I've forgotten my iPad password but I don't want to loose the data on it!

the computer its synced with is broken and wont turn on! is there anyway i can get into the ipad? the last photos of my late grandfather are on there and i really don't want to loose them!

if it is less than 10 attempts, the device sometimes say you can try agin after 8 hours. So if your remember the password you can put it then. Else, the last resort is really to rest the device.....

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HT1414 I forgot my password and I Don't want to loose my data

I forgot my ipad password and is disabled i dont want to loose data in my ipad who can i get it to work with out loosing data?

There is no other way than restoring. Back up manually by right clicking on your phone in the device list before you start, to make sure you have an actual backup.
Connect in recovery mode and restore, you'll get the option to reset the passcode during this process:
iOS: Unable to update or restore and iPhone and iPod touch: Wrong passcode results in red disabled screen
If you cannot remember the passcode, you will need to restore your device using the computer with which you last synced it. This allows you to reset your passcode and resync the data from the device (or restore from a backup). 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. Refer to Updating and restoring iPhone, iPad and iPod touch software.

HT1212 I've forgotten my ipad passcode but when I try to restore on the computer it won't let me as I have to turn "find your ipad" off but i don't know how when I can't use the ipad itself. How do I do this on the cloud?

I've forgotten my ipad passcode but when I try to restore on the computer it won't let me as I have to turn "find your ipad" off but i don't know how when I can't use the ipad itself. How do I do this on the cloud?

If the iPad was running iOS 7, iCloud: Find My iPhone Activation Lock in iOS 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818
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.html
iOS: Device disabled after entering wrong passcode
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212
How can I unlock my iPad if I forgot the passcode?
http://tinyurl.com/7ndy8tb
How to Reset a Forgotten Password for an iOS Device
http://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.htm
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 cancelling 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.
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Try it and good luck. You have nothing more to lose if it doesn't work for you.
 Cheers, Tom

I have forgotten the password and do not have the old computer to sync with. I dont want to loose the data already on it?

I have forgotten the password and do not have the old computer to sync with. I dont want to loose the data already on it?

All you can do is restore from backup, You have to erase the iPod. That is a security feature
Place the iOS device in Recovery Mode and then connect to your computer and restore via iTunes. The iPod will be erased.
iOS: Wrong passcode results in red disabled screen
If recovery mode does not work try DFU mode.
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
For how to restore:
iTunes: Restoring iOS software
To restore from backup see:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
If you restore from iCloud backup the apps will be automatically downloaded. If you restore from iTunes backup the apps and music have to be in the iTunes library since synced media like apps and music are not included in the backup of the iOS device that iTunes makes.
You can redownload most iTunes purchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
If problem what happens or does not happen and when in the instructions? When you successfully get the iPod in recovery mode and connect to computer iTunes should say it found an iPod in recovery mode.

I want to transfer the contents of my iPad 2 (iOS6) to my new iPad Air but I don't want to upgrade my iPad 2 to iOS7. Can I do this?

I want to transfer the contents of my iPad 2 (iOS6) to my new iPad Air but I don't want to upgrade my iPad 2 to iOS7. Can I do this?

Welcome to the Apple community Mick.
Back up your iPad 2 and use the back up to restore your new iPad.

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can i save a podcast without taking up space on nano 6, i keep getting error message space is used up but I don't want to lose the podcast episode for the future

Sorry to be such a moron with this, but I just don't have much experience with this iPad. I have had it for over a year and I just keep adding stuff to it and it has worked great. Now that the memory is used up, I am trying to figure out how to free up space and not lose what I have paid for.
So, Step 1 is complete, as I have "Transferred" all of the purchases.
What is Step 2? I unchecked the concert on the iTunes library, did a sync, but it's still on my iPad.
Thanks again for the help!!!

My husband and I share one computer. We want to be able to share the same music on our iPhones, but we don't want to share the same contacts and applications. How can I set this up so we still share music, but everything else is separate on our iPhones?

My husband and I share one computer. We want to be able to share the same music on our iPhones, but we don't want to share the same contacts and applications. How can I set this up so we still share music, but everything else is separate on our iPhones?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
iTunes and iCloud are different accounts. You can both use the same ID for the store login and share your music etc., and use different ID's to log in to iCloud, thereby keeping your calendars etc separate.

I have just bought a new pc with windows 7 my old one can not be started so I can not deauthorise etc, how do I now put my iphone 4 on my new computer, I don't care about the songs I have those on external hard drive, but I don't want to loose my contact

I have just bought a new pc with windows 7 my old computer cannot be started so I cannot deauthorise it etc, how do I now put my iphone 4 on my new computer, I don't care about the songs I have those on external hard drive, but I don't want to loose my contacts, calenders etc

Terry,
Plug your iPhone 5 into your Leopard Machine.
Fire up iPhoto.
The phone should become available in iPhoto, and then you can import the camera roll.
-Alan.

I' d just want my iPhone didn't alert on Holyday, but I don't want to hide the Holyday calendar.

I' d just want my iPhone didn't alert on Holyday, but I don't want to hide the Holyday calendar. Default alert can't be set. Thank you.

Did you restore your new iPhone 4 from the backup of your iPhone 3? Did you make a current backup of your iPhone 3 BEFORE restoring this backup to your iPhone 4? Photos in your camera roll are included in the iPhone backup, but they must be in that backup in order to restore them to your new phone.

How can i remove iphone passcode.but i don't want to loss my data.

i have an iphone, how can i remove pascode. but i don't want to loss my data.

you can't
if you could then so could a person who had stolen an ios device

Hey Guys, I have Ipod Touch 2nd generation and it needs to be upgraded to iOS 4.3 but the music isnt on my computer. I don't want to loose the music but I really want to upgrade it.

Hey Guys, I have Ipod Touch 2nd generation and it needs to be upgraded to iOS 4.3 but the music isnt on my computer. I don't want to loose the music but I really want to upgrade it. Help!

That iPod can't be upgraded past 4.2.1.
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I want to sync my ipod touch with my new computer. But I don't want to lose any data from my apps.

I want to sync my ipod touch with my new computer. But i don't want to lose any data from my apps. If i erase and sync does it only erase music and videos or does it include apps as well? I specifically don't want to lose any data from Instagram, I don't want to have to start over. Any help is greatly appreciated Thanks

Copy everything from your old computer to your new one.

I want to reinstall an app, but I don't want to load the app's data from iCloud. What do I do?

I want to reinstall an app [it's a game], but the thing is, I've already backed up the data in iCloud, so all it does is after reinstalling the app, it still has all the data I had when I backed it up in the cloud. But I don't want that data, I just want to reinstall the app like it is my first time installing the app. How do I do it?
-I'm using an iPad 2 and iOS 7

What app is it? Game Data is not stored in iCloud except when restoring from an iCloud backup entirely. If you keep getting you old game data, it's probably from game center. Try logging out of game center in Settings > GameCenter before reinstalling the game.

HT201210 In updating my iphone for the new software ios6. An error occurred and now is asking me to restore settings. But I don't want to lose my data

In updating my iphone 5 for the new software ios6. An error occurred and now is asking me to restore settings. But I don't want torestore setting causing not all of my recent data has been synced and I don't want to lose my data. How can I undo this since i did not hit restore settings, yet i can't do any other move without restoring at this point. Any ideas?

You phone is in recovery mode. Your data is already gone.
Why you would attempt a software upgrade without backing up all your data first is beyond me, but to each his own.
In any case, sorry for your data loss.

HT4972 I want to update my iPad OS, but don't want to loose the movies and apps currently on it. What can I do?

I bought the original iPad as soon as it was released. I ended up with lots of movies and apps for my kids. Now I want to update to the latest iOS. When I go to update it says that iTunes can do the update but will not save my apps and movies. I do not want to lose the apps or the movies. Is there a way to update (hopefully relatively easily) without losing the movies and apps?

If you had been syncing with iTunes all along, you should probably have a little better insight as to how this works.
Yes your device will be erased as part of the updating process. Your backup should be restored at the end of the update. But .... Be proactive anyway. As long as you do your part, everything should work out fine.
What you should do anytime that you update the device is to transfer purchases from the iPad into iTunes - File>Transfer Purchases - and you should backup the iPad as well. When you update the update the device, if something goes wrong, you can restore from the backup.
However, iTunes should ask if you want to backup before you update, but just in case create the backup yourself before you update. The backup contains your app data and settings - along with other items - so make sure you backup first.
If you have any other important files, you may want to transfer them to your computer as well, prior to the update.
Transfer purchases.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
How to backup and restore from a backup
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
Here are the instructions for updating the iPad.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4972

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