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How to enable a disabled iPhone?

how can i enable my disabled phone as i have data thats important in my phone. is there any way i can enable it please help?


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Posted on Jun 8, 2018 10:21 AM

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Posted on Jun 10, 2021 4:55 PM

This is not a chat, it is a user-to-user technical support forum. All questions here are answered by volunteer users. You will get an answer when another user thinks they might be able to help you. Additionally, you didn’t start with a new post; you tagged on to a 3 year old thread with 51 pages, that contains 750 posts before your posts. It is only by luck that I saw your post.


It isn’t clear whether you have a disabled phone or whether you have a disabled account, or both. So here are all of the possible answers:


If your phone is disabled See this Apple support link→If you forgot the passcode on your iPhone, or your iPhone is disabled - Apple Support

Or watch this companion video ⬇️




If it is your Apple ID that is disabled, click the link below that most closely matches the disabled message:


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Jan 26, 2021 1:24 PM in response to HoneyHoneyHoney

I agree with Lawrence. That is not a bad idea, the problem you will see with many of these, and goes along with what Lawrence said is that many of the people posting here do not construct even a clear sentence/question that would make a canned response difficult. If you look a little higher up, "I can enable my iphone". Is that for a disabled device, or is it for a phone that cannot be activated? Two different responses.

Mar 21, 2021 12:07 PM in response to denarius208

Oh no......if only there was a way to find the answer in a thread which has the answer posted more times than it should be posted. Perhaps take the time to read just past the first post to the Apple Recommended solution, which is also posted on the top of EVERY page in this thread. Or look TWO posts above your post to see the answer, including a video you can watch, which explains what to do.

Apr 12, 2021 6:55 AM in response to rosittalivingston73

rosittalivingston73 wrote:

iphone is disabled and i cant figure out how to connect to itunes or phone to show itunes and cable on phone

That’s because you didn’t read ANY of the 48 pages in the thread you posted to, where the answer has appeared over 100 times. Including in the Apple Recommended post that appears at the top of every one of those 48 pages.

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