Impossible to unlock iphone if the device I synced with is now broken?????
I have a locked iPhone and the laptop I originally set it up with is now broken and has no Internet access. I can't work out how to restore my phone to unlock it, I have tried using an iPad or MacBook but says I can't do that until the phone is unlocked as it is not the original device I synced with.
Not sure what the problem is here. Have you forgotten your unlock code? Are you trying to restore your phone from iTunes? Just trying to get some details here.
And if your laptop is broken does that mean that you cannot turn your laptop on? Or just no internet access?
If the laptop still works without internet you should be able to start iTunes and connect the phone to it using the sync cable.
Please give us some more details.
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