i forgot my passcode on my old phone how do i reset it

i forgot my passcode it was told to me to just hook my iphone up to itunes but when i hooked my phone to it, it just said please enter in passcode but i don't know it. how do i reset my passcode.

Posted on Oct 7, 2012 9:20 PM

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Posted on Oct 7, 2012 9:22 PM

you can't. Resetting the passcode wouldn't make the iPhone very secure would it? Any thief could just reset the passcode on your device and get all your informationn.


You're going to have to force your iPhone into recovery mode (search google) and restore. All your data on the phone will be wiped. There's no way around this.

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Oct 7, 2012 9:22 PM in response to shatarius

you can't. Resetting the passcode wouldn't make the iPhone very secure would it? Any thief could just reset the passcode on your device and get all your informationn.


You're going to have to force your iPhone into recovery mode (search google) and restore. All your data on the phone will be wiped. There's no way around this.

Oct 7, 2012 9:22 PM in response to shatarius

Options for when an iOS device gets locked because of forgotten passcode:


Restore (and reset passcode) on your device by connecting it to the last computer to which it was connected:


iTunes: Backing up, updating, and restoring iOS software - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414


If you cannot connect it to the computer to which the device was last connected (or the device was never connected to a computer) you will have to use recovery mode to completely reset the device, losing all data:


iOS: Unable to update or restore - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808 - recovery mode (e.g., cannot connect to computer last used to sync device, iTunes still asks for a password)

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