How do you elimanate the restriction Passcode on a IPhone 4 as I forgot the password?

How do you eliminate the "Restriction Passcode" on a IPhone 4 as I forgot the password?
I have done a backup and I have done a Restore and I still have the Restriction Passcode On.
My main objective is to wipe out this phone to manufactures specifications.

I had the same problem with my iPhone 5C. After trying several YouTube solutions involving CopyBot, which did not work, I finally figured out how to get rid of the restrictions passcode.
1. Back up your phone to icloud. You will want to be sure you have synced your phone to your laptop as well to access your contacts and photos again.
2. Make sure you have "Find my Phone" activated on your phone.
3. On a laptop or other device, go to www.icloud.com/#find.
4. Login and after the site finds your phone's location, click on the "All Devices" arrow and select your phone.
5. Select Erase iphone. You will see it erasing on your phone. Don't panic!
6. When your phone restarts, it will take you through the setup process. YOU WANT TO SET IT UP AS A NEW PHONE! If you restore a backup you will still have the passcode in play.
7. During the set up, your phone should automatically restore your contacts; however, you may need to upload your photos and music manually.
8. The restrictions passcode will no longer be on your phone! You will need to download your purchased apps again. This is a bummer, but at least you got past the restrictions passcode.
I know this worked for the 5c, I can only assume it will work for all versions of the iphone, but I am not an expert.

Similar Messages

  • HT201304 I am a parent who set the restrictions on my sons phone and stupidly forgot the password. It has locked me out and I still can't remember. How can I get back in without resetting his phone? He will freak if I do that!

    Help!!!! Need help figuring this out

    You cannot. There is no way to recover or reset the password except to restore the phone as a new device. You cannot even restore from a backup, because the backup contains the Restrictions passcode and will just bring it back. Sorry.

  • I have recently purchased an iPhone 4 off my uncle, he cant remember the restrictions passcode. Any way of me resetting the passcode?

    I have recently purchased an iPhone 4 off my uncle, tried to activate my imessages and facetime and its telling me to check the restrictions, but i have a problem as i dont know what the passcode to get onto the restrictions is and neither does my uncle. Any way of me resetting the passcode or anything?

    You have to restore the iPhone as a new device not from a backup unless the backup pre-dated the restrictions passcode
    Restoring iOS Software

  • HT1212 I need to remove the restrictions from my iPod Touch, but I forgot the passcode. How can I reset it? I tried syncing it with the computer, but don't see an option to remove the passcode.

    The internet&app store applications were removed from my iPod by restrictions. My father put this block in place and doesn't remember the passcode to reset the restrictions. How can i reset them without the passcode, or reset the passcode?

    You can't.  The only way to remove the Restriction password is to: a) Restore the iPod using a backup that predates the setting up of the Restrictions password; or assuming you don't have such a backup b) Restore the iPod to Factory Settings/New iPod.

  • HT201304 How do you retrieve your restriction passcode?

    MY 4 year old has somehow wiped safari and my camara from my iPad. The only thing I can think of is that he restricted them and made up his own passcode.  I have no idea what the passcode is and was wondering how to retrieve it? Please help.

    You can't retrieve it, if he doesn't remember it, you have to restore the iPad as new and then either download all of your content again or sync with iTunes again.
    The one shot that you have is if he set the passcode AFTER the last time that you backed up the iPad, you can restore from that previous backup and the passcode will not be in the backup.
    How to backup and restore from a backup
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766

  • I put a passcode on my iphone 5 and forgot the four digit code, how can i get past this to get on my phone?

    I forgot the four digit passcode to get on my iphone5 and its disabling my phone, how can i got past this to get on my phone?

    iOS: Forgotten passcode or device disabled after entering wrong ...

  • How do I reset the RESTRICTIONS Passcode on iPhone 4s

    My teenager got to this before I did!
    How do I reset the Restrictions Passcode on his iPhone?
    Will this even work to restrict web content?
    I could swear that I remember being able to do this via iTunes when the phone was plugged in, but that functionality doesnt seem to be there.
    I see that I can restrict adult material (songs, R movies and etc) on all phones on the account via iTunes, but I dont see how to customize every individual phone on the account with different restrictions...
    Help...
    thank you

    Is it not possible to have a reminder sent to the account holder (ie:me) to reset, like when a passord for anything thing else is forgotton?    Just dread wiping the whole thing and re-setting up...... 
    Also, do you know if it controls web access?  I seem to remember and itunes content and volume control on the last parental control I used on an iphone, but that was atleast a year ago on a 3GS.
    Thx again

  • HT1414 how can I remove the restriction passcode without having to reset device

    how can I remove the restriction passcode without having to reset device

    Put in the restrictions passcode, and then Disable Restrictions.
    Otherwise, you can't.  That's the ENTIRE purpose of a passcode lock.

  • HT4759 how do you update icloud with contacts transferred to Iphone by verizon

    How do you update icloud with contacts transferred to Iphone by Verizon?  The only contacts that show up in icloud are the ones I entered myself to the phone.

    You'll need to copy them to iCloud in order to see them on your PC.  To do this, do the following:
    Go to Settings>iCloud, turn Contacts to Off, choose Delete from My iPhone when prompted (they will still be in iCloud).
    Download the app My Contacts Backup.  Use this to backup the remaining contacts on your phone (from Verizon) as a vCard attachment to an email that you send to yourself.  Confirm that you have received the email.
    Go to Settings>iCloud and turn Contacts back to On.
    Open the My Contacts Backup email and tap the attachment to import the Verizon contacts back to your phone.  They should now be in iCloud, and appear on your PC.  You may see duplicate contacts on your phone because you are still viewing both the contacts from Verizon as well as the copies now in iCloud.
    Open Contacts on your phone and tap Groups, tap the Groups that were imported from Verizon so they are unchecked and tap Done.  This will hide them from view and illiminate the duplicates.

  • How many times can you attempt the restrictions passcode?

    I've forgotten the restrictions passcode I set on my iPod. Since I don't want to perform a complete systems reset just yet, I want to try to attempt remembering my passcode... how many times can I try the restrictions passcode without permanently locking it?

    This is for the restrictions passcode correct? Not the regular passcode....
    And I heard somewhere that if you guess too many times, you will be permanently locked out of your device...

  • How do you turn off restriction if you forgot the passcode

    HOw do you turn off restriction on ipad if you forgot you security passcode

    Remove restriction passcode
    1. Restore to Factory Default
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
    2. You can restore from a backup that was done before you enable the Restriction Code.

  • HT1414 How many times can you attempt the restrictions passcode?

    I forgot the restriction code, I already tryed 9 times and the TIME you have to wait after the fifth try is increased like crazzy.

    That is a security measure. If the device is being tampered with, the longer the "tamperer" has to wait, the more likely they are to become discouraged and give up.
    I think that you get 10 attempts, but I can't swear to that having never been in that position. In any event, you will probably have to restore to factory settings if you want to be able to use the iPad again. You cannot restore from a backup - unless that backup does not have the restrictions passcode in it. If it does not have the passcode in it, then restoring from that backup will eliminate the passcode.
    If you have to restore, you have to use iTunes on a computer, since you cannot get into the settings.

  • I need to erase all Contents and Settings from my i phone 5 but I forgot the restrictions passcode. How can I get it. ( Idon't have access to i tunes). Thanks.

    I need to erase all Contents and Settings from my i phone 5 but I forgot the restrictions passcode. How can I get it. ( Idon't have access to i tunes). Thanks.

    Not possible.  You need access to iTunes.
    The passcode will be required to make changes to these settings or to disable Restrictions. Note: If you lose or forget a restriction passcode, you will need to perform a factory restore to remove it.
    The above comes from here:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4213

  • HT1212 how do I know what the restrictions passcode is, selling mini ipad and need to erase all content

    selling ipad mini, how do i know what the restrictions passcode is in order to delete all content

    See this article:
    HT4213
    As it says in the notes, "If you lose or forget the restrictions passcode, you will need to perform a factory restore to remove it."

  • HT1212 how do i restore the restricted passcode in iphone 5

    How do i restore the restricted passcode in iphone 5

    Hi, SAVREET.
    Thank you for the question.  If you lose or forget a restriction passcode, you will need to perform a factory restore to remove it.  Below, I have included the article that walks you through the restore process. 
    iOS: Understanding Restrictions (Parental Controls)
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4213
    iTunes: Restoring iOS software
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1414
    Make sure to import all media, pictures and personal data to your computer prior to a restore. 
    Regards,
    Jason H. 

Maybe you are looking for

  • Tabular Form Validation not working in tabular form APEX 4.0

    Hi, I am using APEX 4.0. I have a tabular form with Tabular form validation done with it. Item not null is the validation.. so if I dont type any value in the any of the fields in the tabular form and press the Submit button, the first time error is

  • Blackberry Bold Will No Longer Sync with Caldav imac Calendars on MobilMe

    On May 11th, Apple migrated their ICal calendar to MobilMe on their cloud server which allows one to sync calendar entries to multiple Macs, IPhones, and IPads. This has resulted in not being able to sync your Blackberry to your ICal calendar entries

  • Insert XML file into Relational database model - no XMLTYPE!

    Dear all, How can I store a known complex XML file into an existing relational database WITHOUT using xmltypes in the database ? I read the article on DBMS_XMLSTORE. DBMS_XMLSTORE indeed partially bridges the gap between XML and RDBMS to a certain ex

  • IOS 8.3 update leaves me unable to pair a Configurator-supervised iPhone

    I've used Apple Configurator to supervise an iPhone 6, in part to prevent the phone from pairing with any computer but my own (a MacBook Air 11" from 2013 running OSX 10.9). I updated the phone to iOS 8.3, changed nothing else, and now the phone won'

  • Updater Won't Recognize iPod nano.

    I made the mistake of unplugging my nano when it told me not to (Updater locking up problem). Now I can't get Windows to recognize the iPod and when I try to restore it with iPod Updater, it freezes the program. I got it to work one time and it said