HT201441 HOW DO I COMPLETELY RESET MY IPHONE 5 WITHOUT NEEDING A ACTIVATION ACCOUNT?

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If you are trying to use a phone that someone else has connected to Find My Phone, then you will have to ask the previous owner to remove it from Find My Phone. Otherwise, you have a paper weight.
Find My iPhone Activation Lock: Removing a device from a previous owner’s account

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    how can i get into my iphone 5 without  a sim card?

    What exactly do you mean by "blocked"?

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    My iPad is disabled, but I know the passcode.. When i connect it to iTunes it says it can't access it because it has a passcode. How can i get rid of the passcode without resetting the iPad? And if there is no way to do so, how do I completely reset it?

    How can I unlock my iPad if I forgot the passcode?
    http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ipad/ipad-troubleshooting-repair-faq/ipad- how-to-unlock-open-forgot-code-passcode-password-login.htmlhttp://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ipad/ipad-troubleshooting-repair-faq/ipad- how-to-unlock-open-forgot-code-passcode-password-login.html
    iOS: Device disabled after entering wrong passcode
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212
    How can I unlock my iPad if I forgot the passcode?
    http://tinyurl.com/7ndy8tbhttp://tinyurl.com/7ndy8tb
    How to Reset a Forgotten Password for an iOS Device
    http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-a-Forgotten-Password-for-an-iOS-Devicehttp://www.wikihow.com/Reset-a-Forgotten-Password-for-an-iOS-Device
    Using iPhone/iPad Recovery Mode
    http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/a/Iphone-Recovery-Mode.htmhttp://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/a/Iphone-Recovery-Mode.htm
    You may have to do this several times.
    Saw this solution on another post about an iPad in a school environment. Might work on your iPad so you won't lose everything.
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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.
    I reached out to my PLN on Twitter and had some help from a few people through retweets and a couple of clarification tweets. I love that so many are willing to help out so quickly. Through this I also learned that I look like Lt. Riker from Star Trek (thanks @FillineMachine).
    Through some trial and error (and a little sheer luck), I was able to reactivate the iPad without loosing any data. Note, this will only work on the computer it last synced with. Here’s how:
    1. Configurator is useless in reactivating a locked iPad. You will only be able to completely reformat the iPad using Configurator. If that’s ok with you, go for it – otherwise don’t waste your time trying to figure it out.
    2. Open iTunes with the iPad disconnected.
    3. Connect the iPad to the computer and wait for it to show up in the devices section in iTunes.
    4. Click on the iPad name when it appears and you will be given the option to restore a backup or setup as a new iPad (since it is locked).
    5. Click ‘Setup as new iPad’ and then click restore.
    6. The iPad will start backing up before it does the full restore and sync. CANCEL THE BACKUP IMMEDIATELY. You do this by clicking the small x in the status window in iTunes.
    7. When the backup cancels, it immediately starts syncing – cancel this as well using the same small x in the iTunes status window.
    8. The first stage in the restore process unlocks the iPad, you are basically just canceling out the restore process as soon as it reactivates the iPad.
    If done correctly, you will experience no data loss and the result will be a reactivated iPad. I have now tried this with about 5 iPads that were locked identically by students and each time it worked like a charm.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Try it and good luck. You have nothing more to lose if it doesn't work for you.
     Cheers, Tom

  • How do I completely reset iCal?

    How do I completely reset iCal? I want a really clean startup situation as if iCal has never run on this account. I tried:
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    Austin Kinsella1 wrote:
    That will have missed the copy calendar data in ~/Library/Application Support/SyncServices
    AK
    Wow, thank you so much for posting this information. I was having a frustrating problem with my iPhone and iCal. The iPhone settings in iTunes had old calendars that I had deleted and would not sync the current calendars. In fact, it was syncing with the deleted calendars! I have searched high and low for a solution to this problem.
    After resetting my iPhone (again), it wasn't fixed. I found this thread, deleted the contents of "~/Library/Application Support/SyncServices", told iTunes to force a reset of the calendar on my iPhone, and presto! It works now! Hopefully if anyone else is having this particular problem, they'll stumble here...

  • How do i reset my mac completely? I have parental controls and cant seem to get to time machine cause i bought the computer with parental controls on it and they did not have the password. How do i completely reset my macbook pro?

    how do i reset my mac completely? I have parental controls and cant seem to get to time machine cause i bought the computer with parental controls on it and they did not have the password. How do i completely reset my macbook pro?

    If you have a rescue email address (which is not the same thing as an alternate email address) on your account then the steps on this page will give you a reset link on your account : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6170
    If you don't have a rescue email address (you won't be able to add one until you can answer your questions) then you will need to contact Support in your country to get the questions reset.
    Contacting Apple about account security : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5699
    When they've been reset (and if you don't already have a rescue email address) you can then use the steps on this page to add a rescue email address for potential future use : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5620
    Or, if it's available in your country, you could change to 2-step verification : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5570

  • TS3212 how to reset my iphone 3gs without power of batery ?

    how to reset my iphone 3gs without power of batery?

    Your phone has "told" you it was dying; you didn't listen.  You ignored the broken power button, you ignored the frequent crashing, and now your battery is probably dead.  And despite this, you never thought to import the "important" pictures and data off your phone?
    If you cant turn on the phone or get it recognized in iTunes, there's no way to access the data. 

  • How can I completely get my iPhone and iPad disconnected from iTunes Match? I don't usually have Cloud access and find iTunes Match to be very annoying.

    How can I completely get my iPhone and iPad disconnected from iTunes Match? I don't usually have Cloud access and find iTunes Match to be very annoying.

    Csoud1 is correct. But if you still want to keep your iTunes Match subscribed and did not want to sync with your iOS devices, do the following:
    On you iOS devices, just go to Setting > Music > disable iTunes Match

  • How do I completely turn off iPhone backups to my Mac?

    How do I completely turn off iPhone backups to my Mac?  I have an MBP with a 250 GB SSD running Mountain Lion that I use primarly for work and I'm getting low on disk space.  I'm having a clear out and I noticed that my iPhone and iPad back ups use about 20 gigs which is too much. Neither carries important data and my phone photos are already covered by iPhoto auto backing up to a remote library. I don't want to pay for an iCoud account. Any ideas?

    You need to sync your iPhone contacts with the Address Book on your Mac, which is as designed and intended.
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    Syncing contacts with the Address Book is selected under the Info tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes.
    The same applies before syncing calendar events with iCal if you aren't using iCal on your Mac for calendar events.

  • How do I completely remove an iPhone from my iTunes account

    How do I completely remove an iPhone from my iTunes account, I have removed my ex's iPhone from the device list but I keep getting notifications saying that her phone is now using FaceTime and iMessage, I have changed my password as well

    If she is using the same iCloud account you can sign into iCloud.com > Find my Phone > Devices > select her phone and wipe it only if she had Find my Phone enabled in the iCloud settings on the phone.
    Otherwise, you will need to contact her.
    She needs to sign out on the phone.
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    Settings > FaceTime > Apple ID  > Sign ut
    Settings > iTunes & App Stores > Apple ID > Sign out
    If she is using the same iCloud account too then:
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  • How do you factory reset a iphone 4s if it dont work in the setting

    how do you factory reset a iphone 4s if it dont work in the setting

    vic17santos wrote:
    how do you factory reset a iphone 4s
    1: Connect the device to Your computer and open iTunes.
    2: If the device appears in iTunes, select and click Restore on the Summary pane.
    Restoring  >  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
    Make sure you have the Current Version of iTunes Installed on your computer
    iTunes free download from www.itunes.com/download
    3: If the device doesn't appear in iTunes, try using the Steps in this article to force the device into Recovery Mode.
    Note on Recovery Mode.
    You may need to try this More than Once... Be sure to Follow ALL the Steps...

  • How can you soft reset an iphone 4s when power on/off button not working

    How can you soft reset an iphone 4s when your on/ off button is not working?
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    Sorry you don't.

  • How to delete multiple songs from iPhone 5S without losing form iTunes? The unchek function has not worked. Why?

    How to delete multiple songs from iPhone 5S without losing form iTunes? The unchek function has not worked. Why?

    Sorry I had to reply through your profile Gail from Maine, my PC has java issues. In any event, when I delete them directly from my device everything is perfect and cool. However, in the rare instance I want to add new music that I actually buy in stores (I know, quite the unique and old-fashioned idea...but hey Im an audiophile) once I upload the tunes, everytime I sync my library it re-adds everything that I spent hours deleting. In a perfect world, I thought I could maintain a massive iTunes Library, and add or delete (remove) songs from my iPhone to save both memory or keep my iPhone selections more current/apt to my musical "tastes" at that time. I know about the whole playlist thing, but thought there might be an easier way. ie - checking/un-checking the little box next to the song name, and then doing a sync. Again, everytime I do this however, whether everything is checked or un-checked it adds the entire library! So frustrating. Any suggestions. Thank you graiously in advance for your help.

  • How do I set up my iphone to sync with my outlook account?

    How do I set up my iphone to sync with my outlook account?

    Hi maryannmc,
                          You have two options.
    1. You can plug the iPhone into iTunes and select the "Info" tab and choose "Sync Mail Accounts" and this will transfer the settings across.
    2. In the iPhone you can go to Settings > General > Mail, Contacts and Calendars and choose "Add account"
    You will need to know if your account is POP, IMAP or Exchange and this will help determine what settings you need to enter and how to set it up so both your computer and iPhone can receive email.
    The iPhone can add most popular accounts with ease such as gmail, yahoo or hotmail.
    Hope this helps,
    MiFFMaN

  • HT201371 how do i un-disable my iphone 5s without using itunes

    how do i un-disable my iphone 5s without using itunes

    Make a Genius Bar appointment at your nearest Apple Store and have them Restore it as a new iPhone in iTunes.

  • HT3939 how to know the carrier for iphone 5 if its showing activation failed please insert a sim card

    how to know the carrier of iphone 5 if its showing activation failed please insert a sim card and i don't know what sim card goes in it and if it is cdma or gsm.
    i stuck on this step. i can't go further it just shows imei and meid number but iccid is displayed unknown. please help me to move further. thank u.

    contact apple.

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