IOS 5 Update encrypted my backup, WTH is the password????

Ugh, can't believe this happened.

Updated my iPad2 to iOS5, backup went smoothly, I was never asked for an encryption password nor the encryption option was checked.

Update went smoothly but now I can't get my data or apps back because the restore is asking for a password, so far none of this have worked:

- apple id (complete mail)

- apple id (before the @)

- login name

- 12345, 11111, 00000 (and a whole bunch of other numbers)

- givememydatabackyoufrickenpieceofsoftware

Hope we get an official reply to this issue soon, there are tons of people out there with the same problem.

Yes, that's the only way. Apple have to present a solution. It's a software bug. Maybe they are good designers, but the question is, if all my data is safe and if it's a good idea to leave any information in the hands of iCloud, iXyz, iDontKnow!

On the other hand, I think about, how many sh... was on the iPhone. Contacts I've not used over many times. They didn't call me, I didn't call them. Notes over bands, music, wine and so on. I've only collected this, but never used. If in the end of the game, I will loose all this stuff, it's a pitty that I loose some good pictures of Chico Ocaña my favorite flamenco singer, but I've learned some very important things. I felt to need iPhone and all these apps and collected information. That's not true. I'm free! iThings make me to be a slave. I've to start thinking in a new way. That's what I've learned.

My brother had this problem. It wound up being his email password that worked. My suggestion would to be to just try every password you've ever used on the device, starting with your Apple ID password, then moving through your mail/contacts/calendars passwords, then through app passwords.

I have been wasting so many hours and so much energy on this issue..

I've tried every **** password in my looong list of passwords, but still nothing.

This weekend I planned to update all my units (iPhone, iPad and MacBook Pro)

before start using iCloud - to really secure my stuff!!!! Very **** smart!

Started with my iPhone, and now I do not even dare to plug my iPad to my mac..

I have saved a 7,5 GB backup folder.. I NEED ACCESS!!

Apple: Please help out ! Seriously !

I agree -- HELP!!!!!

I have never encrypted my backup file. Now it is encrypted. I have lost all sorts of important data with this upgrade. I have been trying every password I can think of -- no go. Help!

Thanks for the info! After searching for hours online I found your note to use my computer login password, and THAT WORKED!

Updated my iPhone 4, my dad's iPad 2, sister's iPhone 4 everything was fine until my sister's iPad, so the password ended up being her previous (old) apple password that she cahnged over 6 months ago.. Weid...first problem I've had with apple...

I've been struggling the whole day today trying out each and every password that I had ever used in the past 15 years!!!!

Apple,

This is highly frustrating!!!! You better help us get out of this mess asap!!!

I have a same problem, never encrypted backup file but ask for password on restaore,

please help, a lot of important data i lost.

I have had the same issue, called Apple Care and they didn't have an answer. I have tried every password under the sun I could think of. Really annoyed and in the dog house becuase it has worked on everything except my wife's backup file is now locked and nevery encrypted it! Any one? Apple?

I just upgraded to iOS5 and the password for the backup was the one from a TrueCrypt drive on my PC. It then proceeded with the restore -- although it did say that "iTunes was interrupted" and I had to click on "continue" to continue the restore. Then the restore completed, phone rebooted, and now it looks like all is well. A minor heart-attack averted. In the middle of the restore the phone reboots and you have to answer a few questions on the phone itself. Then it restores all your apps, music, and videos.

I did this too!!

Go into your iTunes account settings and change your password, the new password works!!! 🙂

I changed my password in iTunes account settings, the new password worked from my mystery back up password. Hope this works!!!

I have the same problem with the password and I tried all passwords I used before. It worked with one of my password which is the passcode in my iPhone 3GS. But then another problem came and iTunes is saying that

"an error occured while restoring this iPhone (-1)

I restored to factory settings and tried to restore back up again, the same problem.

I NEED MY DATA!!!! HEEEELP!!!!

Alpha

It is the password that you use to login to your local machine/computer.

This is not cool.

If iTune wants to encrypt the backup, that's fine, I have no problem with it. but at least let me know that they are encrypting it and let me choose my own password!

What's next? Lock my iPod after each sync and let me guess what the password could be?!