Unable to retore locked iPad mini

So, I'm having a serious problem. I was testing out the Find My iPhone feature, and locked my iPad Mini just to see how it worked. Now, the ipad won't accept the passcode I'd typed in, so it's now locked and disabled. I've resigned myself to losing everything and being forced to update, but when I try to do so with itunes it won't work. I don't have a backup. So I'm trying to wipe the thing and restore, and after an hour of waiting for it to download the update each time, but itunes just keeps giving me an error saying that the network timed out. I have the most resent version of itunes. I've tired this in recovery mode, same thing. I've tried turning off my firewall and antivirus. I can not get this to work and my iPad is now a brick. Can anyone help me?

Unfortunately you have triggered Activation Lock, Apple's premier security feature and the scrounge of the NSA/CIA/FBI and other nasty three-letter agencies. Until you sort out the AppleID issue (which the device needs in order to unlock), there will be no joy. You may need to resort to Apple Support for that and need to visit a Store.

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Message was edited by: ssschmidt
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