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Q: Lost Password to iPhone Backup

Actually, I don't recall ever setting one.  Now however, I have a new phone and cannot restore it from the backup, as there it prompts me for a password I don't have!  I tried all the ones I've used for my iPhone and pretty much every other one of which I can think, all to no avail.  I need the data in the back up.  But I can't get to it.  I've already tried the keychain route to no avail.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  I have a MacBook Pro running Mac OSX 10.6.7 and iTunes 10.2.2.  The iPhone is an iPhone 4.

iPhone 4

Posted on May 31, 2011 9:28 PM

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  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Jan 27, 2016 2:05 PM in response to FuschiaFox
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    Jan 27, 2016 2:05 PM in response to FuschiaFox

    FuschiaFox wrote:

     

    Same thing. This is horrible! It's doing more harm than good really. Apple *****, I've been wanting to get a Droid for months. I know the feel.

    What would be doing more harm than good would be to tell users their content was secure when it really wasn't.

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Jan 27, 2016 2:07 PM in response to Philly_Phan
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    Jan 27, 2016 2:07 PM in response to Philly_Phan

    If it does, I won't ever touch a droid.

  • by random42,

    random42 random42 Jan 27, 2016 3:37 PM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Jan 27, 2016 3:37 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

    Yes, iCloud appears to be the only option.

    I went to apple store to invite them to use a computer of their own that I'd never touched to try the backup/restore with iTunes,

    they told me to use iCloud ;-)

    So I gave up and did that.

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Jan 27, 2016 3:41 PM in response to random42
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    Jan 27, 2016 3:41 PM in response to random42

    random42 wrote:

     

    Yes, iCloud appears to be the only option.

    I went to apple store to invite them to use a computer of their own that I'd never touched to try the backup/restore with iTunes,

    they told me to use iCloud ;-)

    So I gave up and did that.

    I already explained why using a computer that was never backed up to would still created a passcoded backup, but I guess you just post without reading replies.

  • by kbh1,

    kbh1 kbh1 Jan 31, 2016 10:59 AM in response to buckeye89
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    Jan 31, 2016 10:59 AM in response to buckeye89

    Hi all. I figured it out. Try your older apple ID passwords. the restore is looking for the original apple ID password. I also tried restoring the phone again and using the backup but the password was still not being recognized. I used one of my older apple ID passwords and it worked.

  • by madmaz99,

    madmaz99 madmaz99 Feb 4, 2016 3:06 PM in response to shautzeetigeroreo22
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    Feb 4, 2016 3:06 PM in response to shautzeetigeroreo22

    Thanks... your suggestion helped me

     

    I logged in with my gmail password, which i'm pretty certain I wouldn't have used as a password because I never use it for anything and had to think for a minute to even remember what the password was

  • by ayoubsa,

    ayoubsa ayoubsa Feb 12, 2016 11:32 AM in response to Senni
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    Feb 12, 2016 11:32 AM in response to Senni

    It worked! Can't thank you enough!

  • by prometheus75,

    prometheus75 prometheus75 Mar 8, 2016 1:12 PM in response to random42
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    Mar 8, 2016 1:12 PM in response to random42

    I solve this problem very unusual way. I tried to do all suggestions. but all of them failed.

    there is a problem in my iphone. I applied to the help desk but before I go I backed it up. but I saw that help desk was restored the iphone to the initial format. I've lost all my data. I thought that, I can recover from my backup. But itunes asked me to write password. non of my old/new passwords worked. I decided to change the strategy. I unchecked the "encrypt backup" first, then I tried to restore with useless passwords, then, I checked "encrypt backup" then itunes asked me to enter new passwords twice, I entered new password. then it started to backup my phone, but I disconnected the iphone, then itunes terminated the backup process. then I tried to restore from old backup. it asked the password again, I wrote the new password and luckily it worked:)

  • by uruibee,

    uruibee uruibee Mar 8, 2016 7:11 PM in response to JZForever
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    Mar 8, 2016 7:11 PM in response to JZForever

    JZForever wrote:

     

    Here is how to recover iPhone backup password on a Mac:

     

    When you enter your password to encrypt your Iphone backup on your Mac it stores the backup password on your macs keychain.

     

    Click on help on the main desktop to find where your keychain passwords are stored.

     

    Look for the iPhone backup password.

     

    To reveal it, it will ask you for the login password for your Mac.

     

    Viola - there's your backup's password.

     

    End of thread.

    This is one of the benefits to store important accounts on keychain. However, this only works on Mac. For Windows users, the only solution is to find the right password to unlock backup file.

  • by Ilya from Tokyo,

    Ilya from Tokyo Ilya from Tokyo Mar 11, 2016 5:19 AM in response to buckeye89
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    Mar 11, 2016 5:19 AM in response to buckeye89

    I got the same problem. Swapped my iphone in Apple store, got home and tried to restore the backup.

    Itunes asked for the password. I did not recall setting any so  I panicked, came to this forums and the others alike, tried all my passwords, all the solutions mentioned here - nothing worked. Even started looking at password cracking software.

     

    I was battling this problem for the past three days when a coworker asked me if I tried entering the password with capslock on. And....IT DID IT! In the end it was my regular itunes password BUT WITH CAPSLOCK TURNED ON!!!! Try it!

     

    There are many theories here, people suggesting trying different passwords, pass codes etc. There is no secret here, there is no bug - YOU SET THAT PASSWORD! Just try entering the password you usually use, try with/without capslock, all registers and you will get it. Remember, it is something you set yourself! Meditate for 30 min, remember it and enter it! Hope that helps.

  • by lasublime,

    lasublime lasublime Mar 20, 2016 1:44 PM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Mar 20, 2016 1:44 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

    Don't know exactly what it was in what you said that made me finally try my password for my external backup disc, but I did and it work. I never entered that as my passcode and I would never have thought of using it , but bingo it worked.

  • by Starfish1980,

    Starfish1980 Starfish1980 Mar 24, 2016 12:15 PM in response to kbh1
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    Mar 24, 2016 12:15 PM in response to kbh1

    Thank you!!! It worked !!! Luckily I still remember old password!!! I have never set up passcode for the backup!!

  • by zioncanyon,

    zioncanyon zioncanyon Mar 27, 2016 7:06 PM in response to kbh1
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    Mar 27, 2016 7:06 PM in response to kbh1

    This was very frustrating.  I never set a password for the backup.  I repeat:  I never set a password for the backup.  ITunes chose the password for me.  It was my old apple ID password.  I just changed it two months ago, but luckily I remember it.  Again, the password for a backup just created today was my old apple password from two months ago, and I never told iTunes to do that. 

  • by Philly_Phan,

    Philly_Phan Philly_Phan Mar 27, 2016 7:12 PM in response to zioncanyon
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    Mar 27, 2016 7:12 PM in response to zioncanyon

    zioncanyon wrote:

     

    This was very frustrating.  I never set a password for the backup.  I repeat:  I never set a password for the backup.  ITunes chose the password for me.  It was my old apple ID password.  I just changed it two months ago, but luckily I remember it.  Again, the password for a backup just created today was my old apple password from two months ago, and I never told iTunes to do that.

    Your post is very frustrating.  iTunes does not set passwords.  I repeat: iTunes does not set passwords.  iTunes does not choose passwords.  Again, the password was not just created today if it existed two months ago and iTunes never did anything.

  • by oraz331,

    oraz331 oraz331 Apr 2, 2016 7:42 AM in response to Favete
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    Apr 2, 2016 7:42 AM in response to Favete

    thanks for ur sugestion dude

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