Whats is my backup password

need to know my backup password i restored my whole ipod!1
either start as a new ipod or restore it? wil all my music be on there still??

How would we know your backup password? If you wish to restore your iPod and not lose anything that you had when you backed it up before restoring, then choose the Restore option. If you choose the other then you end up with an iPod as if brand new. If you don't have the iPod backed up then you'le lose whatever is on it.

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Help here > iOS: Troubleshooting encrypted backups

What is a backup password?

Help me! I was trying to upload my Iphone and the I lost all my contats, how can I get them back if I don't remeber setting any I tunes backup password?

The backup is probably password proctected. You might have checked the option without knowing it.

What is the backup password

I was updating my iPod Touch to the 5.1.1 and at the end when i got a question saying "Enter the password to unlock your iPod Background" I tried my Apple ID password but that didn't work, WHAT DOES THIS MEANS? I'm sooooo confused?
Please help? xx

It sounds like for some reason iTunes assigned a password to your iPod backup. If you do not know the passcode, then you will have to restore to factory settings/new iPod.
Try other passwords that you used on the the iPod such as the screen-lock passcode.
Some other users have reported the same problem of iTunes just asking for a password.

What is my backup password

i just tried to update my iphone and it told me to back up which i then did only now to find it needs a password to get all my stuff back!! what is this password?

It is whatever you set it at. If you have an Exchange account on the phone, the administrators can require encrypted backups. It may be set to your Exchange password.

I made a backup for my old iphone 4 on my computer and now i want to restore my data to my new iphone 5 but i forgot the backup password. what should i do?

i made a backup for my old iphone 4 on my computer and now i want to restore my data to my new iphone 5 but i forgot the backup password. what should i do?

you can't recover iOS crypted backup password, for security purposes. your backup is useless. sorry.
if you still have your old iPhone, make a new back-up

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

TS4585 I forget my backup encription password what should i do to reset my iphone 5 encription backup password

what can i do to reset my iphone 5 encription backup password?

I'm afraid you can't. If you cannot remember the password, you will not be able to use the backup. (That's why it was encrypted, so no one could use it without knowing the password.)

I forgot my backup password and now i can't access my backup so please help me what to do

i forgot my backup password so what i hAVE to do

I have used the “iPhone Backup Password Unlocker” to reset my forgotten encrypted iPhone backup password Windows! It is unbelievable for me! Just 3 easy steps! Now, all my contact address, call logs, etc. are back!

HI. I have forgotten my backup password and im almost all the way through upgrading to ios5 and icloud. ive had three guesses.. scared to have four. Can anyone tellme what to do? i think it is too far in to press cancel!

Hi, I hope I can find a bright young person here. I have forgotten my backup password and i'm almost all the way through upgrading to ios5 and icloud. ive had three guesses.. scared to have four. Can anyone tellme what to do? i think it is too far in to press cancel!

No one can help you with that. You will have to remember it or you won't be able to activate the device, sorry.
https://www.apple.com/support/icloud/account/

WHAT IS BACKUP PASSWORD/, WHAT IS BACKUP PASSWORD/

WHAT IS BACKUP PASSWORD?

I love the answer of "you must have put a password". How about this theory, a glitch in iTunes which when selecting "encrypt", it doesn’t prompt for a password. So, the contents are encrypted with no password. But, the pickle is when restoring an encrypted backup, a password is required. This is what I call a software glitch. I called apple support last night and I think one of the supervisors, Brian, will pass this information to the engineers.
The solution to this problem would include allowing restoration of encrypted backups with blank password.
After doing some research, I have another method which I am going to test. I am going to create a password when doing a backup. I am assuming that the password is stored internally in the phone. Then once the password is set, I will try to recover the backup with the lost password.
Last resort is using all passwords which have been used. This includes pass code for phone new and old, apple id passwords old and new, all windows stored passwords new and old ( log in, email, wireless, fb, etc ).
In either case, this seems to be a common issue which Apple is not taking the initiate to resolve. It is always assumed that the users put a password and then forgot which is not the case.
It should also be noted that it is against their policy to provide means to compromise encrypted backups which could be used maliciously.
I do applaud Apple support though, they speak clear English, they are courteous, and they are professional even when they don’t know how to resolve your issue.
My long term goal after this mess is not to encrypt the backup, rather keep the backup encrypted with other means like Truecrypt.

Anyone have any idea what to do if you can't remember backup password for iPone in iTunes?

I can't remember my backup password in iTunes. No problem at present as everythings working fine, but useless if something does go wrong. Wonder if I can delete the old backup and start again or if it will still remember old password. No sign of the password in Keychain utilities.

Copied from: iTunes: About iOS backups
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.

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Drmyls wrote:
How do i retrieve my backup password in my ipod touch
Which Backup Password are you refering to..?
Perhaps it is this...?
iTunes and encrypted backups > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946

Updated iPad2 with OS5 but forget backup password, how do I retrieve password or go back to before update since I saved password on iPad

Updated ipad2 with OS5 but forget my backup password, can I reset from previous setting and try again since my password is somewhere on my iPad?

If you want to restore to a backup then you need to know what the password for that backup is - so no, you are stuck in a loop, as in order to find your password that you've got stored in that backup, you will need to enter the password so that you can restore to that backup

I forgot my encrypted ipad backup password

I forgot my encrypted ipad backup password in itunes - ok but I know my ipad pass so I figured I'd just go to prefs >> devices, delete the old backup, and then just redo a whole backup and set a new pass. Should be simple, right? Nope! Stupid itunes keeps asking me for my **** old backup password... I don't know what it is, I just want to make that go away and have it do an entirely new backup! How do I do that?

You must restore the iPad as a new device, there is no way around it. If you delete the old backup and try to backup again, the backup will still be encrypted.
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.
Copied from here.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4946

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