Forgotton unlock code - restore not resolving issue
I cannot remember the screenlock code for my iphone 4s and as I have entered it incorrectly too many times. I have attempted to restore the phone via itunes (as advised in other similar posts) however when restoring it gets to a certain point and then comes up with the same error warning indicating that cannot restore iphone and need to enter passcode. Entering a passcode is not even an option anymore as iphone states 'iphone is disabled - connect to itunes??? It seems I am riding a fun little merry-go-round; I plug into itunes and attempt restore and it states 'cannot access iphone please enter unlock code' (or something to that effect, cannot enter unlock code as phone is disabled and states 'connect to iphone' ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGG
As u can probably tell it is driving me apples!!!! (ooops, banana's)
Please, please, please help me fix this nonsense
According to the thread linked below, you will need to either A) restore the phone from the last computer it was synced to (not just any workstation) or B) restore from DFU mode and lose all the content on the phone.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/18872586#18872586
Unless it's different for the 4S, which somehow I doubt it... could another user clarify?
--BugBytes
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