Hi thanks for looking this up but I tried this with the tech from apple on the phone but the find my iphone is the key here because they set it up with another password that I don't know I cant access the app to turn off find my iphone so again I am waiting to here from them to see if there is any kindness left in them
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of The Believer Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 9:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: iphone 5 According to this page on Apple's site you still have an option left that should work. Read down to the "Use Recovery Mode" section and follow its instructions. <http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212> From The Believer. . . What if it were true? [email protected] On 8/29/2014 6:31 PM, wayne17a wrote: > Hi no that will not work because when you click the back up or > restore button it tells you that find my iphone must have the password > so I am back to square one and you have the same message over again > even the apple tech said there is nothing I can do without the > password apart from finding my receipt but I have not got a clue where > that is so that is the story so far > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of The Believer > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 5:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: iphone 5 > > This is getting painful. If you synced and backed up the iPhone > with your computer, connect it via USB and bring up iTunes. You then > will restore the phone but lose anything aadded after the last backup. > > From The Believer. . . > What if it were true? > [email protected] > > On 8/29/2014 2:23 PM, wayne17a wrote: >> Hi pam that's the problem they set up find my >> iphone wit a password that I don't know but I lent this person the >> phone because they where having a rough time so thought I would give >> them a break but just goes to show how ungrateful some people can be >> but will have to learn the hard way >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pamela Francis >> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 1:39 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: iphone 5 >> >> >> >> I'm surprised you didn't get in trouble with your cell provider. >> >> Not sure if this will work, however if it was me, I assume you have > everything backed up in iCloud. If so, I would sign into the find my > iPhone app and wipe the thing completely, start over. You better hope > that so called friend didn't attempt to use the serial number from > your phone somewhere else. >> >> Nobody, I do mean nobody gets access to my electronics without me present. >> >> Pam Francis >> >> >> On Aug 28, 2014, at 10:00 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi there >> >> You won't like this answer, and I hope somebody has got a better one. >> >> >> >> Do you have a lot of important stuff on there? If not, you could try > putting in a pass code too many times, which will result in erasing > the phone and you can start over, and hopefully you have your stuff on > the Cloud. The best of course if you could get that so-called friend > to tell you what the number is. I suspect you can't, or you wouldn't be writing us. >> >> >> >> Gigi >> >> >> >> On Aug 28, 2014, at 9:24 AM, wayne17a <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi list please could somebody help me out I lent my unlocked iphone 5 >> to a so called friend and after a lot of trouble managed to get it >> back only to find they have put a passcode on the phone so how can I >> get rid of the password so I can restore it thanks in advance >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
