How to reset forgotten Restrictions password with iPhone restore?

Russell,

Your solution worked when everything else failed. Absolutely marvelous! It cost me $5 for Type2Phone and a couple hours of my time, but now I have control of my iPad back!!! Hooray!

I won't post the link here, for reasons cited above, but anyone who is interested can find it by searching for Russel's name at MacRumors Forums, posted on 4/4/2013.

I can't thank you enough, Russell. Bravo!

(I wonder how much money I might have spent at the App Store all those months when I was locked out of my iPad's in-app purchases? Silly Apple! I feel sorry for the small developers who get hurt in the cross-fire. I'll stop now before I get banned.)

You're welcome, really glad it worked for you. Maybe you'd be kind enough to post on the YouTube comments, especially if you could share what device and iOS version you used :)

Many thanks. Worked flawlessly. ibackupbot even saved the xml file for me so I didn't have to edit outside of it. My older daughter set up the Restrictions password originally for her younger sister then forgot it altogether. I have an iPhone 4 v6.1.3. Thanks again.

walldogkl and tomhr260 you are the best. it has taken me so long to figure all this out. thanks everyone on here for clearing this up.

Russell!!! You are a certifiable genius!!!!! I've had the passcode issue for months, and nothing worked to recover it. UNTIL NOW! If you're looking for a solution people, follow Russell's advice to the letter. Outstanding work old cheese!!!!!

Thanks walldogkl, your instructions were very helpful!

I did make some slight adjustments after it failed to work the first time.

after step 9:

I clicked the Sync outline button in PlistEdit Pro and then saved it.

After the save I just left Plist open and followed the rest of your instructions. I dont know if that makes any difference but it worked for me after not working the first time.

i have the same problem

i have iphone 4s,6.1.3

how to solve restriction passcode?

You could start by reading the solutions posted already in the thread you just posted to without reading it.

Hi. Thanks for trying to help

People. Very much appreciated. I checked out what was mentioned but how do I so it with a PC?

Cheers to you for trying to help people. Very much appreciated. I tried your solution on 2 devices both iPod touch 4g for over 3 hours with no success. I followed everything to the tee. I even rebackedup to see if the plist was changed and it was. Here is what I did. 1 backed up. 2 closed iTunes. 3 opened ibackupbot. 4 found the backup. 5. Located the file in home domain/library/preferences. 5 exported the springboard plist file to desktop because the built in editor didn't save. 6 opened the file in a plist editor. 7 changed the failed Attempts to 0. 8 added the strings written (copy/ paste) ( had to space the line before pasting so it matched the rest). 9 saved the file. 10

deleted the springboard file in ibackupbot. 11. Imported the newly edited file into the backup. 12 restored the file back to the devices with I backupbot.

Did not work after multiple attempts even though when I backhoes again it showed the new plist file.

The device still showed the same attempted passcodes as before.

The new file is always at the bottom of ibackupbot (don't think that matters).

One of my iPods has a lot more info after the country code thing but I add it in at the end anyway.

Please help.

Thank you very much.

Read my instructions on page 18 and try that. Slightly different from Tomjr's.

Thanks! I tried it again with your instruction and it worked! One change I did though. Before I was copying and pasting from this thread in to the plist editor, this time i typed it directly. Also I'm not sure if before I put in 0 attempts instead of 1 failed attempt. Also I didn't delete the old springboard file, I just replaced it. Anyway Im very happy it worked.

Thank you everyone for your input.

PS Can App data be restored using ibackupbot if I want to restore data from a specific app? Also editing app backup data to change things like points in games etc.?

Thanks walldogkl!!! I spent hours reading posts, backing up data, restoring my phone. In the end, your post was the one that helped me with my problem. Just to make it clear for people who are wondering about versions, I have the most updated version 6.1.3 (10B329), and it still worked.

Apple can't make life easier for its customers. I should really consider Android next time I want to buy a new phone.

"Apple can't make life easier for its customers. I should really consider Android next time I want to buy a new phone."

I highly agree. The only reason I'm dealing with Apple is because the head idiots in some departments here don't understand the limitations they are imposing on their workers with Apple products.

Just one word for Russellely ; genius !