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how to enter recovery mode without home button

hi apple i would be thankful if you help me with my problem

i have a 6gen ipad (WIFI) -A1893- but recently my screen and home button have been damged and i couldnt enter the passcode beause half of the screen is damged so i wanted to use the ipad before fixing it beacuse im not in the uae now so i couldint find an athurised seller i tried to put the ipad in the dfu or recovery mode so i can format it and remove the passode but i didnt manage how to format it without a home button

thanks waiting for your reply

iPad (6th gen) WiFi

Posted on Jan 16, 2023 2:08 AM

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LotusPilot

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Posted on Jan 16, 2023 3:38 AM

It is a common misconception that an iPad (or iPhone) can remain fully functional with damaged or defective physical buttons.

Whilst Accessibility features (such as assistive touch) can be used to augment the User Interface, these features cannot be used as a substitute for physical button sequences that must be used to trigger system recovery actions. Sooner or later, as now, you will encounter a situation from which you cannot recover.

Until repaired, you will not be able to resolve a locked-out or disabled iPad - or reset a forgotten device passcode.

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