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iOS 7 keeps turning on Restrictions

Yesterday, I was shocked to find Restrictions turned on in my iPad. I have not used Restrictions since iOS 7 now locks out the ability to disable "Find my iPad" without dealing with Restrictions. Furthermore, and more troubling, was that none of my known pass-codes worked!


Today I was able to reset and disable restrictions with the following help:


This post:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5321819?answerId=24113720022#24113720022


...Refers to this post containing the actual fix:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5321819?answerId=23056063022#23056063022


(It is essentially an edit to springboard.plist adding a "SBParentalControlsPIN" value of "1234." This is documented in several other places so I will not get into more details here.)


Like others on the thread, I was a bit dubious on how restrictions (which again I have not used since iOS 6) were turned on in the first place.


However, now my suspicions are confirmed: About four hours after Restoring my iPad and turning off Restrictions, somehow they turned back on, again without any pass-codes that I know! I have not let my iPad out of sight, and I am positive I did not turn Restrictions on during this time.


I will of course go through the fix procedure again, but what could be causing this? Naturally I cannot yet Jailbreak iOS 7, but I also never jailbroke my iPad at any time - but could some rogue app be doing this? (Remember it attempts to turn off "Find my iPad" and locks the ability to turn it back on.)


iPad Mini (first gen - AT&T (USA) 32GB)

iOS 7.0.4


Oh, and my iPhone 5 (also first gen - AT&T 64GB on 7.0.4) connected to the same iCloud and containing essentially the same apps does NOT have this problem!


Does anyone have any ideas on this? I do not like the proposition of having to Restore my iPad every single day in order to continue having full-access to my iPad!


Thanks much in advance!

MikeY

iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular, iOS 7.0.4, 32 GB

Posted on Dec 17, 2013 6:53 AM

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Dec 21, 2013 8:03 PM in response to myurkus

This happened to me too in front of my eyes.

Went through the whole plots thing to fix.

Worked. Disabled the restrictions with 1234.

Noticed a few minutes later that restrictions was enabled again. Used 1234 to disable them. Then before my eyes before I could leave the settings page, they turned back on!


Apple needs to fix this.

iOS 7 keeps turning on Restrictions

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