of those combinations, he'll say, "...Maybe it was 4,7..."

lol
Tallest Skil
Dec 10, 2008, 05:29 PM
Heh... After people start posting that it's none of those combinations, he'll say, "...Maybe it was 4,7..."

Anyone obscenely bored? We could run them through from the beginning... :D
iParis
Dec 10, 2008, 05:29 PM
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if this whole thing was a joke.
Maybe the Apple employee is a jedi! :eek:
QuarterSwede
Dec 10, 2008, 05:31 PM
Well, because I'm having a lazy day (relaxing day off) I'm entertaining this. I've tried going backwards from 7499 to 7470. None of them worked.
Auzburner
Dec 10, 2008, 05:31 PM
OP: did you check your serial number or something to see of it might be phone specific?

How would the Genius know the serial number without unlocking an iPhone 3G?
bwortman
Dec 10, 2008, 05:33 PM
I was in an Apple Store today to get my iPhone 3g replaced. I brought it to a employee at the Genius Bar and I had my password set. The lady didn't ask me for my password, she just simply typed in a 4 digit number. The number went "74??" I didn't see the last digit. Someone try to figure it out.

I'm just wondering why the OP hasn't responded to any of your posts!!
TheConfuzed1
Dec 10, 2008, 05:34 PM
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if this whole thing was a joke.
Maybe the Apple employee is a jedi! :eek:

This is not the password you're looking for.
bassproguy07
Dec 10, 2008, 05:34 PM
so its in between 7440 and 7470? I call BS on this one
QuarterSwede
Dec 10, 2008, 05:35 PM
How would the Genius know the serial number without unlocking an iPhone 3G?
It's not on the back like it is on the iPhone 2G's?
bluenoise
Dec 10, 2008, 05:37 PM
I'm just wondering why the OP hasn't responded to any of your posts!!

Because this is what he does. (http://forums.macrumors.com/search.php?do=finduser&u=225534&starteronly=1)
Tallest Skil
Dec 10, 2008, 05:37 PM
How would the Genius know the serial number without unlocking an iPhone 3G?

It's on the back, isn't it?

I'm just wondering why the OP hasn't responded to any of your posts!!

Easy, he's lying.
abiyng87
Dec 10, 2008, 05:37 PM
It's not on the back like it is on the iPhone 2G's?

Nope
QuarterSwede
Dec 10, 2008, 05:41 PM
All possible 74xx combos have been tried. Unfortunately, there seems to be some way to get in since another poster had a similar experience.
bluenoise
Dec 10, 2008, 05:43 PM
All possible 74xx combos have been tried. Unfortunately, there seems to be some way to get in since another poster had a similar experience.

Anyone try 6502, yet? :D
TheSpaz
Dec 10, 2008, 05:44 PM
I'm just throwing some ideas out there. In my opinion, there can't be a master password because then if that 4 digit number got out there, security wouldn't be very tight on the iPhone. Also, if Apple really wanted to get into your iPhone, they have other ways to get around a stupid password. They could just restore your iPhone from DFU mode. There's plenty of things that can be done here. I doubt there's one password that unlocks all iPhones.
Tallest Skil
Dec 10, 2008, 05:46 PM
Because this is what he does. (http://forums.macrumors.com/search.php?searchid=13766615)

He... comes up with no results and asks you to try different search terms?
TheSpaz
Dec 10, 2008, 05:48 PM
He... comes up with no results and asks you to try different search terms?

No, this is what he does. (http://forums.macrumors.com/search.php?do=finduser&u=225534)

Edit: No, this is what he does actually. (http://forums.macrumors.com/search.php?do=finduser&u=225534&starteronly=1)
bluenoise
Dec 10, 2008, 05:49 PM
He... comes up with no results and asks you to try different search terms?

Hmm...Strange. I guess it's tied to my viewing session. It is a search of "Threads Started By: OnlyOneThatEver."

I apologize for the broken link.
TheSpaz
Dec 10, 2008, 05:52 PM
Hmm...Strange. I guess it's tied to my viewing session. It is a search of "Threads Started By: OnlyOneThatEver."

I apologize for the broken link.

You can't copy the URL it goes to. To get actual URL, you must right click on the link and copy that.

http://forums.macrumors.com/search.php?do=finduser&u=225534&starteronly=1 ... See, this link goes to here: http://forums.macrumors.com/search.php?searchid=13766783 ... but, if you notice... the second link doesn't work.

Edit: Apparently they both work for me. Whatever.