Help! I forgot my passcode and I cannot reset my iPad, I think iTunes is mad at me ;(

Question

iTunes states I have to turn off "Find iPhone" app on the iPad setting before resetting my iPad.  Well, now that my iPad is disabled I cannot assess its setting soooo I erased the iPad device from the "Find iPhone" app on my iPhone and went to iCloud on my desktop and it confirmed that iPad wasn't listed anymore on that app.  Yet the message in iTunes remains the same and I am still locked out of my iPad.
Hey Apple, love everything you do but can you just email me a very tough personal question to reset my Passcode, this is painful....
Help would be very much appreciated.

Answer 1

For all of those who are still searching, here's what I did:
You need to get into "DFU mode".
In order to do this, you
1. must have synchronised your ipad with itunes before it was blocked
2. first connect your iPad to iTunes and there make a backup of your iPad
3. turn off your ipad and wait at least 5 seconds
4. connect your ipad to itunes
5. turn it on again, this time pressing Power and Home button at the same time and holding them for EXACTLY 10 seconds
6. let go of the Power button while still holding the Home button for EXACTLY another 10 seconds.
7. Your screen must be black now. There must NOT be a picture of a USB cable on the screen because that would be a different mode than the DFU mode.
8. Itunes tells you that your device is in DFU mode
9. Go to the "summary" tab in itunes and click "restore iPad"
10. itunes gives a warning that all data will be deleted and your iPad will be reset to factory settings.
11. You accept and click through the process
12. In the process, you may reinstall your backup. The password will not be reinstalled.