I locked my iPhone 4 and forgot my password how do I unlock it for free?
I locked my iPhone 4 and forgot my password how do I unlock it for free?
The Method That Always Works
Restoring your iPhone is a surefire way to wipe out the passcode or password you can't remember, but performing a normal restore won't work as your passcode will prevent it. (Arrgh!) Fortunately, this is easy to override. Just follow these steps:
Even when your iPhone is locked up, you can still sync it with your computer. Do that first so all your data is backed up in iTunes. If you're using iCloud, you might want to switch it over to your computer for now just to be sure your information is safe.
Put your iPhone into DFU mode. To do this, reboot your iPhone by holding down the power and home buttons simultaneously for about 10 seconds. When you see the Apple logo, let go of the power button but continue holding down the home button. Soon you will see an image displaying a USB cable, the iTunes icon, and a message that says "Connect to iTunes."
Assuming you still have your iPhone connected to your computer with iTunes open, you'll also see a message telling you iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode and needs to restore. Now you can click the Restore button in iTunes and then wait for iOS to download and install on your iPhone.
Sync your iPhone with iTunes to restore all your data and you'll have it back to normal with no password!
- I have a iphone 4 and i can't restore it and i forgot my password? So i have a iphone 4 and it has a passcode that I can't remember and it won't let me restore it at all itunes keeps telling me to unlock the phone then i can restore it please help? What are my options and when i try to put it into recover or DFU error 3194 comes up
- My iPhone is locked and I can't remember the password it only lets me try one password before locking down now it says connect to iTunes? What am I supposed to do? I have connected to iTunes but it says it needs me to answer on my phone and I can't do that
- My daughter forgot her iphone 4 password. Its locked up. What do we do? She was playing around with it and the phone locked up. IT is the iphone 4 thanks I guess she needs a password reset or restore.
- Is there a way I can unlock an iPhone 5s if it's password and iCloud locked? I've tried restoring it by using iTunes but I can with it being iCloud protected. Do I have other options or a place I can take it to have it fully restored? I'd appreciate it, thank you.