How to reset forgotten Restrictions password with iPhone restore?

<key>SBParentalControlsFailedAttempts</key>

<integer>0</integer>

<dict>

<key>countryCode</key>

<string>us</string>

</dict>

<key>SBParentalControlsPIN</key>

<string>1234</string>

i've changed the number of wrong attempts. and after adding the the string as u wrote i'm getting an error

"FOUND NON-KEY INSIDE <DICT> AT LINE 58"

Kindly Help me...

thanks in advance.. 🙂

<key>SBParentalControlsFailedAttempts</key>

<integer>0</integer>

<dict>

<key>countryCode</key>

<string>us</string>

</dict>

<key>SBParentalControlsPIN</key>

<string>1234</string>

i've changed the number of wrong attempts. and after adding the the string as u wrote i'm getting an error

"FOUND NON-KEY INSIDE <DICT> AT LINE 58"

Kindly Help me...

thanks in advance.. 🙂

Follow these directions provided by Tomjr260- Great job, THANK YOU!

1) Download iBackupBot [http://www.icopybot.com/itunes-backup-manager.htm]

2) Backup iPhone/iPod/iPad to iTunes

3) Close iTunes (leave your device plugged in to your computer)

4) Open iBackupBot

5) Select your backup from the left column

6) Navigate to "Library/Preferences/com.apple.springboard.plist" (there may be two files named this; try them both) and double-click to open

7) If the backup is from iOS 4.X or lower then you should be able to find "<key>SBParentalControlsPIN</key>" somewhere in this file and your passcode will be below this line.

If your backup is iOS 5 or higher, then continue on.

8) Look for and change the string for "SBParentalControlsFailedAttempts" to 0

9) Add in "<key>SBParentalControlsPIN</key>

<string>1234</string>" (without the quotes)

After

"<dict>

<key>countryCode</key>

<string>us</string>

</dict>"

10) Click save

11) Close out of that file

12) Click restore backup/file to iPhone/iPod Touch (the icon of an iPhone and a blue arrow) located under the menu bar in iBackupBot

13) After restore is done and phone restarts the password should be 1234.

Hi All

Tomjr260 it seems that iBackupBot for Mac free trial now blocks using their program to do this. When I tried it today they said I had to pay for their program. I can't remmeber the exact wording but would allow me to save the changes you have suggested. Unless I am doing something wrong.

Any suggestion?

Thanks so much

Paula

Sorry I mucked up a post earlier by knocking the reply button before I editted it.

So iBackupBot for Mac free trial now blocks using their program to do this. When I tried it today they said I had to pay for their program. I can't remmeber the exact wording but would NOT allow me to save the changes you have suggested. Unless I am doing something wrong.

Any suggestion?

Thanks so much

Paula

Tomjr260 Thank you so very much - I was lost without iMessages but your post helped be remove the restrictions on my phone which strangely happened when I changed from a UK SIM to an Egypt SIM. You are a star!!!

When i try restoring it keeps saying error-36 why is this happening?

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694#error36

Your antivirus or firewall is stopping the update to protect you. Try disabling them.

I found that iBackupBot free version could not restore the device.

However you can edit the PLIST with the free PLIST editor,

then import it into the backup file using iBackupBot.

Then use iTunes to restore the device from the now edited

backup. This worked for me two days ago with the most

recent trial version of iBackupBot.

Thanks Lawrence all fixed

Great stuff! works like a charm.

iPod verion 6.0.1

Thank you!!

Hi Piusfelix

Can you please expand on

Piusfelix wrote:

Piusfelix wrote:

I found that iBackupBot free version could not restore the device.

However you can edit the PLIST with the free PLIST editor,

then import it into the backup file using iBackupBot.

Then use iTunes to restore the device from the now edited

backup. This worked for me two days ago with the most

recent trial version of iBackupBot.

Where is the free PLIST editor etc....? Sorry I am new to this stuff.

Can you tell me step by step newbie style?

Thanks so much

Paula

Hi Piusfelix

Sorry I forgot to mention I have a mac. So nembie mac instructions would be so awesome. Is it possible to ask the impossible that being can this be done without paying for programmes? so for free.

Thanks

Paula

Hi all

ive had the same problem everyone is going on about. I changed my restriction passcode ages ago to stop the kids buying in app games etc.

I have followed out the details above and i even paid for the full version of ibackupbot but now thats all been done i was so excited to finally get over this issue however im getting two error codes coming up, not together mind you numbers 35 and 36.

Ive made sure my security/firewall was disabled and it is not really sure on what to do next please can someone help.

I have the iphone 4S and using the mac book air if that helps.

Thanks in advance :-)

I'm not exactly sure what to do for those errors, however I found this article on apple website with a list of error codes and what causes them. Here is the link: http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3694