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Forgot iPhone Passcode; Help!

kathmat said:
I have been reading these posts and simply cannot believe how suspicious and cynical some of you are. So sad. My daughter inadvertently "washed" her iPhone along with her comforter on Saturday. Wash, rinse, spin the whole works. Needless to say we thought the thing had to be a goner. She went out yesterday and four hours later had her new iPhone3G. Since Saturday though I refused to give the old phone up for dead, and did everything I saw on the forums as a last resort, including submerging the thing in a paper bag full of uncooked rice and cilica packets. Leaving it in the car (we live in Miami - hot!) for two days, and today when we turned it on - well waddya know! Bingo!! Crystal clear and looking great. In attempting to synch it in itunes however, it is asking for the passcode. She put in the one she had but it won't recognise it. She did not STEAL her phone, she just washed the darn thing by mistake causing this problem. Why would anyone assume that because itunes does not recognise the passcode that there is not a legitimate reason for this problem. Back to the Apple store tomorrow. Left to you lot we'd:mad: by cuffed and carted away by now! Jeez!
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My iPod Touch did this a month back. It decided it wanted to protect itself with an unknown passcode on an iPod Touch that has never had a passcode on it. It was not wet, just playing music. When I went to unlock it asked for a passcode... okay? Called Apple support to see if they would maybe give me some sort of universal code for the heck of it and just to see what they would say. They did as expected "Just Restore"... @OP DO THIS I've seen it work...
 
Okay firstly I am new so please treat me gently.

I have actually genuinely found an ipod touch outside my house and being that I am a nice person I picked it up in order to try and find out who the owner is. See if there are any details, pictures etc that will link it to the owner.

However, my problem is that I am unable to get into the ipod touch as there is a passcode on it. Now I don't want to reset it as it isn't mine and that isn't fair to the person who the ipod belongs to.

I use a Mac normally and have plugged it into that to try and get it work but with no success - doesn't even register and wants the passcode before it will let me open up the ipod folder.

I have also plugged it into my Windows pc to see if i can get into the folder options to change it from lock to unlocked but this has been unsuccessful as it appears the Vista will not show me the ipod files.

Is there anyway I can get into the ipod without knowing the passcode or wiping everything that is on there.

Thank you in advance.

Also - just so you know, I have put a note up outside my house saying if anyone has lost something then they can contact me and providing they can get into it with the passcode (and then they look like their pictures) they can have it back but so far, no-one has come forward.
 
penfold4582 said:
Also - just so you know, I have put a note up outside my house saying if anyone has lost something then they can contact me and providing they can get into it with the passcode (and then they look like their pictures) they can have it back but so far, no-one has come forward.
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This is all you can do. Post some more signs, maybe post it on your local Craigs list or something. Give it 30 days, then keep it as your own.

I have lost many electronics over the years - fair is fair. I lost it and didn't claim/find it in time. Someone out there is enjoying my old zune, for example;)
 
chemistslime said:
Hi all,
I seem to have forgotten my iphone passcode that I set in the menu. And because I cannot connect to the computer without it, I can't even do a restore. Is there any way around this?
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:) your in luck kid, because i got a solution
  1. power off iphone
  2. as it is after power off, hold the home button
  3. as you are holding the button, connect iphone to computer for recovery mode
  4. restore with button on itunes, itll work
 
Don't take my word as hard evidence! But...You could try doing a hard restore (Hold Power button and Menu button for a while until you notice the screen change and it should have a picture of a USB cable and an iTunes logo) then plug it into your computer and whabang! You should be able to restore your iPhone.

Also, seeing as it doesn't even come up on your computer check if there is a problem with your computer and your USB cable.

Joey
 
iphonehelping said:
:) your in luck kid, because i got a solution
  1. power off iphone
  2. as it is after power off, hold the home button
  3. as you are holding the button, connect iphone to computer for recovery mode
  4. restore with button on itunes, itll work
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he said he cannot connect to a computer.. so i guess theres no other solution..
 
outaru said:
he said he cannot connect to a computer.. so i guess theres no other solution..
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.........Then how did he activate the iphone when he bought it in the first place??? I'm beginning to lean to the side where people are saying he stole it. How hard is it to get a sync cable???
 
Theaser said:
.........Then how did he activate the iphone when he bought it in the first place??? I'm beginning to lean to the side where people are saying he stole it. How hard is it to get a sync cable???
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he have a computer a home which he use to activate the iphone, perhaps he's on a trip and might took several month to get home and restore his iphone.. :p
 
outaru said:
he have a computer a home which he use to activate the iphone, perhaps he's on a trip and might took several month to get home and restore his iphone.. :p
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Well as long as he has his laptop or macbook with him, NEVER FORGET ABOUT YOUR SYNC CABLE and plug it into there. I'm pretty sure that he could do that if he is traveling.
 
I found an iphone in pieces

someway I have fixed it I turn it on and a password appeared I have entered some different passwords but no results. what can I do? please if you can help me
 
Solution

Restoring it the only solution. what i did is fresh jailbreaking. then install my apps and sync my stuff again.

if you are stuck on restoring, search for other ways to restore. it is the key.
(restoring to a point before the lock happend)

remember either friend jailbreaking or restoring as new iphone. do not restore to a point after the lock happend.
 
Passcode

I just joined this forum because my iPhone just started asking for a passcode yesterday without my input. I was at work on Friday morning and i made a call. After the call, I hung up and placed the phone in my pocket as usual. About one hour later I pull the phone out of my pocket to show someone a picture and the phone asked me for a passcode. I never set a passcode and I am quite sure that it's not very likely that the movement in my pocket could cause the exact menu's and icons to be accidentally pressed to activate this feature. I think it's more likely that I could win the Lotto! Three days earlier my PC would not boot. I took the PC to a repair facility and was told the hard disk has a self test error and the computer will not boot. I ordered a new computer the day before the iPhone malfunctioned. For the record, I neither stole the iPhone nor did I steal the PC.

Problem- My Iphone cannot be restored without my PC. When I receive my new PC, I have to figure out to get iTunes and all it's associated Synch info over to the new PC.

Am I screwed?
 
navelski said:
Problem- My Iphone cannot be restored without my PC. When I receive my new PC, I have to figure out to get iTunes and all it's associated Synch info over to the new PC. Am I screwed?
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No, b/c your iTunes account requires that you login and all your purchased items should still be under your account. You can just download them and iTunes will remind you that you've already purchased the items. Transfer everything from your iPhone to your new PC, directions available via iTunes support. Have you backed up your iPhone via an external hard drive on a regular basis? You are authorized up to 5 different computers for your iTunes account downloads and purchases. If you reached more than 5 then you can reset the "authorized computers" by deleting all computers then reauthorizing the ones that are still active... Good Luck!
 
I love these kinds of threads. People come up with these "convincing" stories about how they forgot 4 numbers or a password magically appeared. If you legitamatly forgot your 4# passcode then why the **** do you have an iPhone? Return it and sign up for school.
 
Ya know i have had my iPhone passcode protected for a year & a half and i never thought to myself... why doesent it ask me for my code when I sync it ?

And now I know...

Tanks
 
kathmat said:
I have been reading these posts and simply cannot believe how suspicious and cynical some of you are. So sad. My daughter inadvertently "washed" her iPhone along with her comforter on Saturday. Wash, rinse, spin the whole works. Needless to say we thought the thing had to be a goner. She went out yesterday and four hours later had her new iPhone3G. Since Saturday though I refused to give the old phone up for dead, and did everything I saw on the forums as a last resort, including submerging the thing in a paper bag full of uncooked rice and cilica packets. Leaving it in the car (we live in Miami - hot!) for two days, and today when we turned it on - well waddya know! Bingo!! Crystal clear and looking great. In attempting to synch it in itunes however, it is asking for the passcode. She put in the one she had but it won't recognise it. She did not STEAL her phone, she just washed the darn thing by mistake causing this problem. Why would anyone assume that because itunes does not recognise the passcode that there is not a legitimate reason for this problem. Back to the Apple store tomorrow. Left to you lot we'd:mad: by cuffed and carted away by now! Jeez!
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My brother had a ton of trouble with his iPod Touch. One night his first gen decided it needed to passcode itself. No one had EVER placed a passcode on the device, but it insisted it required a passcode. Long story short, I placed the touch in recovery mode and was able to restore from there...
 
kathmat said:
I have been reading these posts and simply cannot believe how suspicious and cynical some of you are. So sad. My daughter inadvertently "washed" her iPhone along with her comforter on Saturday. Wash, rinse, spin the whole works. Needless to say we thought the thing had to be a goner. She went out yesterday and four hours later had her new iPhone3G. Since Saturday though I refused to give the old phone up for dead, and did everything I saw on the forums as a last resort, including submerging the thing in a paper bag full of uncooked rice and cilica packets. Leaving it in the car (we live in Miami - hot!) for two days, and today when we turned it on - well waddya know! Bingo!! Crystal clear and looking great. In attempting to synch it in itunes however, it is asking for the passcode. She put in the one she had but it won't recognise it. She did not STEAL her phone, she just washed the darn thing by mistake causing this problem. Why would anyone assume that because itunes does not recognise the passcode that there is not a legitimate reason for this problem. Back to the Apple store tomorrow. Left to you lot we'd:mad: by cuffed and carted away by now! Jeez!
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Oh settle down. If your going to the Apple Store with yours it's safe to assume that your's is not stolen.
 
Ron21 said:
See here is where you don't make sense... The iPhone will allow you to do a restore with the computer that you last synced it with. It doesn't matter if it is pass locked or not. I just tried it on my own a iPhone and it worked.
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NOT ALWAYS JUST CUZ IT WORKED FOR YOU AND YOU'RE "GOD" DOESNT MEAN IT WORKS FOR ALL.
 
I think people have to realise that the code is there to protect the data - so having a work around to get in would bypass the whole point, no?
 
If you can substantiate proof of purchase, I think bringing it back to the genius bar is the best bet. After all, the iPhone can only be synced to the last computer it was synced with. Other than that, there really is no other way to overcome the passcode.
 
help

i found a iphone but i found it in river side california and i live in san diego!
im goin to keep it and i dont know how to unlock it!!!
 
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