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May 5, 2015 1:49 PM in response to Reddymndby lilucros,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!!
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May 5, 2015 7:02 PM in response to lilucrosby waynefromwest caldwell,My pleasure. I know the panic!
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May 12, 2015 7:29 PM in response to dianafromherndonby aporter909,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!!
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May 23, 2015 4:44 PM in response to dianafromherndonby quenton0925,how do I unlock my iPhone with google
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May 24, 2015 5:59 AM in response to quenton0925by Meg St._Clair,quenton0925 wrote:
how do I unlock my iPhone with google
There is no way to unlock your iPhone with Google.
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May 27, 2015 7:40 PM in response to its show timeby smcfromseminole,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!
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May 27, 2015 8:13 PM in response to its show timeby smcfromseminole,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!
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Jun 16, 2015 8:25 PM in response to dianafromherndonby roxannegalpin,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!
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Jun 27, 2015 7:47 AM in response to DJDCAby bonnnnnie,this worked for me, no case changes or numbers. usual password.
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Jul 11, 2015 12:11 PM in response to Hokis82by niamhcat69,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
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Jul 12, 2015 7:12 PM in response to damacarby Homegirl1,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!
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Jul 18, 2015 12:04 AM in response to dianafromherndonby htrung4,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 .
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Aug 1, 2015 7:25 PM in response to htrung4by eiram_1408,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!