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Nov 30, 2010 10:04 AMby Ingo2711,Restrictions
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If you forget your passcode, you must restore the iPhone software from iTunes. See “Updating and Restoring iPhone Software” on page 252.
copied from http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPhone_iOS4_UserGuide.pdf , page 200
Restoring: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
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Nov 30, 2010 12:05 PMby jjkboswell,Thanks for the restore docs reference. I just complete a full restore and chose a backup to restore as per the instructions, and my iPhone still has the Restrictions locked.
Please, how do you remove the restrictions without losing all data forever? There must be a way to reset the iPhone but still restore my apps and their data.
Thanks
Boz -
Nov 30, 2010 12:40 PMby jjkboswell,But, it can be easily defeated! Just restore the iPhone and don't restore from a backup. Then sync apps, music and photos and you're away again, minus settings (and possibly other stuff, but I've yet to find out what).
Let's be realistic here, the restrictions are to prevent kids downloading unsavouries or racking up in-app purchases. My kids could do that by following the handy guide in the link above.
For me, the inconvenience of losing iPhone settings is significant, but for the kids wanting to bypass pesky parental controls and download skin pics, what do they care if the settings go?
Flawed. -
Nov 30, 2010 1:50 PMby jjkboswell,You're right, there's 4 digit codes for many things in life, the iPhone passcode, restrictions passcode, my credit card pin, my access codes for work, ebay pin, paypal pin etc.
I'm not stupid enough to use a single 4 digit passcode for everything and so I did the correct thing and I have different codes. This particular one I didn't have recorded anywhere it seems. So I could try all my codes, but Apple decided that I must wait 1, 5, 15 and then 60 minutes between each attempt. Thanks Apple. So I could go through the rest of my codes, one every hour, or I could try and work out how to restore my phone.
I know, I'll use 1 code for all, and write it down somewhere safe, like on my iPhone case.
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Nov 30, 2010 1:46 PMby Graham Outterside,jjkboswell wrote:
But, it can be easily defeated! Just restore the iPhone and don't restore from a backup. Then sync apps, music and photos and you're away again, minus settings (and possibly other stuff, but I've yet to find out what).
Not so easily defeated - now the person needs the phone and the original laptop (which will probably be password protected) so its not an issue when most losses occur just by people losing a phone. -
Nov 30, 2010 1:53 PMby jjkboswell,This is not a loss issue, the iPhone passcode is for protecting against loss and theft. This is the Restrictions passcode, which like I said is a parental control to stop kids or other users of the phone access skin pics and in-app purchases. Therefore the people who might want to bypass the Restriction are the people who live with the person who owns the iPhone, and hence is likely to have access to the same computer.
Like I said, be realistic, this is a parental control only, not fort knox. -
Nov 30, 2010 1:56 PMby Graham Outterside,jjkboswell wrote:
Therefore the people who might want to bypass the Restriction are the people who live with the person who owns the iPhone, and hence is likely to have access to the same computer......
Like I said, be realistic, .......
If thats what you think you are protecting against, you should have the computer passcode protected to prevent inappropriate surfing in which case the iTunes account for the iPhone should be locked out.
So if true you would have much bigger problems than a passcode on a phone.
