iPad password help

[Bluebeard]

Hello all.

I bought an iPad ages ago and never got on with it. I put it in the cupboard and forgot all about it. Fast forward 3 years and my daughter has found it and I said she can have it.

One slight issue, I can’t remember the password.

My wife took it to a man in a shop who said he could do it for £20, he just needed my Apple ID and password. I’m not giving him those details.

So I either need to be told how else I can do it, or put it back in the cupboard.

Can anyone help please??

 

[Flat Eric]

Contact apple or look on their FAQs I bet because you've got apple ID and password it's more than possible
Have you tried the password 'Jimmy Toothpaste'?

 

[hopgop1]

If you've forgotten your iPad passcode, use your Mac or PC to reset it – Apple Support (UK)

If you’ve forgotten the passcode on your iPad, use your Mac or PC to reset it.

support.apple.com

Is what you need, basically recovery mode, plug into a PC with iTunes, select the iPad and then restore.
Will ask for your Apple ID details and it'll need the account linked to the iPad obviously.

 

[Jack!]

Tell me your mothers maiden name and I'll sort it for you.

 

[Rob]

Remotely wipe it using ‘find my’ app on your iPhone. Then just set it up as new?

 

[Bluebeard]

Remotely wipe it using ‘find my’ app on your iPhone. Then just set it up as new?

Come on Sad dog, you know who you’re dealing with here. Talk to me like a 5 year old.

 

[Rob]

Come on Sad dog, you know who you’re dealing with here. Talk to me like a 5 year old.

Go on iPhone
Download ‘find my’
It’s the old find my iPhone app. On this you should see the iPad.

Report back at this point

 

[Bluebeard]

Go on iPhone
Download ‘find my’
It’s the old find my iPhone app. On this you should see the iPad.

Report back at this point

Officer Doofy Reporting for duty!

 

[Rob]

Officer Doofy Reporting for duty!

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No iPad then? Unless it’s Jodie’s iPad?

Going to have to put it into recovery mode as above I guess… god you’re going to need help.

 

[Bluebeard]

No iPad then? Unless it’s Jodie’s iPad?

Going to have to put it into recovery mode as above I guess… god you’re going to need help.

Yes it’s her iPad. Well, it must be as it’s the only iPad we’ve ever had.

 

[Rob]

Yes it’s her iPad. Well, it must be as it’s the only iPad we’ve ever had.

I’ll WhatsApp you.

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

I’ll WhatsApp you.

No do it here, it's much more entertaining for the rest of us

 

[Krarl]

Have you put a hammer through it yet Dan?

Don't forget to download the weighing scales app too, great app

 

[Cub.]

 

[Bluebeard]

Thanks to @Chuckles (again. He’s a bloody good egg that boy) I now have an iPad ready to use.

But!

It’s linked to my iTunes account so it can see my messages, pics etc etc. Some (most?!) of the stuff on my phone is not suitable for an 11 year old girl.

Is there anyway I can stop it working off my iTunes account? She just needs Safari, YouTube and the camera.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Thanks to @Chuckles (again. He’s a bloody good egg that boy) I now have an iPad ready to use.

But!

It’s linked to my iTunes account so it can see my messages, pics etc etc. Some (most?!) of the stuff on my phone is not suitable for an 11 year old girl.

Is there anyway I can stop it working off my iTunes account? She just needs Safari, YouTube and the camera.

Now you've access to it, surely you just do a factory reset.....

 

[Ray Gin]

You may need to overclock the flux capacitors in bios?

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

You may need to overclock the flux capacitors in bios?

Don't you mean MS-DOS

 

[McGherkin]

Can you do Settings>Captain Potato>Sign Out to unlink it from your Apple ID? Probably best to do a reset though.

 

[Krarl]

iPotate

 

[Bluebeard]

The angry giraffe has helped me this time. Bless his little face. All sorted.

I’m locking this now because the rest of you are c***s.

 

[Cub.]

I’m not.

Honest.

 

[Rob]

I probably am