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locked out of our i phone

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pts

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Feb 3, 2012
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my partener has and i phone 4, which we put a pin lock on, last night he changed the pin code, then this morning he decided to change back to the one we originally had on it,.

So you have to enter the number in twice to confirm what you have entered.

next time we went to use thew phone, it said wrong password.

we have tried it several times and even tried the one we changed it too, but we are now getting locked out of it for periods of up to an hour.

surely when registering the number we couldnt of made the same mistake twice.

has this happened to anyone, is it a fault in the phone?
 
so you really think we put in same code wrongly when we set it up, if you get what i mean, made the same mistake twice
 
pts said:
so you really think we put in same code wrongly when we set it up, if you get what i mean, made the same mistake twice
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Yup, or wait till he wakes up and ask him what he changed it to ;)
 
pts said:
so you really think we put in same code wrongly when we set it up, if you get what i mean, made the same mistake twice
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Most likelly a typo while entering it. If you do it fast its bound to happen.
But either way over the years and with millions of iphone users I never heard of the phone or OS locking users out.
Its not logical, its user error and that does happen way too often.
If you still cant get in you will have to DFU restore it.
 
So by DFU restore, u mean connect to a computer and link it to i tunes?

What if we have never been to itunes before, does that matter.

And will he lose all his information


and thankx to the other person, he's wide awaqke reading this too.
 
pts said:
So by DFU restore, u mean connect to a computer and link it to i tunes?

What if we have never been to itunes before, does that matter.

And will he lose all his information


and thankx to the other person, he's wide awaqke reading this too.
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A DFU restore just reinstalls the iphone OS on the phone and wipes everything off it.
If you never backed it up on itunes you will lose everything that was on it before.
Here's how to enter DFU:
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=1034
 
the phone is doing everything itself, we
turned the phone on and off,
waited the hour, put in what we know the password is,
and the phone has shut down as is now resetting itself?????

Is it the user????? hhmmmnn
 
pts said:
the phone is doing everything itself, we
turned the phone on and off,
waited the hour, put in what we know the password is,
and the phone has shut down as is now resetting itself?????

Is it the user????? hhmmmnn
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Sounds to me like a lost or stolen iphone and the "real" owner locked it remotelly and now seems like he issued a remote wipe command that's why the phone is resetting.
So in other words, yes its the user:eek:
 
Applejuiced said:
Sounds to me like a lost or stolen iphone and the "real" owner locked it remotelly and now seems like he issued a remote wipe command that's why the phone is resetting.
So in other words, yes its the user:eek:
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Lol I smell something fishy from the beginning :D find my iPhone will lead to finding the real problem :D
 
iMaconApple said:
Lol I smell something fishy from the beginning :D find my iPhone will lead to finding the real problem :D
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Yep, keep trying to get in and then wait another hour and turn it back on and try again:D
Untill the real owner decided to remote wipe it. And figured they will come here to get advice on how to get around the passcode lock saying its an iphone fault:rolleyes:
 
Thankx for all your help...

found out if you just get the password wrong enuf times,

it unlocks and reloads itself....

its looking up for us as a theif huh...

I PHONE owners beware...

LUCKY WE KNEW OUR APPLE ID AND PASSWORD HUH
 
pts said:
Thankx for all your help...

found out if you just get the password wrong enuf times,

it unlocks and reloads itself....

its looking up for us as a theif huh...

I PHONE owners beware...

LUCKY WE KNEW OUR APPLE ID AND PASSWORD HUH
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you guys need a life, you spend way to much time with a computer, and not enuf with real people
 
You came here asking a question and gave a very vague explanation of the whole story, at a place like MacRumors peoples' first instinct seems to be that something is fishy.

Applejuiced said:
Sounds to me like a lost or stolen iphone and the "real" owner locked it remotelly and now seems like he issued a remote wipe command that's why the phone is resetting.
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Settings -> General -> Passcode Lock -> Erase all data on this iPhone after 10 failed passcode attempts

:rolleyes:
 
It is very disappointing that you at 1st were so helpful, and then all of a sudden turned on me.

I am an honest person, and what i was describing actually did happen....

We were wondering if the phone could of got a virus off the internet,

It is really very sad, i had recently had a litter of puppies, and all the photos were on that phone, as well as photos of our holidays, and peoples numbers etc...

Maybe instead of accusing me of stealing a phone, you might make a note of this for the future....

I would like you to try set a pincode on your phone, and honestly try getting the number wrong by mistake twice,

so we enter 9028,,,,,
do you think you could slip and accidently get the 7 key twice by mistake when confirming what you just entered.

My partener wanted me to let this go, but i am devastaed by the whole situation, our silly fault for not saving the pix.... but... still

Web lost evrything, and i believe it is a phone fault, or maybe like i said a virus
 
pts said:
It is very disappointing that you at 1st were so helpful, and then all of a sudden turned on me.

I am an honest person, and what i was describing actually did happen....

We were wondering if the phone could of got a virus off the internet,

It is really very sad, i had recently had a litter of puppies, and all the photos were on that phone, as well as photos of our holidays, and peoples numbers etc...

Maybe instead of accusing me of stealing a phone, you might make a note of this for the future....

I would like you to try set a pincode on your phone, and honestly try getting the number wrong by mistake twice,

so we enter 9028,,,,,
do you think you could slip and accidently get the 7 key twice by mistake when confirming what you just entered.

My partener wanted me to let this go, but i am devastaed by the whole situation, our silly fault for not saving the pix.... but... still

Web lost evrything, and i believe it is a phone fault, or maybe like i said a virus
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I am extremely sorry for doubting your honesty
But there's just wayyyy too many people all around doing stupid things, so its hard to tell
Next time, make a backup of all your photos in your PC or iCloud or anything
Oh yes till now there's no known viruses like that on iphone
 
pts said:
It is very disappointing that you at 1st were so helpful, and then all of a sudden turned on me.

I am an honest person, and what i was describing actually did happen....

We were wondering if the phone could of got a virus off the internet,

It is really very sad, i had recently had a litter of puppies, and all the photos were on that phone, as well as photos of our holidays, and peoples numbers etc...

Maybe instead of accusing me of stealing a phone, you might make a note of this for the future....

I would like you to try set a pincode on your phone, and honestly try getting the number wrong by mistake twice,

so we enter 9028,,,,,
do you think you could slip and accidently get the 7 key twice by mistake when confirming what you just entered.

My partener wanted me to let this go, but i am devastaed by the whole situation, our silly fault for not saving the pix.... but... still

Web lost evrything, and i believe it is a phone fault, or maybe like i said a virus
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Fair enough, but please do realize you're asking, and we're answering.

This is not a virus, and you can do a factory restore to reset it.
Best of luck with your iPhone.
 
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