iphone wizards please help me !!!

[Ant-172]

right first off ive just bought a iphone 4s off ebay, but now its decided to disable itself for years haha
before you all start saying its stolen etc, ITS NOT

it disabled because it had a password lock on it, ive since emailed the seller and have now got the password lock for the phone but i cant enter it for 22711554 minutes to be precise, is there anyway i can get it back to the password lock screen and enter the correct password, ive searched google but havnt found anything useful

just thought id try the cliosport community see if anyone can help as i cant phone apple till monday now

 

[tom172clio]

Connect to iTunes and set as new device and restore to factory settings?

 

[Carlv8415]

Boot it in DFU mode and reinstall iOS through iTunes

 

[DB.]

Boot it in DFU mode and reinstall iOS through iTunes

This, I found a YouTube guide with a quick search when I needed to. I would find it now but I'm on my phone

 

[Carlv8415]

Attach the phone to the pc

Turn the phone off

Hold power and home together for *exactly* 10 seconds

Release power but keep holding home until the pc beeps as a USB device is recognized.

At no point will the display come on. Now your restore should work.

Fairly simple but always good to know

 

[Ant-172]

Thanks guys, finally managed to get it to restore, tryed restoring it at first but kept coming up as error the phone is pass code protected, after putting it in recovery mode and trying it let me restore it. Thanks for your help

 

[Carlv8415]

Yh when it doubt, DFU mode is always their for you