Unable to access locked iPhone

I locked myself out of my iPhone 4.
I followed all of the instructions posted here, but when I restore from my iTunes backup, it keeps the old passcode that I don't know. Is the only way to get around this to start from scratch on my iPhone? Because I really, really don't want to do that.
I have tried this restore multiple times but to no avail. Help?

I ended up having to reset to "factory settings" because the last backup I had on my iMac (like you) was done AFTER I had changed the passcode and the new passcode - which the iPhone would not accept - was part of the latest backup! Therefore restoring from "backup" was of no use to me.
Using the "Restore iPhone" when connected to iTunes has got me going again but the downside is having to reload all of the apps, data etc.
Nonetheless, I'm "up and running" again with an iPhone that's accessible.

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