HT201303 borrowing a phone that has a passcode on it

I'm waiting for my new Iphone to come in so my sister lets me borrow her old one that AT&T already set up as my new phone on a simm card. I installed the simm card when I got home, then realized it had a passcode on it! Her son was using the old phone last and he can't remember the password.
I have read that you have to restore, but where do I restore from? Her account? I haven't had an iphone before so I have no backup.
Any help?? Would AT&T be able to do it for me?

If you can't remember the Passcode, you need to restore the device from the computer it was last synced by placing the device in recovery mode > iOS: Unable to update or restore
If you restore on a different computer that was never synced with the device, you will be able to unlock the device for use and remove the passcode, but your data will not be present.
Yes, it would have to be from her account.

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