iPad won't accept passcode after iOS5 update?

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iPad won't accept passcode after iOS5 update?

Just updated my iPad 2 to iOS5. Turned it on and the passcode prompt has changed, no longer just asking for 4 digit passcode. Oooookay, I entered my old 4-digit passcode and it didn't work. Tried my Apple ID passcode, no luck. Tried the password for the MacBook that the iPad is sync'd to. No luck.

*** Apple?

Anyone? This is a BIG problem for me because I use the iPad for work constantly, and I really don't have time to waste an afternoon at the "Genuis" bar resolving a problem that shouldn't have happened in the first place.

Does Apple even BETA TEST this junk?

Posted on Oct 23, 2011 10:59 AM

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manmountain dense Author

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Oct 23, 2011 11:23 AM in response to manmountain dense

Stupid stupid stupid, the iPad was asking for the password for my MS Exchange email for work. Nice of Apple to notify me that my iPad passcode was being changed involuntarily. Wow buggy.

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Nov 30, 2011 6:12 PM in response to manmountain dense

Weird. And buggy.

Thanks for posting this. I had the exact same problem and couldn't figure it out until I came across your post.

Hopefully the problem doesn't recur?

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micm05

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Apr 9, 2012 11:11 PM in response to manmountain dense

Wow, I have just purchased an iPad for my wife and had this exact problem. It didn't help that it decided to lock at exactly the same time I was trying to sync it to iTines on a computer. I did a restore and had to re-install all the apps. All went OK, then it did it again. I went to the Macshop who said they had never heard of such a thing. I would not have thought to try my wife's outlook exchange password unless I had found this post ! Thanks

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