Death in the family - iPad unlock?

I have a fairly strange question, but one that I'm sure some people have had to deal with. My girlfriend had a death in the family. This person had an iPad with the password lock turned on. Is there any way to unlock the device without erasing everything? Unfortunately, I'm sure this kind of scenario could be used by thieves trying to use a stolen device so it seems like Apple might not be quick to unlock it. I just don't even know where to start. Any help would be appreciated.

You have to restore the device within iTunes. You want to use the same computer that was used to sync with so that you can restore the app data and settings. You can restore with any other computer, but you will lose everything on the iPad.
Instructions can be found here.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212
You will probably have to use recovery mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4097

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The GSM version is not locked. The Verizon/CDMA version will only work with Verizon.
I think you should read the specs again http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/
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OK, so long story short, my mom died back in April. She was the head of the account, which also included my sister's phone, and my own.
For a variety of reasons(legal, financial, personal) I was not able to find myself in a position to cancel my mother's plan until now/tomorrow (didn't have the death certificate for a while, wasn't named head of the estate until recently, have been living off little/no money the last couple weeks, am a college student on a very limited budget and also paying for funeral stuff, etc).
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I know I don't have to pay any ETF's for lines my mom was paying for(at least I don't think I do), but will I need to pay the back bills, also? It wasn't my intention to allow this to manifest into the situation it's become, but I wouldn't have been able to get the phone in my name until recently, and would have probably not been able to make the first payment anyway.

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So even if both lines I am canceling were in my mother's name, I'd still have to possibly pay an ETF on one of the accounts? That just doesn't seem right.
but she wont be cancelling them, you will when you take over the account
they may, and most likley should, wave any etf for your mothers line
your sisters line i doubt it
you could always just try and close the account alltogether, see if they wave anything that way
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You should be able to turn it off on the iPad by using 'a tap-to-select and then double-tap to activate/type process' and 3 fingered scrolling to go into Settings > General > Accessibility and turn it 'off' (so to use the 'slide to unlock' tap the slider and then double-tap it, and to type your passcode tap a digit and then double-tap it etc), or you can do it by connecting to your computer's iTunes : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4064

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http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ipad/ipad-troubleshooting-repair-faq/ipad- how-to-unlock-open-forgot-code-passcode-password-login.html
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‘iPad is disabled’ fix without resetting using iTunes
Today I met my match with an iPad that had a passcode entered too many times, resulting in it displaying the message ‘iPad is disabled – Connect to iTunes’. This was a student iPad and since they use Notability for most of their work there was a chance that her files were not all backed up to the cloud. I really wanted to just re-activate the iPad instead of totally resetting it back to our default image.
I reached out to my PLN on Twitter and had some help from a few people through retweets and a couple of clarification tweets. I love that so many are willing to help out so quickly. Through this I also learned that I look like Lt. Riker from Star Trek (thanks @FillineMachine).
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1. Configurator is useless in reactivating a locked iPad. You will only be able to completely reformat the iPad using Configurator. If that’s ok with you, go for it – otherwise don’t waste your time trying to figure it out.
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Try it and good luck. You have nothing more to lose if it doesn't work for you.
 Cheers, Tom

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