How to access Recover Mode after selecting Update rather than Restore during reset?

Looked like I screwed things up on my iPad badly. My iPad no longer recognized my passcode (I know it was right since I use my iPad many times daily) and became disabled. I followed the instructions for the factory reset, however, I selected update rather than restore in hopes that it would purge the password and get me back in. The result, my iPad is still disabled, holding the sleep/wake button no longer exposes the slide to power off the iPad, and holding down the home button does not get me back to recovery mode. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

iPad Mini, iOS 8.1.3

Posted on Feb 4, 2015 10:46 AM

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Feb 6, 2015 10:55 AM in response to eng513

Hey eng513,


There is another method to getting your iPad back up from being disabled. If you have an iCloud account signed in, you can erase it from iCloud.com and then go through the setup steps to get you back up and running. Take a look at the article below to help you out.


Forgot passcode for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or your device is disabled

http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT1212


Take care,

-Norm G.

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