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i need to restore my current phone and can back it up fine.
i just forgot the password and am wondering if there is a way to find out what it is?
iPhone 4
If you forget backup encryption pwd, backups are lost for ever.
Just found a work-around for this issue!
I was upgrading my software and it failed, which required me to restore my phone. No big deal since I had just backed-up my iPhone to iTunes prior to the failed upgrade. WRONG...I had also forgotten that I encrypted my iTunes back-up and I didn't remember the password.
My Solution: I restored it to a very old iCloud back-up. All you need for this is your Apple ID. From there I entered iTunes and restored to the encrypted iTunes back-up. It did NOT prompt me for the encryption password.
If you have a non-encrypted back-up, restore to that. Then restore to your encrypted back-up from itunes.
what do i do if i have forgotten my iphone back up password and need to restore my phone?
