Recover Pictures from an iPad

In resolving a lost/forgotten iPad Passcode, you will have effectively and irretrievably erased all locally stored data. You must now resolve the Activation Lock that will otherwise prevent reuse of the iPad.

Once successfully activated, an existing iCloud or iTunes backup (that may include photos and data not previously saved to iCloud storage) can be restored to the iPad - which may recover data that will otherwise be beyond reach.

Here are the Apple support pages that outline the Activation Lock - and the only mechanisms by which it can be turned off:

Activation Lock for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

Turn off Activation Lock – Apple Support

As you will discover, unless you are the owner of the AppleID that was last used to activate the device, you’ll not be able to defeat or bypass the Activation Lock. With documentary evidence that you are the original owner (such as sales receipt showing the serial number), Apple may be prepared to assist - otherwise they and nobody here will be able to help you.

If you have the necessary documentation, Apple have recently introduced a new portal though which you may be able to request release of an Activation Lock:

How to remove Activation Lock - Apple Support & start an Activation Lock support request.

However, recovery of the AppleID credentials should be possible…

If you have forgotten your AppleID or associated password, these can be recovered here:

https://iforgot.apple.com/

To recover your credentials, you’ll need access to any one of the following:

• Your primary email address mailbox that corresponds with your AppleID
• Any of the secondary/recovery email addresses that should be configured for your AppleID account
• Any of the trusted telephone numbers (fixed line or Cellular/Mobile) that are associated with your AppleID

Unless you AppleID account has not been fully/correctly configured, or has been seriously neglected, recovery of the AppleID and password should not be difficult.

More information about recovery of your AppleID:

If you forgot your Apple ID - Apple Support

More information about recovery of your AppleID password:

If you forgot your Apple ID password - Apple Support

When you recover access to your credentials, you would be well advised to log-in to your AppleID account from a web browser - and verify/update any email addresses and trusted telephone numbers:

https://appleid.apple.com/

Let the iPad go through its start up until you get to the Activation Lock screen, again, then input the Apple ID account email and password.

If this is already too late for this, then your iPad will just continue through with the entire new device setup procedures with the data on this iPad already permanently lost/gone

QuickSilver56 wrote:

I would like to log into the iPad but, when I power it on, it launches a Hello screen. It appears to be starting Setup.

I would like to abort the Setup and log into the iPad. Is there a way to accomplish this?

With the iPad showing the initial hello screen, any data/files/photos previously locally saved on the iPad have been irretrievably lost from local storage - and cannot be directly recovered.

You must proceed with setup of the iPad from the “hello” screen using the existing AppleID. During the setup process, if an iCloud backup exists for the iPad, you will have opportunity to restore the backup to the iPad; all data associated with the iCloud backup will be restored to the iPad - and if the iPad backup settings previously included Photos within the iCloud backup, the photos will also be restored.