HT1212 My 80 yr old mother put her mini into disable mode when downloading ios7

She did something with her pass code when setting up ios7. Tried everything but now in disable mode. She's never synch'd with a PC, iTunes, etc. should I perform the following on my MacBook? Looking for suggestions. Thanks!
alternatively, place the device in recovery mode and restore it to erase the device:
Disconnect the USB cable from the device, but leave the other end of the cable connected to your computer's USB port.
Turn off the device: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red slider appears, then slide the slider. Wait for the device to shut down.
While pressing and holding the Home button, reconnect the USB cable to the device. The device should turn on.
Continue holding the Home button until you see the Connect to iTunes screen.
iTunes will alert you that it has detected a device in recovery mode. Click OK, and then restore the device.

Tried both of these - neither have worked.
Witht he first instructions it just keeps stating that they need the passcode
and pretty much with the next instructions - go through the whole process and then asks for the passcode - both of these are being asked on iTunes.
So, after spending about 2 hours on this the ipad is still disabled.
Any other ideas? Do I need to go into the store?
Thanks

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Hello there, shentser.
The following Knowledge Base article offers up some great options for troubleshooting a forgotten password on your iOS device:
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Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
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iOS: Device disabled after entering wrong passcode
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212
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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.
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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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