Locked out iphone 3g no original computer/itunes it was synced to. How do I unlock?

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Locked out iphone 3g no original computer/itunes it was synced to. How do I unlock?

As I stated I have my old iPhone 3g that I am trying to get back into. My plan was to a sim card swap with the crappy phones my work provides for temp loaner phones so i could have a functional phone for while working for other offices in the field. The problem is I cannot remember my old password and I no longer thave the itunes/computer it was synced too. My currenty computer keeps asking me to sync it back to the original itunes computer.

How do I get around this?

iPhone 3G, iOS 3.1.3

Posted on Jan 12, 2014 3:52 PM

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Jan 12, 2014 3:57 PM in response to jomarsh1

Without the computer the iPhone was previously synced with, you will not be able to back up the iPhone first before having to restore the iPhone with iTunes after placing the iPhone into Recovery Mode. All data on the iPhone will be lost having to restore the iPhone as a new iPhone on the new computer.

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

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Jan 24, 2014 11:13 AM in response to Allan Sampson

Maybe I was slightly unclear before. I don't really care about backing up the data from the phone. My issue is that I am locked out of the phone and cannot remember the password for the life of me as I haven't used it in 4 years. When I try to sync it to iTunes on my new computer I receive an error message saying 'it cannot connect to my iphone because it does not have permission. Please sync to your iTunes account which this phone is synced to'.

So how do I unlock a phone that is password protected and I don't have the first computer to which it is synced?

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