Forgot My iphone Code And Cannot Access My Phone Now.

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If you have an iOS device and you enter a wrong password for 6 times, your device will be locked and disabled. That means all the data in it will be lost, until and unless a back-up is done. What to do if i forgot my passcode on my iPhone?

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Forgot My iphone Code And Cannot Access My Phone Now.

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iPad, iPod, iPhone devices have a feature to lock themselves when 6 wrong passwords are entered.

The entire data present in it has to be removed in order to solve the issue. If you have not taken a back-up, then you will have to lose all the data to retrieve your device.

TO ERASE THE DATA FROM iOS DEVICE:

1) WITH iTunes

  • Your device must be synced with iTunes to restore your data.
  • Open iTunes using other device and enter the passcode or go to recovery mode.
  • Wait till iTunes get sync with your device and backup process starts.
  • When the process is done, click Restore.
  • Then click Restore from iTunes device.
  • Select the backup on the basis of size and date.


2) WITH iCloud

  • Using another device, go to www.icloud.com/find
  • Login with your Apple ID.
  • From the appearing list, select the device to erase.
  • Press erase.
  • You can restore by clicking Restore from a back-up.

3) WITH RECOVERY MODE

  • Connect your device to another one, force reboot it. Press the wake and home buttons simultaneously.
  • When you see the Apple logo, and then the recovery mode screen, release the buttons.


  • Click ‘restore’.
  • From the options displayed, choose Restore.
  • This will download iTunes. Wait till the process gets completed. Then you can use your device.


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