My ipad has been permanently disabled, I don't know how to unlock it, it just says ipad disabled. There's no time limit for how long it'll be disabled. I can't even get to the passcode too

My ipad has been disabled. The only thing that appears when I press the button/ the top one, It says "Ipad is disabled" "connect to itunes" I don't know what to do, I connected to itunes already from my computer, but I don't know what to do next. The passcode is not showing up too.

iPhone 3G

Posted on Sep 23, 2012 9:35 AM

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Sep 23, 2012 9:37 AM in response to Dubeat325

You do have to restore the device within iTunes. You want to use the same computer that you always sync with so that you can restore your app data and settings. You can restore with any other computer, but you will lose everything on the iPad.


Instructions can be found here.

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212


Make sure that you pay attention to the section at the very of the article that talks about having never synced your iPad with iTunes. You may need have to restore the iPad that way.

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My ipad has been permanently disabled, I don't know how to unlock it, it just says ipad disabled. There's no time limit for how long it'll be disabled. I can't even get to the passcode too

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