ipod touch says it is disabled, belongs to a friends daughter and she forgot the password.....HELP

ipod touch says it is disabled. It belongs to a friends daughter and she forgot the password. Please help!

Posted on May 9, 2011 8:26 PM

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May 9, 2011 10:40 PM in response to dhana from myrtle beach

To circumvent a forgotten passcode you will need to put the iPod into Recovery Mode and restore it in iTunes. This will remove the software and content from the iPod.



To put your iPod into recovery mode:


1. Make sure the iPod is connected to a computer with iTunes installed on it.

2. Hold down the sleep/wake button(top button) and the home button at the same time until the iPod screen goes black then shows the apple logo(usually 10-15 seconds).

3. Once the apple logo appears on the screen, let go of the sleep/wake button and keep holding the home button.

4. A dialog box will appear in iTunes that states an iPod in recovery mode has been detected if you are successful and the iPod screen will show the iTunes logo and a USB cable.

5. Click ok, then click the Restore button


After that you can start re-downloading apps from the App Store to get the content back onto the iPod.


I hope that this is helpful.

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