What do I do when I've forgotten my password

What should I do when I've forgotten my password and my phone won't let me in?

Dirty Vegas wrote:
KC7GNM wrote:
Do not restore your backup as this will only restore the password you can't remember. You will have to restore the phone as new and you will lose all your data unfortunately. If you have your contacts on icloud then those will come back once you put your apple id and password in the phone.
Settling this once and for all.  Let's pretend that I've forgotten my unlock code.
I just connected my iPhone4 to my computer.  Battery was low, so I saw a popup stating that the iPhone could not be recognized.
iPhoto launched immediately and began to import all my pictures.
After about 10-minutes, the battery icon was replaced by the unlock screen and the iPhone was recognized by itunes.
Sync began to update changes to playlists since my last manual sync.  I still have not intiated any actions since connecting the iPhone.
Once playlists were synced, I selected to create a manual backup.  I did need to enter the "forgotten" code in order to complete the backup.  In a real scenario, I'd have had to use my backup from a week ago - also with the same unlock code.
Once backup completed, I selected "Restore Backup."  I'm typing these notes as things are happening.  If all goes as i suspect, my iPhone will aloome access to the opning icon page without a passcode.  "Time remaining, about 5 minutes."  I first looked at the clock on the cable box ten minutes ago.  I'll estimate the process at around 15 minutes for completion.
"The settings for your iPhone have been restored. Please leave your iPhone connected. It will appear in the iTunes window after it restarts."
And the winner is. . .   iPhone Requires Unlock Code!
Good thing I'm not a gambler (especialy in this town) I'd have lost some cash on that one.
Your mistake was selecting "Restore Backup". If you had selected "Restore iPhone" instead it would have made a current backup, restored iOS, restore the backup and removed the lock code.

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