Hi there
i've entered the password on my ipad....disabling my ipad in the process....i need to enable my ipad...
How do i do it
Nicci
iPad 2
iOS: Device disabled after entering wrong passcode
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212
How can I unlock my iPad if I forgot the passcode?
How to Reset a Forgotten Password for an iOS Device
http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-a-Forgotten-Password-for-an-iOS-Device
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 😉
Tom;
I follow your instruction but mine do NOT give me the option # 5, Click "Setup as new iPad" and then click restore.
I have an iPad 2, it gave the options to restore or update.
Any other suggestion.
Thank you.
Hey,
Um Tom and anyone else that can help me i have disabled my ipad but i want to keep everything on it and not reset it how can I do that?
Thanks Annie :)
Hey Tom it is no good when i connected my ipad 4 to the computer it showed that i had to enter a passcode to gain acess when my ipad shows it is disabled. please help a.s.a.p
easier:
1) open itunes
2) connect your ipad
3) start a backup in Itunes for your Ipad
Ipad is now unlock
going to try this now, pray it works.
you must enter password before you backup
lmao, doesent work dude.
Tom!
I never get to step 5. I get to the "iPad Recovery Mode"
When I press "Restore iPad.." I get the screen that says:
I press on restore and update and as soon as I press "Next" on the following page I also agree to the software update info. Next, once the backup and restorating whichever goes first comes up I press the little 'x' next to it.
I never get anything that says "setup as new iPad" or any other steps after that. I need help because I have finals in about a week and a half and I can't loose anything from notability.
Please help!
Texas Mac Man - you rock! You just saved me. I had the same problem with the bluetooth keyboard. All the options were not going to work for me. I had an iCloud back up an never synced with iTunes. Thank you a thousand times over for your post!
Oh... niskraa- I did the sync and the cancel like Texas Mac Man said. No other prompts came up. I unplugged, pushed the home button and life was back to normal. Yaaaay Texas Mac Man!!
Thank you, this worked perfectly!
my iPad has the same problem right now, but it doesn't have the countdown and i tried to connect the iTunes so many times but the iPad device doesn't show up in the iTunes.
Tom are you sure I won't lose my photos ?
I am desperate not to lose years of photos.
my ipad is showing disabled and i tried tom's suggestions. it does not work as msg comes in itunes that the ipad has a password. i know the password but do not know how to enable the ipad as the ipad never ask for the password but keep on giving the msg " ipad disabled". how do i enable it without erasing the contents. would really appreciate ur help
Hi, Texas Mac man, my husband has forgotten his passcode and now disabled it! Grrrr very upset as it has photos and videos of children in Florida, I can do what you have posted but the unfortunate thing is I no longer have the PC that I used to have with I tunes on, I sold it and just use my I pads, will it still work if I downloaded iTunes on another PC? Please help, thanks luckylena09.
My iPad hasn't been out of my site all day and nor have I entered my passcode incorrectly at all but this evening when I went to use it is displaying "iPad Disabled - connect to iTunes." When I connect to iTunes (from my windows 7 pc which is the computer I have always used to sync to iTunes) I'm asked "Do you want to allow thisc computer to access information on Geri's iPad? If you don't allow access you will not be able to manage or sync your iPad with this computer." Then when I click 'continue' I get this message "To allow access please respond on your iPad." Well...I can't, because it's disabled!!
If I click on stop, my device does not show up in iTunes devices and therefore I cannot choose to set up a new iPad or any other option. There is a support document that talks about restoring the device by turning off the iPad, opening iTunes then holding the home key down while plugging in the USB connector until the device turns on and the iTunes icon appears on the screen. I'm then asked if I want to restore the device and I said yes but didn't see how to x out of the restore mode (maybe I didn't wait long enough?) so I panicked and clicked on Done and closed iTunes. No damage done but iPad is still disabled!!
Any suggestions on how to proceed? I really unhappy because I did nothing to cause this problem in the first place. I would really appreciate your advice please.
my ipad is disabled, how do i enable it with a new password?
