What’s up guys, AppGeeker here, and today I’m gonna be showing you what to do when
iPhone is disabled connect to iTunes and how to get the iPhone back into working order.
The disabled alert will display on the phone screen after you enter the passcode too many
times and you can’t remember the correct passcode. Once the wrong passcodes reach to
10 times, the iPhone should finally give you the message iPhone is disabled connect to
iTunes, and it’s locked down permanently.
This video is working for iPhone X, XS and XS Max. To fix the issue, we have to restore
the iPhone to factory settings. This will erase anything and return the phone to its
out-of-box status. Photos, videos, messages and other data as well as your preferences
are deleted forever. Hope you have a backup so you can get your data back after factory
reset. If you do not have backups in place, you have no option but to set up your phone
as a brand new one.
Alright, we begin to unlocking an iPhone that says disabled connect to iTunes.
The first method for fixing a disabled iPhone, just like the error indicates, is to plug
your phone to iTunes and restore it through recovery mode. You need to prepare a Mac or
a PC, and a USB cable. Alright, let’s begin. Enter recovery mode first.
For iPhone X, XS and XS Max, press either volume button and side button. Keep holding
on the buttons and when the power off slider appears, drag it to turn off the device. Then
hook up your phone to computer with USB cable while pressing the side button. Don’t release
the side button until you see the recovery mode screen.
When your iPhone is disabled on recovery mode, open iTunes or Finder. Alright, you will be
prompted to restore your iPhone. Click on Restore.
On the next prompt saying “Are you sure you want to restore the iPhone to its factory
settings? All of your media and other data will be erased, and the newest version of
the iPhone will be installed,” choose Restore and Update.
Proceed to click Next and Agree. iTunes or Finder is going to get the software downloaded
and prepare iPhone for restore. At this point, your phone should reboot with the progress
bar on the screen, and you will get a message from iTunes letting you know your phone has
been restored to factory settings with everything removed. Wait for the phone to wake up.
Now set up the device. In the Apps & Data Screen, choose to restore from a backup for
getting back all your data, apps and settings that’re previously saved on the phone, or
set up as new. Eventually, you will see Welcome to iPhone and you’re ready to use your device
without passcode.
The second part is about iPhone is disabled connect to iTunes how to unlock without iTunes
or Finder. Here we’ll use iPhone Unlocker. It’s a solid tool for fix iOS device when
it’s disabled after too many wrong passcode attempts and you can download it in Appgeeker
official site.
Go to appgeeker.com on your computer, locate Products at the top, and then choose iPhone
Unlocker there. You can then choose to download PC version or Mac version depending on your
computer.
Now, open the software. Click Wipe Passcode. Click Start button.
Connect your disabled iPhone to your computer. Wait for a few seconds to let the program
recognize your phone. If there’s no sign of detection, you need to click “Device
connected but not recognized” link. On the screen that appears, follow the instructions
to put the disabled iPhone to recovery mode.
On an iPhone X, XS, or XS Max, turn it off first as usual. Then press and quickly release
volume up button. Press volume down button and release it quickly. Press the side button
and keep holding on it until you see the recovery mode screen. Now, your phone should be recognized
successfully.
Next, choose the information based on your device, and click Start button to download
iOS software for getting the disabled iPhone unlocked. Wait for the process to finish.
The program will reminder you that the process will restore the iPhone to factory defaults,
enter four zeros to confirm.
Click Unlock and you’re done. The utility should reset your device in a few minutes.
Once done, your iPhone is unlocked. Follow the instructions to set up your iPhone XS
as if you got it out of the box the first time. Don’t forget to create a new passcode.
Another easy way to fix an iPhone XS when it says connect to iTunes is using Find My
iPhone in iCloud. This comes in handy for those who don’t have a computer that will
connect to iTunes, or just would like to restore the disabled iPhone without computer or iTunes.
This will work but not necessarily for everybody, as you need to turn on Find My iPhone feature
on iPhone XS before it’s disabled. But you could have a try.
Go to icloud.com/find in a computer or another mobile phone, and log into your account.
Once signed in, click All Devices at the top and then select your iPhone XS that displays
iPhone is disabled connect to iTunes.
Click Erase iPhone and then click Erase to confirm factory resetting the device. You’re
going to lose any data if you don’t have a backup.
So guys there you have it. Those are three methods that you can use to unlock disabled
iPhone X with the Connect to iTunes message displaying on the screen. If you guys did
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