Q: Ipad will not restore as I can't turn off Find my iPad

I have almost the same problem; I forgot the passcode to my iPad Mini, but when I'm trying to restore it in iTunes, I'm just told that I have to turn of "Find my iPad", which is obviously impossible. However, when I try to remove the iPad from my iCloud account, it just says that it will be deleted when connected to wifi. Which the iPad is not. And will not, since I can't remember the passcode. So this is an evil circle, and I'm just clueless. Any suggestions? All will be highly appreciated :-)

I have the same problem. I need to factory restore my ipad as otherwise every time it reboots it thinks I've just done a IOS update and goes through the setup. Anyone found a solution to the problem of being unable to turn off "Find my iPad"?

Hi

What happens when you try to turn off

Find my iPhone ?

Are you using the correct passcode / password ?

Cheers

Brian uk

It just says "Turning off Find My iPad" and doesn't actually do it. I left it for two hours on one attempt. Yes, password is correct.

Hi

Make an Appointment at Apple Store.

Cheers

Brian

I see now why they dropped the "It Just Works" slogan.

Power off the iPad.  Keep it off.  There is a timer that's somewhere around 24 hours.  When that timer expires, you can use any computer to log into iCloud and remove the iPad from the "Find my" function.

Hi guys,

I had the same problem and the solution that I found was to put the iPad into recovery mode by doing the following:

1) Without iPad connected to PC/Mac, Power off iPad (Hold Wake/Sleep button and swipe to power off)

2) With iPad now off, connect iPad to PC/Mac while holding the Home button down at the same time. Do not release the Home button until the iPad's display shows a picture of a cable and iTunes logo.

3) Now go to iTunes. It will say that a device is in recovery mode and must be updated and restored. Just go ahead with the process.

NOTE: In following this process, the status of 'Find my iPad' will be ignored and your iPad will be restored as normal.

WARNING: You will be RESTORING your iPad so make sure you back-up the device prior to initiating step 1 as this should not require Find my iPad to be off.

Hope this works for you guys,

Denzel

Hi guys,

I had the same problem and the solution that I found was to put the iPad into recovery mode by doing the following:

1) Without iPad connected to PC/Mac, Power off iPad (Hold Wake/Sleep button and swipe to power off)

2) With iPad now off, connect iPad to PC/Mac while holding the Home button down at the same time. Do not release the Home button until the iPad's display shows a picture of a cable and iTunes logo.

3) Now go to iTunes. It will say that a device is in recovery mode and must be updated and restored. Just go ahead with the process.

NOTE: In following this process, the status of 'Find my iPad' will be ignored and your iPad will be restored as normal.

WARNING: You will be RESTORING your iPad so make sure you back-up the device prior to initiating step 1 as this should not require Find my iPad to be off.

Hope this works for you guys,

Denzel

EDIT: SORRY GUYS, DOES WORK BUT AFTER RESET IT WILL ASK FOR YOU TO LOG IN...PLS IGNORE COMMENT

thanks  you sorted it

This worked for me. You always have to log in more than should be necessary during these things but I didn't have a password issue. My issue was that Find My iPad wouldn't shut off with my correct password.

Thanks, this fixed my problem (my 3-yo locked our newish iPad 4 Mini). I had to go into iCloud and turn "Find My..." off first, but then the reset trick worked. Gotta restore everything, but better than a useless $500 device.