iTunes asking for backup password???

I have the exact same problem! Tried every likely password I could think of (Apple account one, computer password, etc) and none of them worked. I have an appointment at genuis bar at local Apple Store, but I have doubts they can even help with this issue. 😟

Be carefull of cap/low caps (that was my mistake).

I just completed a restore and am now getting an error mesage....😕

I copy and pasted my password in to me.com which worked, and the into itunes restore password prompt, and it failed.

same problem here, updated to ios5, never encrypted my backups, tried all password, screenlock passcode, none work. Very annoying as basically historical data msgs contacts are now gone.

Is there some standard password itunes set to the backups??

i have the same problem here.. I didn´t set any password for backup.

lost photos ,text msg and all app data.

Well I ended up going to Apple Store and seeking help from the geniuses... no help there. 😝

I finally decided to try using a password cracker and it didn;t take long for it to find the password to the backup file. Wanna guess what it was? Try "1234". Yeah... that's what worked on mine.

Even with the password, looks like my backup file was corrupted some how. None of the music, videos or apps were restored. *sigh*

That's not working for me. I did enable encryption, I do remember the password, and it isn't working. Nor are any other passwords I've ever used. Looks like this update is not the smoothest.

Well if you specified a password and that one doesn't work, I don't see why "1234" would instead.

BTW, after syncing over my apps, looks like app data was restored afterall. So things didn't end up too badly for me. Just a lot of wasted time. 😝

the same problem

How Can I know a password that I never set before?

I'm having the same issue on a PC here. But I think I may have solved it.

Like most here, I never set a password for my backups previously, so this caught me really off-guard. Also ****** me off b/c I'm going on a trip tomorrow morning and wanted my phone fully updated and functioning before I left. I tried my current Itunes password, didn't work, I tried my four-digit code I use as a locking code for the phone. I tried 1234 mentioned above, none work.

However, on a whim, I then took the # out of my itunes password (a p/w that, on its own, may have also been a previous itunes account password for me) and tried that and it worked. The restore is currently in progress so we'll see how it goes from here.

So a suggestion, try all your previous itunes account passwords. And if your current one has a pound sign (or any other special characters), take it out and try that.

Good luck.

Didn't work for me. So I kept trying more and more passwords.

Low and behold an old one worked that I didn't think I ever used on this computer. It's a new MacBook Air, so that suprises me. Not sure where it came from, but it did work.

So if you think you've tried all your passwords, you probably haven't. The one you think it won't be is probably it.

Music, videos and apps are not included in the backup. Those are just resynced from your library once the phone is reconnected to itunes after the restore. apps take a really long time to restore.

And the phone is not locked during the sync. So watch itunes status before disconnecting the phone or you will interupt it.

same problem, been trying to figure this out for hours... rediculous.. none of the above worked. any more suggestions greatly appreciated

I'm having the exact same problem. I didn't enter a password when doing the backup, so it shouldn't be asking for one. I've tried every password that I can think of, but nothing works. I've wasted hours on this. Thanks, Apple.

Yep. Hours. I've been trying other things to see if something will allow me to use the backup... But it seems that the password is the only way. Even though I KNOW the password that I set...

i used 0000 and somehow this worked, im pretty sure ive never used this password for my i phone.... go figure! Good Luck all