My iPod Touch got disabled, but I don't have the computer that it's registered to anymore.
A young family member of mine decided to play with my iPod Touch and put a passcode on it. After several wrong tries and a fruitless attempt to get the little dear to remember what she put, it's disabled now. I no longer own a computer (I'm submitting this on my PC at work. Don't tell.) and can't restore it in the usual way. Plugging it into any other computer has proved useless as the passcode keeps it from syncing with anything but the original computer, which is in a recycling plant somewhere in California by now. O mighty hive-mind, any ideas?
The passcode is very secure, and if you configured the iPod Touch to erase itself after ten consecutive incorrect attempts, its content has already been irretrievably erased. You will need to restore the iPod with another computer, not sync it as you have apparently been trying to accomplish. 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.
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