If you have activated the "Find my iPhone" feature on your iPhone, or the recovery process via a computer does not work, you can also reset your iPhone via iCloud. If the charging process takes longer than 15 minutes, the iPhone will exit Recovery Mode and the steps to select recovery on your computer will need to be repeated. Here users of a disabled iPhone must now select "Restore" instead of "Update". This message will show up: "There is a problem with the iPhone that requires it to be updated or restored". Under macOS, the option is located in the Finder. Under Windows, the iPhone can now be restored by connecting it to iTunes. Now press and hold the Home button and connect the iPhone with the computer via cable.Press and hold the right side or Volume Up key.iPhone must not be connected to a computer.Press and hold the Volume Down button until the screen shows the Recovery ModeĮnable recovery mode for iPhone SE (1st generation), iPhone 6s or older:.Now hold down the Volume Down button and connect the iPhone to the computer by cable.
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#IPHONE IS DISABLED CONNECT TO ITUNES PC#
If you use an iPhone and a Windows PC for recovery purposes, you can do this by connecting to iTunes. This makes it all the more important to create a regular backup. As mentioned earlier, all data, apps, contacts, and photos on the device will be erased. If the iPhone is disabled, it can be reset to remove the passcode lock. What to do if the iPhone has been disabled? 10 incorrect entries: "iPhone is disabled.".9 Wrong entries: "iPhone is disabled, try again in 60 minutes.".8 incorrect entries: "iPhone is deactivated, try again in 15 minutes.".7 incorrect entries: "iPhone is disabled, retry in 5 minutes.".6 incorrect entries: "iPhone is disabled, try again in one minute.".This is how Apple staggers the unlock attempts: Rather, it prevents the next attempt from happening for up to an hour should the incorrect passcode be entered too often. This is because Apple's protection does not take effect immediately after entering ten consecutive incorrect entries of the code. Restore data: via iTunes, Finder or iCloudįorgot my iPhone passcode: Be careful if you enter the wrong passcode too many timesīefore the iPhone and the corresponding message "iPhone is disabled" appears, a lot of time must have passed between entries.iPhone is disabled: Here's what you can do.Forgotten iPhone passcode: Don't enter the wrong passcode too many times.In this guide, we provide an explanation on the recovery procedure for all common iPhone models. Regardless of the reason that resulted in your iPhone getting disabled, we are going right to the bad news first: The data on your iPhone will be irretrievably lost if there is no prior backup made for this handset. If you find your iPhone to be in this state, perhaps it was due to a child playing with your device one too many times without realising the gravity of his/her actions, or having a blurred memory because of a smashing night out with friends.