Q: reset backup password
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Jun 29, 2013 12:02 PMby Venkat491,OK.. This is my current situation.
I need to back up and restore my phone. I lost my password.
I have two options on iTunes. back up to computer. backup to icloud
If i back up to my computer, while restoring it, it is asking for the password
If i back up to icloud, can i restore it without this authentication? ( I have to try now)
If icloud backup and restore works, can I back up to icloud, then set up my phone as new device and then remove this encrypt option for computer backup and then restore from icloud back up?
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Jun 29, 2013 12:13 PMby somethingsomethingtoo,You are correct on that wjosten. What I was saying was for in the future. If he wants to prevent this from happening in the future, he will have uncheck the encryption option. He is currently unable to recover the data. However, he can prevent this from happening in the future. That is all I was saying. Venkat491, I hate to say that you have lost your current data, but this doesn't have to happen again.. Good luck doll.
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Aug 2, 2013 3:16 PMby Venkat491,Heyyyyy,
I got it. It works. May be I cannot restore from iTunes if I lost the encrypted password. But iPhone has an option from the device to backup to the iCloud. We can backup all the data ( yes!!! everything...) to iCloud.
Once you have a new device, while setting up the device, just restore from the iCloud. Tats it....
Vasu
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Nov 15, 2013 11:52 AMby Maxipooh69,After trying EVERYTHING in the post(s) I was finally able to restore my 3GS back up to my iphone 5. I had to back it up to the cloud. After it was done, I plugged in my 5 and it started to restore the old backup to the new phone. Like everyone else, I do not recall entering a password for the encrypted back up but I know next time to pay CLOSE attention when I am backing up my phone.
