ipad disabled, saying connect to itunes

Hello, When I connect my ipad it does hot show up in devices section on itunes. I have used itunes before so it should show up??

Shweta

If it's not showing try : If iTunes doesn't recognize your iPhone, iPad, or iPod - Apple Support

iOS: Device disabled after entering wrong passcode

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

Using iPhone/iPad Recovery Mode

http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/a/Iphone-Recovery-Mode.htm

Saw this solution on another post about an iPad in a school enviroment. Might work on your iPad so you won't lose everything.

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‘iPad is disabled’ fix without resetting using iTunes

Today I met my match with an iPad that had a passcode entered too many times, resulting in it displaying the message ‘iPad is disabled – Connect to iTunes’. This was a student iPad and since they use Notability for most of their work there was a chance that her files were not all backed up to the cloud. I really wanted to just re-activate the iPad instead of totally resetting it back to our default image.

I reached out to my PLN on Twitter and had some help from a few people through retweets and a couple of clarification tweets. I love that so many are willing to help out so quickly. Through this I also learned that I look like Lt. Riker from Star Trek (thanks @FillineMachine).

Through some trial and error (and a little sheer luck), I was able to reactivate the iPad without loosing any data. Note, this will only work on the computer it last synced with. Here’s how:

1. Configurator is useless in reactivating a locked iPad. You will only be able to completely reformat the iPad using Configurator. If that’s ok with you, go for it – otherwise don’t waste your time trying to figure it out.

2. Open iTunes with the iPad disconnected.

3. Connect the iPad to the computer and wait for it to show up in the devices section in iTunes.

4. Click on the iPad name when it appears and you will be given the option to restore a backup or setup as a new iPad (since it is locked).

5. Click ‘Setup as new iPad’ and then click restore.

6. The iPad will start backing up before it does the full restore and sync. CANCEL THE BACKUP IMMEDIATELY. You do this by clicking the small x in the status window in iTunes.

7. When the backup cancels, it immediately starts syncing – cancel this as well using the same small x in the iTunes status window.

8. The first stage in the restore process unlocks the iPad, you are basically just cancelling out the restore process as soon as it reactivates the iPad.

If done correctly, you will experience no data loss and the result will be a reactivated iPad. I have now tried this with about 5 iPads that were locked identically by students and each time it worked like a charm.

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Try it and good luck. You have nothing more to lose if it doesn't work for you.

 Cheers, Tom 😉

When you set up a passcode to secure the use of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch and you then enter the wrong passcode, you may see a red "disabled" message. This article will help you:

iOS: Device disabled after entering wrong passcode

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

The "Texas Mac Man," or "Tom," mentioned that when restoring a locked-out iPad, the restore process can be cancelled just after it starts by hitting the "x" in the progress window. Doing this, he says, will prevent the full restoration of the iPad, and will prevent it from being erased, thus leaving the iPad unlocked and accessible, with all its data in place. I just tried this with an iPad that one of our students just locked up accidentally by entering the wrong passcode too many times. However, cancelling the restoration just after it started was not possible when I tried it; there was no "x" displayed in the progress window. I think Apple may have changed the process so that theives cannot use it to gain access to personnal information on a stollen and locked up iPad. So the only option now is to just let iTunes go ahead and restore the iPad, completely erasing it. Students just need to learn to back up their iPads regularly.

Hi, my ipad is disabled overnight, no wrong passcodes entered, trying to connect to iTunes. The ipad is recognised by iTunes but it says 'enter the passcode in order to connect to iTunes. Any suggestions? Thank you

Try recovery mode, see half-way down this page : If you forgot the passcode for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or your device is disabled - Apple Support

Many thanks, it is downloading now. I hope i will able to restore a few things, still puzzling what caused this.

unfortunately, after recovery mode, i am back to the same message 'ipad is locked with passcode..........

How quickly did you get the message again e.g. did you successfully put the iPad in recovery mode (it can take a few attempts), or is it timing out ?

How to enable ipad2

Use the instructions in the link already posted