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Q: password to unlock your iphone backup file

how to do i find the password to unlock your iphone backup file

Posted on Oct 18, 2011 7:04 AM

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  • by lilucros,

    lilucros lilucros May 5, 2015 1:49 PM in response to Reddymnd
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    May 5, 2015 1:49 PM in response to Reddymnd

    thank you for adding this note!!!  I've tried every password I ever had and nothing was working. i literally read every note and comment and tried for 3 hours to unlock the data on my backup. thanks for telling me this worked. it worked for me too!!

  • by waynefromwest caldwell,

    waynefromwest caldwell waynefromwest caldwell May 5, 2015 7:02 PM in response to lilucros
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    May 5, 2015 7:02 PM in response to lilucros

    My pleasure.   I know the panic!

  • by aporter909,

    aporter909 aporter909 May 12, 2015 7:29 PM in response to dianafromherndon
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    May 12, 2015 7:29 PM in response to dianafromherndon

    I depend on discussion threads all the time. I have never took the time to comment on a thread that has helped me until NOW.

     

    I was so frustrated after trying to restore my iphone from a back up only 3 days old.

     

    This thread is correct!!! fortunately I don't have many password I use. I have not used that password in 4 years and that's the password that worked!!

  • by quenton0925,

    quenton0925 quenton0925 May 23, 2015 4:42 PM in response to dianafromherndon
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    May 23, 2015 4:42 PM in response to dianafromherndon

    how do I do it

  • by quenton0925,

    quenton0925 quenton0925 May 23, 2015 4:44 PM in response to dianafromherndon
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    May 23, 2015 4:44 PM in response to dianafromherndon

    how do I unlock my iPhone with google

  • by quenton0925,

    quenton0925 quenton0925 May 23, 2015 4:46 PM in response to dianafromherndon
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    May 23, 2015 4:46 PM in response to dianafromherndon

    ho do I do it please

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair May 24, 2015 5:59 AM in response to quenton0925
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    May 24, 2015 5:59 AM in response to quenton0925

    quenton0925 wrote:

     

    how do I unlock my iPhone with google

    There is no way to unlock your iPhone with Google.

  • by smcfromseminole,

    smcfromseminole smcfromseminole May 27, 2015 7:40 PM in response to its show time
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    May 27, 2015 7:40 PM in response to its show time

    OMG! I tried all kinds of different passwords that I had possibly used for itunes and my iphone, nothing worked. I even removed all Apple software (itunes, update, mobile,bonjour, app support, and quicktunes), deleted all registry keys and orphaned folders all over the place. When I reinstalled itunes, I still got the password prompt. This was the first post I found that suggested using the password for the computer, mine is windows 8.1. It started a backup without encryption as soon as I entered it. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

  • by smcfromseminole,

    smcfromseminole smcfromseminole May 27, 2015 8:13 PM in response to its show time
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    I found out why this worked for me. I had another apple id for a different device and was logged in with that id when the backup occurred. That id had the same password I used on my computer!

  • by roxannegalpin,

    roxannegalpin roxannegalpin Jun 16, 2015 8:25 PM in response to dianafromherndon
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    Jun 16, 2015 8:25 PM in response to dianafromherndon

    No password needed. And, no, no password was ever given, and encryption option NOT selected, EVER!!!

     

    What I did:

     

    log out of my iTUNES account;

    exit iTUNES;

    disconnect my iPhones from the computer;

    start iTUNES, log into iTUNES with my AppleID when prompted;

    connect my iPhones to my computer;

    the new iPhone had an iOS software update, so I waited for that to complete itself;

    entered my phone's password to my phone -

    phone prompted me to verify the computer was ok/safe for this phone, I said yes;

    syncing to new iPHONE took place;

    no password requested, none given;

    new phone has all the apps, photos, contacts that old one had.

    FACTORY RESET NOT NEEDED!!! NO DATA LOST!

     

    NO PROBLEMS.

     

    FYI, I have the latest version of OSX, and associated software, on an iMac (2008 generation).

     

    Incidentally, it's quite ridiculous - - to suggest that this many people could have forgotten that they encrypted their backups and/or that they have a backup password and what it is!

  • by bonnnnnie,

    bonnnnnie bonnnnnie Jun 27, 2015 7:47 AM in response to DJDCA
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    Jun 27, 2015 7:47 AM in response to DJDCA

    this worked for me, no case changes or numbers. usual password.

  • by niamhcat69,

    niamhcat69 niamhcat69 Jul 11, 2015 12:11 PM in response to Hokis82
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    Jul 11, 2015 12:11 PM in response to Hokis82

    I came on here as I was experiencing this problem, however what I did was tried to use any password which I have used in the past for my logins for anything incase I used it then and it worked

  • by Homegirl1,

    Homegirl1 Homegirl1 Jul 12, 2015 7:12 PM in response to damacar
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    Jul 12, 2015 7:12 PM in response to damacar

    I guess my phone was backed up at some point, but I didn't really care because everything was synced to the computer or backed up manually by me.

    My problem now is that I am trying to sync (or back up or download) the texts from my iPhone4. 

     

    I tried to uncheck the box saying "encrypt iPhone backup" - and up pops box asking for a password (btw I have changed computers in the meantime - same password on this one, though)

     

    Just did a full sync and fortunately the old texts are still on the iPhone.  How can I copy them or sync them or back them up?  I don't dare hit the "back up now" button unless I know the correct password to retrieve the backup.

     

    Help!

  • by htrung4,

    htrung4 htrung4 Jul 18, 2015 12:04 AM in response to dianafromherndon
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    Jul 18, 2015 12:04 AM in response to dianafromherndon

    Everyone should try it.

    If you have an password to lock your iphone, try it for encrypt phone backup. I'm never set password for encrypt phone backup, but it creates itself. But when I fill "my password to lock your iphone" for encrypt phone backup, it works .

  • by eiram_1408,

    eiram_1408 eiram_1408 Aug 1, 2015 7:25 PM in response to htrung4
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    Aug 1, 2015 7:25 PM in response to htrung4

    I think there's a glitch in the iTunes. I tried all my passwords already. Then I tried typing in the very first password I made when I created my apple id the first time. I had all my password in small letters. I made the first letter capital and it worked!! Hope it works for you guys too!

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