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We had an old iPhone no SIM card we let the kids use so if it got dropped in he toilet Ohh well. It has been missing for months and just found it. Tried all the passcodes we usually use and no dice.
Anyway to unlock it. There is nothing on there but a couple apps so if I have to do some sort of complete wipe that is cool.


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Was it backed up on iTunes?


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Try wiping it first, then sync it with your iTunes account. If that doesn't work I'd try giving Apple a call. There is a serial number embedded in the hardware that should be tied to your account, so they could remotely wipe it for you. I know they have a procedure, just can't quite remember.


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Wait! What? Apple claimed they couldn’t help break into the San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone. Now you’re telling me there’s a procedure??


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Wait! What? Apple claimed they couldn’t help break into the San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone. Now you’re telling me there’s a procedure??


yeah for a legal registered owner!
 
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Wait! What? Apple claimed they couldn’t help break into the San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone. Now you’re telling me there’s a procedure??


yeah for a legal registered owner!

And, to be fair, wiping is different from decrypting, which is what the Feds wanted help with re: the terrorist's iPhone.
 
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Wait! What? Apple claimed they couldn’t help break into the San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone. Now you’re telling me there’s a procedure??


Apple didn’t claim that they couldn’t, they just flat out wouldn’t do it. There are companies out there that can, but it’ll cost you a pretty penny.
 
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If you didn't buy the phone from Apple, you'll need to come up with proof of purchase.




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Don't you just have to keep entering the wrong password (I think 20 times) and then it will reset itself to factory?

That's what I remember.



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Don't you just have to keep entering the wrong password (I think 20 times) and then it will reset itself to factory?

That's what I remember.

Mine (iPhone 8 running 11.0.1) says 10 times, but only if "Erase Data" is enabled under "Touch ID & Passcode" in Settings.



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Bought a password locked iPhone 5s from the pawn shop a while back for cheap. Went on youtube and searched. Restored to original then restored to my old phone through iTunes. Only took a few minutes.
 
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Wait! What? Apple claimed they couldn’t help break into the San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone. Now you’re telling me there’s a procedure??


Wiping it so you can start from scratch are different than helping the government hack into it and get access to all the stuff. As I understand it, if they wipe it, you are getting a blank iPhone.




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No dice with the Siri hack. It is older and is still Voice Command and not Siri.
Needs a passcode for iTunes to recognize it.


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The way around it is to restore your device to factory setting so that you can access your iPhone even though you can't remember iPhone passcode. Either using iTunes restore via recovery mode or iCloud erase feature is OK.
 
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Signs up for gun forum, first post is to one year old iPhone thread. Interesting.



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Wait! What? Apple claimed they couldn’t help break into the San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone. Now you’re telling me there’s a procedure??


Black is willing to wipe all the data if needed. I don't think that was an option in the other case.


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