Can an iPad be factory reset if screen locked only?

[Turnpike]

If I have a family iPad that has NOT had iCloud logged in, but the children changed the 6 digit lock code and forgot what it is, there really is no way to get past that screen lock, is there?

But I would have the ability to reset it to factory settings, right? I'd loose the data,but I would be able to use the iPad, am I correct?

I've googled it but so many of the questions end up being for iCloud, which is not my problem. Just the number code on the screen. The only thing I could find about it was to hook it up to iTunes and use my iTunes account to reset it to factory settings.

Can anyone confirm this is correct..? And that there is no way to get past the screen lock if we don't know the passcode?

I'm going in to visit family and want to be able to get my Mom's iPad working again, the kids messed with it and she's logged out of it and can't get in. It only had games and a few photos on it, so ideally it would be great to get past the screen lock but if that's not possible, second best is just to get it to reset. But if I need to bring my Macbook Pro with me, or anything else, I want to know about it before I leave here.

Thanks in advance!

 

[ericwn]

I think there’s no way into the device without a restore from iTunes.

 

[XT550]

Trying to restore the iPad from iTunes requires a passcode, but you can restore it from Recovery Mode without one. This wipes the device completely and installs the latest version of iOS from scratch.
Note: You will need the Apple ID and password that were used to originally set up the device.
You can also restore from a backup if there is one in iTunes, otherwise, you’ll have to set it up as new.
You can google the steps for Recovery Mode.

 

[Turnpike]

Trying to restore the iPad from iTunes requires a passcode, but you can restore it from Recovery Mode without one. This wipes the device completely and installs the latest version of iOS from scratch.
Note: You will need the Apple ID and password that were used to originally set up the device.
You can also restore from a backup if there is one in iTunes, otherwise, you’ll have to set it up as new.
You can google the steps for Recovery Mode.

But if it was originally set up with an iTunes account we don't have the password for anymore (my mother's original long forgotten iTunes account) is the iPad now worthless but for parts? Or as long as we're willing to wipe it clean and loose all data, we can still put it through recovery mode with my iTunes account? Again, there's no iCloud on it, just the screen lock.

Thanks!

 

[XT550]

Essentially your Apple ID is your iTunes account -unless you have specifically chosen to use two or more different Apple IDs.
In a nutshell, if you don’t have the Apple ID and password used to originally set up the iPad then you’re out of luck. Nothing you can do with your device, I’m sorry to say.

 

[Turnpike]

Yeah, none of the iPads here were ever used with iCloud, mainly because they were just used by visiting grandchildren and so on, but way in the beginning when the iTunes accounts were made, nobody here understood about sharing and not being able to share iTunes purchases, etc.

So not only can a device be locked up and junk because of iCloud, but also because of iTunes and the screen code being forgotten? This is the part I couldn't find confirmation about online- all I found was because of iCloud things can be locked up permanently, but iTunes, too?

 

[Eric5273]

Yeah, none of the iPads here were ever used with iCloud, mainly because they were just used by visiting grandchildren and so on, but way in the beginning when the iTunes accounts were made, nobody here understood about sharing and not being able to share iTunes purchases, etc.

So not only can a device be locked up and junk because of iCloud, but also because of iTunes and the screen code being forgotten? This is the part I couldn't find confirmation about online- all I found was because of iCloud things can be locked up permanently, but iTunes, too?

This is to protect devices from being stolen. In the early days of iPhones, thiefs in major cities were grabbing iPhones out of peoples hands on the street and running off with them. So to stop that from happening, they made it so that if you stole someone's iPhone (or iPad), it could not be used if you did not know the passcode. They did that before iCloud existed.

You need either the passcode or the email address and password used for the iTunes account. Without either of those it will stay locked.