The iPhone is locked, unable to restore..
I forgot my passcode. I kind of knew wich numbers who were included but unfortenaly i couldn't figure it out. Now I don't get any more chances and it says "connect to iTunes". I connected it to my brothers computer (Can't use mine at the moment). When I got there I got a messege saying that iTunes can't connect to the iPhone due to it's locked. And ofcourse I couldn't do anything about that. That's when I logged on Apple's website (so, this one) and found a solution. I should turn it off, hold dome buttom, input the USB, long story short, put it into recocory mode so that iTunes can restore it. Great I thought while I as waiting for the restore to finish. When it was finished I got a new messege. No error code, just a simple message saying that the device "iPhone" (not the original name) couldn't be restored. Once again because of iTunes can't find it...
I have absolutely no idea what to do, I guess google isn't always our friend. Please help me ASAP. I really need my Phone.
Thanks!
do you have any security software on the computer
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HT201210 my iphone is locked when i restore my iphone?how it is solve the problem?
my iphone is locked when i restore my iphone.how i do unlock my iphone.plz give me the solution.
If you mean that you restored your iPhone and it is now locked to
a wireless carrier other than the one you were using, that happens
when an iPhone is hacked/modified/jailbroken. Contact the carrier
to which the iPhone is currently locked to see if they offer unlocking
and if you qualify.
Be advised that the process used to modify/hack the iPhone may have
rendered the iPhone incapable of being legitimately unlocked and even
useable.
Where did you get this iPhone? What does it say when you look at
Settings=>General=>Carrier?
If that is not what you mean, post back with more details so someone
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Help please I changed my passcode and must've clicked different numers than I thought becuase now I've tried the wrong passcode so many times it just says connect to itunes. So i plugged my phone into my computer but it says the iphone is locked and I need to enter the passcode! what should i do!?
No problem! Just follow these instructions-
turn your device completely off
UnPlug it from your computer
Hold the home button (square button)
Plug your device into computer while still holding the home button
Hold until iTunes says it detected a device in recovery mode
Hit restore at the top
Done! -
Everytime i plug my phone into itunes it says it cant connect because the phone is locked well i restored my phone twice and set a new passcode the last time and it still wont work . I even deleted itunes and reinstalled it , it dosent work . HELP PLZ !!
I had the same issue. I tried everything unchecking / rechecking, formatting Iphone and restoring from backup etc etc.
In the end it was a simple issue which might of might not help you.
A number of months ago I relocated by Itunes folder to a NAS drive. It appears when I did the last I tunes update Itunes set the destination path of the Itunes media to the default location, the result was Itunes couldn't install music,apps, video until I set the correct destination path.
The bit that confused me was it was transferring some media. This was of course the media I had downloaded since the last Itunes update which had gone to the default location.
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Iphone is locked unable to access
iphone is locked unable to access says to connect to itunes but that tells me to enter my password.
If this is your iPhone, you need to connect it to the computer it was last synced with.
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Hello everybody
I bought a new iPhone 4 with iOS 6.1.3 installed. When I connected it to itunes for the first time to activate it iTunes asked me to enter the password for an account that the iPhone is locked to like if the device was used before what shall I do? PLease reply soonI can't do that because the device was purchased from United Arab Emirates and I got it as a gift in Syria but the problem is that there is not even a single apple store in Syria so is there another way to fix that, I googled it and was told to jailbreak the device whitch I did and than hacktivated it but the problem is the device doesn't connect to any network and only shows "no service" and the battery draining too fast so is there any other way to fix this issue
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"OK - this is how it works:
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THANK YOU edgar999!!!! -
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694#10
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Hi
my name is Al-Ameen, Am from Nigeria,actually my brother from the united kingdom sent me an iphone5, So when i insert my Sim card i discovered the iPhone is locked.
So the reason why am sending this mail is to ask for the procedure of how to unlock an iPhone from another country the amount paid and all the other information about unlocking an iPhone.
Hope to hear back from you guys.
Many Thanks
Al-Ameen.You need to contact the carrier to see if they offer unlocking and if you qualify. You may need to talk to your brother about this.
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