IOS 6.1 password not working
I just updated my iPad 2 to IOS 6.1 and completed the install. I now cannot get past the password screen. How do I reset this...?
Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
I just updated my iPad 2 to IOS 6.1 and completed the install. I now cannot get past the password screen. How do I reset this...?
If you cannot remember the passcode, you will need to restore your device using the computer with which you last synced it. This allows you to reset your passcode and resync the data from the device (or restore from a backup).
If you restore on a different computer that was never synced with the device, you will be able to unlock the device for use and remove the passcode, but your data will not be present.
You may have to force iPad into Recovery Mode
Recovery Mode
1. Disconnect the USB cable from the device, but leave the other end of the cable connected to your computer's USB port.
2. Turn off the device: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red slider appears, then slide the slider. Wait for the device to turn off.
3.While pressing and holding the Home button, reconnect the USB cable to the device. The device should turn on.
4. Continue holding the Home button until you see the "Connect to iTunes" screen. When this screen appears, release the Home button. iTunes should alert you that it has detected a device in recovery mode. Click OK, and then click Restore to restore the device.
Note: Data will be lost. You may have to repeat the above many times.
Thanks, I know the password is correct... this *****....
after having rebooted it once, then got the 'locked for 29 mins longer... I waited. when I tried again, I got the password prompt. Put in the password and then got the white apple in the middle of the screen. The apple went away, then re-appeared... then disappeared....Now it's apparently completing setup after install...
Not so... it's restoring... this really *****...
Just had the same experience and found this post. Turned out my passcode had become the pasword that I had put in for an Exchange Account!
IOS 6.1 password not working