@andremoraes
@andremoraes, they probably say that because your warranty has run out. Did you recently run an OS upgrade?
@andremoraes, they probably say that because your warranty has run out. Did you recently run an OS upgrade?
Yes, to 10.8 but from Lion to Mountain Lion, perhaps it has been a couple months@andremoraes, they probably say that because your warranty has run out. Did you recently run an OS upgrade?
Yes, to 10.8 but from Lion to Mountain Lion, perhaps it has been a couple months
But the PIN that it's asking is 6 digits not 4
if you want i can upload a copy for you to look at.. so today iam gonna try somethig else iam gonna install ML 10.8 onto a new hard drive and just gonna swap the efi partition and the recovery Hd partition from the original ssd and see if they boot..lol .. i hope it works its a goose chase though..i wish if u or excite could clarify my logic? since the system boots to a question mark folder its obviously looking for valid boot partition.. may be if we could find a way to crack the efi partition or swap the disk password file with a known password file.. lets see
Hi every one!!!a while ago i bought a macbook air convinced that it was a good deal and trustfull owner!!it worked a few days until it restarted itself and asked for the 4 pin lock!!i was shocked!!so i started to read forums and documented on this situation..i bought an adapter to conect the macbook air sss to normal sata!!there was no icloud folder and i couldn't find any files XXXXXXX.lock
I have done about everything to find the password!!but without hope!!
There was an option-on ebay there is a guy selling unlock..well he claims he can unlock it but you must send macbook or logi board to USA..
So i started as i seen here brute force..
From 0000 to 9999...
And it took only about 2000 conb to find the code...deleted the recovery partition and i was wondering if i must replace the wii card too..any one knows how this remote lock works...i found on google that it works by mac adress of computer(wifi card)so if i replace that card to a new one it will be safe for future possible locks!!!thank you for your info....
Now tell us how to do this on retina or air macbooks.
@neilmacd, if it is a 4 pin code, then it came from an iPhone initiated lock down. I don't think it keeps it saved in the device that initiated it for reference.
Salut!!pai am reinstalat totul de la zero inclusiv am sters partitia de recovery ca din cate am inteles acolo se instaleaza icloud si chestia cu remote lock!!!acum merge bine dar voiam sa ma protejez pt viitor..adica voiam sa aflu daca am sters partitia de recovery si am facut o reinstalare complet noua se mai poate face remote lock de pe contul de icloud unde acest macbook a fost inregistrat?!!mersiIonel, ai incercat sa reinstalezi tot sistemul de la zero? Tot iti face problema asta si dupa ce ai bagat codul din patru cifre?
I font remember exacly where i rwad about the mac adress but found that on google somewhere!!!i still couldn't find any clear info about how this remote lock works!!!@Ionelungurean,
In my situation, we just re-installed the OS and associated another iCloud account with the Macbook. Where did you read about it being with the Mac address? Btw, those are easy to spoof.