Ipad disabled and nothing works

I Know tis is a bit late to add to the thread but it may help. I was having the same problem but what sorted it for me was simply shutting down the iPad, then restart it. Then follow the instruction. Worked straight away after many failed attempt.

You will have to try to recover the password or contact Apple for help.

https://iforgot.apple.com/

IF you still cannot recover it, contact Apple according to the instructions here.

Apple ID: Contacting Apple for help with Apple ID account security - Apple Support

Pete

You should be able to use the instructions half-way down the page that you posted from to put the iPad into recovery mode (it may take a few attempts to get it into recovery mode), and you should then be able to reset your iPad back to factory defaults via your computer's iTunes (if it's in recovery mode you shouldn't get the passcode prompt in iTunes ) : Forgot passcode for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or your device is disabled - Apple Support

Did you get any error messages to codes, or just the message that you included above ?

Try recovery mode again and see if it restores successfully this time.

Or try just resetting back to factory defaults without restoring to your backup, if that works you can then try restoring to the backup afterwards. Before doing that take a copy of the iPad's backup folder on your computer, I don't think that it will get overwritten by the reset but it's probably best to take a copy of the folder just in case - the backup folder is stored under :

Mac:~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/

The "~" represents your Home folder. If you don't see Library in your Home folder, hold Option and click the Go menu.

Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8:\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\

To quickly access the AppData folder, click Start. In the search bar, type %appdata%, then press Return.

Windows XP:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\

To quickly access the Application Data folder, click Start, then choose Run. In the search bar, type %appdata%, then click OK.

I had the same problem and tried all night. Finally worked after I uninstalled my firewall and then followed the steps listed above.

I had this issue too and also wanted to add:

Make sure your iTunes on your computer is authorized (Store > Authorize Computer) and/or you're logged in via the same iCloud account on iTunes BEFORE starting the restore process.