

If you’ve backed up your iPhone to iTunes or iCloud, you’ll be able to restore your data after you erase your iPhone. After your iPhone is disabled, however, there is no way to back up the current data on the device. The good news is that you can restore from the last backup your made before your iPhone became disabled. The only thing you can do is completely erase your iPhone and start over. People sometimes think Apple Stores have special tools that can unlock disabled iPhones, but they don’t. Connect to iTunes”, there is nothing you can do to unlock it.

Once your iPhone says “iPhone is disabled. Can I Unlock My iPhone After It Is Disabled? Your iPhone will only become disabled if you enter 6 different incorrect passcodes. You try to enter your passcode without looking at your iPhone, but it’s not working because you’re entering 1536 instead of 1539, over and over again. You’re at a wedding and you really need to know who won the football game, but your wife won’t be happy if she discovers you care more about your fantasy football team than her second cousin’s wedding vows. It’s hard to accidentally disable an iPhone, and here’s why: You can enter the same incorrect passcode an unlimited number of times and it only counts as 1 incorrect passcode attempt. Let’s look at an example. Connect to iTunes” or iPhone is completely erased if Erase Data is turned on in Settings -> Touch ID & Passcode (or Settings -> Passcode for iPhones without Touch ID).

