iPad disabled, connect to iTunes message appears

iPad disabled, "connect to iTunes" message appears

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Posted on Jan 26, 2013 6:41 PM

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Jan 26, 2013 7:08 PM in response to Jacoblola05

If you regularly sync with iTunes or backup with iCloud you should be able to restore from a backup and then sync with iTunes to recover all of your apps and other purchased content. If you don't sync, or have never synced with iTunes, you will basically have to start all over again and download all of your content again.


If you have no backup, you are going to lose all of your app data and you will lose the photos in the camera roll.


This is my boilerplate response when someone is locked out of their iPad due to a forgotten Passcode.


You 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


You will probably need to restore using Recovery Mode. You can read about it here.

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4097


Or you can follow this.


Recovery Mode Instructions


  • Disconnect the USB cable from the iPad, but leave the other end of the cable connected to your computer's USB port.
  • Turn off iPad: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red slider appears, then slide the slider. Wait for iPad to turn off.
  • If you cannot turn off iPad using the slider, press and hold the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons at the same time. When the iPad turns off, release the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons.
  • While pressing and holding the Home button, reconnect the USB cable to iPad. When you reconnect the USB cable, iPad should power on.
  • Continue holding the Home button until you see the "Connect to iTunes" screen. When this screen appears you can release the Home button.
  • If necessary, open iTunes. You should see the recovery mode alert that iTunes has detected an iPad in recovery mode.
  • Use iTunes to restore iPad.

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