What password is used to restore a backup to an iphone

what password is used to restore a backup to an iphone

Hey lrh666,
Thanks for the question. If I understand correctly, when you are trying to restore it is asking you for a password. Did you enable Encrypt iPhone backup? I would recommend that you read this article, it may be able to help the issue.
Create and delete iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch backups in iTunes - Apple Support
Encrypted backups
When your backup is encrypted, you'll need to enter the password when you enable or disable encryption or when you restore from the backup.
Make sure that the password you use is one that you'll remember. If you encrypt an iPhone backup in iTunes and forget your password, you won't be able to restore from backup, and your data will be unrecoverable.
If you can't remember the password and want to start again, you must perform a full software restore and choose set up as a new device when iTunes prompts you to select the backup from which to restore.
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Have a great day,
Mario

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=> ex_spy_guy
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