What to do , i forgot my encrypt backup password

what to do , i forgot my encrypt backup password......? pls help
i want to change it or re set it or de activate it ...?

Warning: If you encrypt an iPhone backup in iTunes and then forget your password, you will not be able to restore from backup and your data will be unrecoverable. If you forget the password, you can continue to back up and use the device, however you will not be able to restore the encrypted backup to any device without the password. You do not need to enter the password for your backup each time you back up or sync.
If you cannot remember the password and want to start again, you must perform a full software restore and when iTunes prompts you to select the backup from which to restore, choose set up as a new device.
The above comes from this article:
iTunes: About iOS backups

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If I forgot my "Encrypted backup password" can I make backup on icloud and restore it again on another iphone without asking about the forgotten encrypted password ?

I Did encrypted backup to my iphone to save passowrds and all things on itunes and i forgot it now and tried everything I could remember and can't remember the password. Now I wanna backup my iphone again on icloud if I backed up my iphone and need to restore from icloud backup again is it will ask for the same forgotten password ?

Thanks Brett L,
Thanks for your reply. I'll read this article and I wish it helps. Have a good day too Brett L. Another question please when we backup to itunes its approximately (12 GB my backup) and in restoring apps downloaded back from computer but in icloud its only 5 GB I have so this apps will be downloaded from beginning but with my data right ? Which means in this case it will not difference which backup I do cause in two cases i'll have what i need, is this right ?
Many Thanks, Brett L.
K_M_K

HT4946 i forgot the encrypted backup password

I dont know what password i kept for encrypted back-up

Delete the backup, there is no way to break the encryption.

Encrypt backup password

Hello Folks,
I am not very good with forums so please excuse my language.
I have an iPhone 5 which i got unlocked from AT&T and was doing Restore iPhone. I forgot the encrypt backup password. Now my phone is getting restored to last BackUp done on icloud which is from 4 months ago. Please tell me how can I get into my most current backup. I am using the most current ios.
Thanks for all your input.

If you have an encrypted backup, the only way to use that backup is to remember the password. If you cannot remember the password, you will have to delete that backup and create a new one. If you have already restored the phone, you will only be able to use the latest un-encrypted backup to restore with if you cannot remember the password.

HT5262 i forgot my iPhone Backup password and want to move all informations from last backup to new iPhone

i forgot my iPhone Backup password and want to move all informations from last backup to new iPhone... what to do?

Welcome to the Apple community Adnant96.
If you can't remember the password, reset it at...
iForgot.com

"How to Unlock iPad encrypted Backup -Password When Forgoten?"

"How to Unlock iPad encrypted Backup -Password When Forgoten?"
I can't remember my password for the encrypted backup.

Look at this link http://osxdaily.com/2013/06/26/recover-lost-encrypted-backup-password-ios/
 Cheers, Tom

TS2529 I forgot the restore backup password. how can I back up?

I forgot the restore backup password. how can I back up?

When you say iphone backup password are you talking about Apple ID or do you have an itunes backup and have put a code on it...if it's Apple ID you simply need to reset you Apple ID Apple at I forgot.apple.com...if it's itunes backup code unfortunately there's no way around it access for that code

TS3274 Restored but forgot my iPad backup password

So I restored my iPad as I forgot my unlock code for the first time and then I restored the iPad. Now I'm being asked to give my backup password and of course I have no idea as it was some time ago. HELP!!!

If you can't remember the backup's password then you won't be able to use that backup - from http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946 (which applies to iPads as well as iPhones) :
Warning: If you encrypt an iPhone backup in iTunes and then forget your password, you will not be able to restore from backup and your data will be unrecoverable. If you forget the password, you can continue to back up and use the device, however you will not be able to restore the encrypted backup to any device without the password. You do not need to enter the password for your backup each time you back up or sync.
If you cannot remember the password and want to start again, you must perform a full software restore and when iTunes prompts you to select the backup from which to restore, choose set up as a new device.

HT1766 how to recover my encrypted backup password

how to recover my encrypted backup password

There's no way to recover a password if you forget. If you are using a Mac and you have enabled Keychain to store your password backup, you can use it.
Otherwise, you can still do backups but to restore from backup you need the password.
Warning: If you encrypt an iPhone backup in iTunes and then forget your password, you will not be able to restore from backup and your data will be unrecoverable. If you forget the password, you can continue to back up and use the device, however you will not be able to restore the encrypted backup to any device without the password. You do not need to enter the password for your backup each time you back up or sync.
If you cannot remember the password and want to start again, you must perform a full software restore and when iTunes prompts you to select the backup from which to restore, choose set up as a new device.

Encrypt Backup Password Problem

I checked the option to encrpyt the back up using a password. Any password I try cannot be used - I've tried my itunes password and a variety of others - I just keep getting a message saying the password cannot be set. It worked fine until a couple of days ago. Any ideas?

Yeah I just noticed I have the same issue. Google and Bing search doesn't help much either but I did land on this Apple Support page:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
To summarize:
WARNING: If you encrypt an iPhone backup in iTunes and then forget your password, you will not be able to restore from backup and your data will be unrecoverable. If you forget the password you can continue to do backups and use the device, however you will not be able to restore the encrypted backup to any device without the password.
If you cannot remember the password and want to start again, you will have to do a full software restore of the device, erasing all data.
But to be honest, I don't recall even setting a password for any kind of encryption backup. Even if I did, I would know since I use a set of passwords for everything... Was there a bug in iTunes since the new update?
Message was edited by: haotan

TS3683 lost my encrypted backup password

I've lost my "Encrypted Local Backup" password. I can't restore my Ipad... please help me...
Thanking you
Netbugg

It's not stored anywhere, so unless you can remember it or find where you write it down, then you won't be able to restore to that backup. From http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946 (which applies to iPads as well as iPhones) :
Warning: If you encrypt an iPhone backup in iTunes and then forget your password, you will not be able to restore from backup and your data will be unrecoverable. If you forget the password, you can continue to back up and use the device, however you will not be able to restore the encrypted backup to any device without the password. You do not need to enter the password for your backup each time you back up or sync.
If you cannot remember the password and want to start again, you must perform a full software restore and when iTunes prompts you to select the backup from which to restore, choose set up as a new device.

HT4436 I forgot my icloud backup password. How do I reset it? (NOT my Apple ID, but the password for my backup)

I completely forgot the password to my icloud backup of my iphone. Had to reset my phone at the apple store today. would deeply love to restore from backup. Help?

You should be signing in with the ID you use to sign into iCloud, not its email address.
If you still have the same issue, try entering the birthday one day earliert if you are not in the USA (time zone difference). Failing that, you will need to contact Support.
To contact Support: if you currently happen to have AppleCare, either because you recently bought Apple hardware or have paid to extend the inititial period, you can contact them here:
http://www.apple.com/support/icloud/contact/
You will need the serial number of the covered hardware.
If you are not covered by AppleCare, then - in common with other free email services - there is no free support (MobileMe Support is no longer available) and you will probably be asked to pay a fee - you could try asking them to handle it free, sometimes they do.

URGENT! Encrypted backup password recovery on a Mac?

I just upgraded to 5.0 on my iPod 3rd Gen and lost everything except music! I lost all my notes, photos (!!), contacts, apps and everything. I'm literally on the verge of tears here because I had 3 years worth of data in there. I thought I could restore it using backup data BUT I lost the password (i set it up 2+ years ago on a whim, totally my mistake and should have remembered it...) and now whenever it prompts me to enter, I can never get it. I have tried everything but I just cant seem to get it.
I tried using some software like Elcomsoft but it is only avilable for Windows and I have a Macbook Pro. Is there any way around this? Any way I could retreive my backups or crack that password? I have tried everything. Please help!

I just upgraded to 5.0 on my iPod 3rd Gen and lost everything except music! I lost all my notes, photos (!!), contacts, apps and everything. I'm literally on the verge of tears here because I had 3 years worth of data in there. I thought I could restore it using backup data BUT I lost the password (i set it up 2+ years ago on a whim, totally my mistake and should have remembered it...) and now whenever it prompts me to enter, I can never get it. I have tried everything but I just cant seem to get it.
I tried using some software like Elcomsoft but it is only avilable for Windows and I have a Macbook Pro. Is there any way around this? Any way I could retreive my backups or crack that password? I have tried everything. Please help!

HT201269 Restore backup password

hey
im am trying to restore to a new i phone 5S a backup i made from another iphon earlier today
when tryng there is a message pooping on i tunes saying "enter the password to unlock your iphone backup"
i of curse didnt made a password for the back up
i tried the unlock screen passcod and the apple id passcode and it didnt work.
what should i do??????

so, you lost iPhone 4 backup password, now need restore backup! Take it easy, friend. Now, read thread on how to remove encrypted backup password:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=16602889#post16602889

Encryption of password, then validate PW at login

Hi all!
I am new to java.
I am writing a client server application using JDK 1.3 and I want the user to enter in a user name and password and have my app check the password against the users password stored in a central database. I guess I am looking to understand what is the approach or method that is best to use.
For example, from what I've read I can encrypt the password stored in the DB using a byte-array encryption. I think I understand how to do this. But I am not sure how to "validate" the user's PW at login against it. Does this involve a comparison of hash values?
As you can see, I may really not know what i am talking about. Any guidence or direction to resources on this would be greatly appreciated. Any code samples always appreciated as well.
Thanks.
Eric

Hi, Eric
Just wanted to tell you about two things:
1. While hashing is better than storing the PW as clear text there is a vulnerability if you just hash the PW. You leave your PW database open to a "dictionary" attack. This means that an attacker compiles a dictionary of common passwords and stores the passwords together with their hash values (either SHA-1 or MD5 or whatever it is). He then looks in the PW database for a hash value that matches one in his dictionary. If he finds a match he has the PW.
E.g. the U**X developers saw this problem and added a number called "salt" to the passwd fields. Each PW entry has a unique "salt" value, so that the same clear text PW is never mapped to the same hash. You just store this number together with the PW hash and it's used in calculating the hash from the clear text PW by concatening it to the PW.
It is even better to add still another number, called an "iteration count" to the PW database. This means that you call the hash function a certain number of times to generate the hash, not just only once.
For a good discussion of all this see PKCS#5: http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/pkcs/pkcs-5/index.html
2. Never use client side PW calculations! If one of your users enters a PW into the web form the JavaScript code posted here calculates the MD5 hash and sends it to the server. That's great for an attacker. He just needs to the sniff the network, wait for the user id and the MD5 hash to flow by and then he can use the hash in a "doctored" client which just wants the hash of the PW to be entered instead of the PW itself. So he doesn't even need to know the PW!
It's better to use an TLS/SSL connection to the server and to transfer the PW to the server which creates the hash from the PW. This way an attacker is not able to gain anything from sniffing.
If that is not possible you could use one of the many challenge/response protocols which are quite sophisticated (e.g. RFC 2831). However, they are difficult to implement in a browser environment.
Regards,
Frank

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