In this post I will explain how to revert and fix the issue where the Restrictions Passcode has been forgotten in your IPhone or iPad. No Need to Factory Restore!
I have done it for free in my IPhone 4S with IOS 7.0 and worked like a charm!
It works just fine with other devices and versions as well, like the iphone 5s and even the new iphone 6 with ios 8.
The Steps are as follows:
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Deep Explanation:
Connect your IPhone or IPad to your PC or MAC, go to iTunes, Check "This computer" and click Back Up Now.
Download a software like iBackupBot or similar. You can download it from this location. I have used the version: V 5.0.3 (10/01/2013) and V 5.0.4 (10/08/2013)
Do not disconnect the iPhone or iPad from your PC or MAC. (Conenct it again if you have done it).
After installing and running the iBackupBot the software will try to read information from your device. The iPhone will probably display a "trust" message. Press "Trust it" on the IPhone/iPad so the Software could read data from it.
Now, go to the just backed up line in the tree root, and then drill down to System Files --> HomeDomain --> Library --> Preferences and search for the file called com.apple.springboard.plist as shown in the picture below.
Note: Take a look in which backup (date and time) you perform the modification, since later on will be used to restore.
Select the file (You can search for it using the search textbox) and click on the "Open" icon. A registration window will be opened, but do not worry, just click on cancel and it will open the file for edition.
Now you will be able to add the following 2 lines to the file:
<key>SBParentalControlsPIN</key>
<string>1234</string>
I have used 1234 for the restrictions passcode, you may change it to any other 4 digits.
The two lines must be placed before the dictionary finalization tag (</dict>), and not after, as explained by mistake in other forums. See snapshot below.
Click on save, and close the file. you may close the application as well.
Ok, we are almost done. Go to iTunes, select the device. In the Summary tab, search for Restore Backup... (Not Restore Iphone).
Find my iPhone must be turned off before the restore. See snapshot below.
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Then, choose the backup to restore...
The restore may take several minutes...
In the Iphone you will see a Restore In Progress message...
Note: After the restoring operation, your iPhone/iPad will restart and show a black screen with the white apple in the middle as when you turn on your device, and it will take some time until the device finish this stage and turn on. don't freak out, after a while, your device will turn on.
Go to Settings-->General-->Restrictions and tap 1234 or the code selected for you in the line added above, and voila, there you have it!
Your feedback and support will be appreciated!
Disclosure: This post explains how to change the forgotten restrictions passcode in order to use it to access the restrictions page of your device. It does not explain how to disable restrictions.
Final Note: Use this tutorial at your own risk. As far as I know, these procedures are not supported by apple.
Hours of research and trial-n-error to figure this out... This was a very nice tutorial that worked perfectly.. THANKS!
ReplyDeleteI agree, very nicely put together. Thank you for taking the time to do this and help all of us around the world. Thanks
DeleteI just tried it and I am computer illiterate & this was a great tutorial and really worked!!! No scam - very awesome! Thank you for helping - helpless people like me!!
DeleteDid not work on an ipohone6
DeleteDid not work on my iphone 6
DeleteTHIS IS AWESOME. Used October 12th, 2013 on iPhone 5 with iOS 6.1.4. It worked perfectly and I'm so glad I didn't have to figure out how to jailbreak it or use one of the hours-long processes on Youtube. This didn't take too long and was pretty simple. Thank you!!
ReplyDeleteThis also worked for me. I did have to disable "Find My iPhone" before a partial system restore of system files via iBackupBot would work.
ReplyDeleteVeni, vidi, vici (after two sleepless nights) Highly recommended!
ReplyDeleteI cant find the Springboard file. I have windows 7
ReplyDeleteI see manifest.plst, status.plst, Info.plst, manifest.mbdb, and alot of hash files
DeleteTry to backup again, checking the "This computer" option, and re-check the content of HomeDomain --> Library --> Preferences
DeleteGood luck!
This tutorial is fabulous . Nov.21, works like a charm. iPhone 4 OS 7.04. Would have saved even more time if I'd searched for the springboard file in the search box first. I would definitely give this procedure 5 stars!
Deleteit did not work for me :(:(:(
Deletestill facing the same issue....
Works great on iOS 7, too.
ReplyDeleteHi - I located the necessary file, upon opening it ibobackup says that the "backup is password protected and you need to enter the password to decrypt it" any help her please?
ReplyDeleteApparently you have chosen to encrypt the backup in iTunes. As far as I know, if you don't remember the encryption password you may need to perform a full software restore http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
DeleteAnother way is to restore from an older backup where the encryption password was not supplied.
My iCloud is blanked out and I can not go into it to "find my iPhone".
DeleteTHANK YOU BIG TIME!
DeleteFor some reason this is not working for me...during the restore...I keep getting "could not restore, IPAD disconnected"...not sure why this is happening. Any ideas?
Deleteobviously it's not connected CONNECT IT!
DeleteSo excited to try this! Thank you for the screenshots!!
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ReplyDeleteDealing with this currently - thanks for the tips - have tried a few times, but keep getting "iTunes could not restore the iPhone "My iPhone" because not enough free space is available on the iPhone." I have deleted all old backups and then created a new backup from scratch to see if it was just a corrupt backup, but same thing. I have 4GB available. Will search this problem now...
ReplyDeleteHi,
DeleteI guess you have two options here.
1.- Full restore (Restore iPhone)
2.- Remove a lot of content on the device, apps, pics and videos from the camera roll, music, etc. Then, try again. If the problem persist, remove some other content until you succeed. I assume this content is in the backup, so will be eventually restored.
Thanks!
I had this same problem and I got around it by removing apps
DeleteDeleted all photos and videos on my phone and it worked! Guess you have to have as much free space as the backup size. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly right! Glad to hear it worked for you!
DeleteEnjoy!
Hi Alejandro,
ReplyDeleteI changed the code , but when it's about to restore the back up on Itunes it's says that my "Back Up corrupt or not compatible with the Iphone I restored".
Thank you for your help,
Hi,
DeleteAdding the two lines...
<key>SBParentalControlsPIN</key>
<string>1234</string>
...before the tag, should not cause any problem.
Please, double check if you performed the addition in Files --> HomeDomain --> Library --> Preferences in the com.apple.springboard.plist file.
You may remove the lines (search for them again inside the file, since they will be probably moved to other position) and try to perform a restore to verify if those lines are causing you this issue. If the problem persist perform another backup, and redo the work.
Good luck!
I cannot go into icloud to turn off "find my ipod" because that is also restricted. what can I do?
DeleteFinally!!
ReplyDeleteWorked on my Ipad 3rd Gen Wifi with IOS 6.1.3
Thank you so much!!
Great help!
It's worked on my iphone5 with ios 7.0.3
ReplyDeletefinally solved my problem.
Thank you so much!!!
Hi, Have followed the instructions but when I get to the bit about turning off 'Find my IPad' I am unable to do this. The iCloud settings box is greyed out. I also tried doing it within Privacy-Location Services but again it is greyed out.
ReplyDeleteAny ideas ??
Hi,
DeleteI think you will have to remove your ipad from the icloud account, then connect it again. Explained here: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4515
Good luck!
Many thanks for your kind help.
DeleteFINALLY. Something that works! Thank you SO much!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! This instruction really works on my Ipod 4th Gen 6.1.3. :)
ReplyDeletelove it !!!!! thanks a billion .........................................
ReplyDeleteGreat Advice. !!. Highly appreciated.!!
ReplyDeleteIt worked on latest IOS7 ipad, thanks!
ReplyDeleteThank you, so much!!!!!
ReplyDeletePerfect, simple, fast, you gave me again the freedom of my iphone, thanks one more time!!!
Do you know if there is some similar procedure for the lockscreen code too? Thank you once again!
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ReplyDeleteA word for word perfect solution, many thanks Alejandro.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!! it works on ios 7.0.4
ReplyDeleteI can not eidt the file com.apple.springboard.plist . after I add what you suggested , saved , then I open again , the content is the same . Do you know why , even I download plistset.exe , can not change anything for the Plist file.
ReplyDeleteso so amazing! so thankful for this, i'I've been dying without availability of my location service
ReplyDeleteThis worked perfectly but somehow it worked when the phone initially restarted but somehow it reverted back and is not recognizing the passcode I setup thourgh this process.
ReplyDeleteYES! Thank You! I have been struggling with this on my daughter's phone for months. Finally a solution that worked for IOS 7! Great tutorial!
ReplyDeleteDear Alejandro, I have tried and tried with no luck. Here is what I have 4S, unencrypted backup. Using iBackupBot (downloaded from above) plist editor Pro (unregistered). I can get to the line to add the 2 lines you suggest. Which I do, then try to save and get the error message unknown letter "K" on ---line. Please help.
ReplyDeleteHi Bill,
DeleteBased on your comments, it seems you're doing it right.
So I will give you two options here:
1. Perform a Full restore (Restore iPhone)
2. Do not use the plist editor to edit and update the plist file. Do it straight from the iBackupBot as I did, and see if it work out for you.
Thank you and good luck!
Alejandro, I tried again, adding the 2 lines at the very end ...before the dict, then tried adding the 2 lines right after the SBParental controls on line 115. The error message is as follows "encountered unexpected character k on line 265.
ReplyDeleteNeed another angle of attack. thanks for your valuable time answer. Bill...Cheers
Hi Bill,
DeleteFirst of all, perform a new backup, and restore it without adding anything. This will explain us if the problem exist in the current backup. If so far all good, then add the two lines, but write them by yourself (I assume that a hidden character is copied and causes the malfunction).
And again, avoid using the external editor.
Thanks!
Hi Alejandro, I was successful in adding the 2 lines you provided. I am ready to restore the backup......BUT, it says it will only restore, contacts,calendars,notes, text messages,and settings. BIG question, will all my other data and applications still be there, and not affected?? I will wait till I hear back from you before I restore the backup. So far so good. If this works you are a genius. Bill...Cheers
ReplyDeleteIt will be ok Bill. All your data will be there after. you'll see. :-) Besides we've come a long way to make a u-turn now. Go ahead and let me know.
DeleteBye!
Alejandro, It is almost midnight here. I'll be back in the morning. Waiting for your answer. Thank you, Bill...Cheers
ReplyDeleteHere goes. Bill...Cheers
ReplyDeleteAlejandro, The restore backup has started, and the estimated time is 1 hour. Guess I'll be up for at least another hour. Will report back to you when completed, and I of course will have a new restrictions passcode, that I can turn off or on. Bill...Cheers
ReplyDeleteAlejandro, Bill here. Did the restore backup, took a little over an hour, and the restriction passcode is still on, and the 4 digit number I put in did not work. What do we try next. I do not want to give up. If you have another solution, I am up for trying it. I'll be back in about 8 to 10 hours. Really tired. Bill...Cheers
ReplyDeleteAlejandro, back again. My problem might be that I used the wrong backup to restore.Will check that backup and proceed and try again. I am not giving up, I will win, with your help of course. Thanks for your time helping. Bill...Cheers
ReplyDeleteAlejandro, Hooray, Hooray......You are a miracle worker. I entered the 2 lines at the end, before the . Then did a restore backup of the correct backup. I even added the restriction's passcode that I would remember. and IT WORKS !!!!!!! I don't know to thank you, except thank you so very much. If you so desire you are more than welcome to use my reply, so that other people that need their restrictions passcode reset will use your way. IT WORKS------IT WORKS.Thank you so very much. Bill...Cheers
ReplyDeleteThanks for such an easy to follow tutorial :)
ReplyDeleteI have been trying to unlock my restrictions passcode in my iPad mini using your method. currently, it's showing the apple icon on the black background every few minutes. It has been an hour and i only have 300+MB files. How long does it take to restore the info from ibackupbot?
ReplyDeleteI have been trying to unlock my restrictions passcode in my iPad mini using your method. currently, it's showing the apple icon on the black background every few minutes. It has been an hour and i only have 300+MB files. How long does it take to restore the info from ibackupbot?
ReplyDeleteSorry, I wanna know if this long restoration process is normal?
Will you lose all information from iphone like sms if you do this process?
ReplyDeleteNo. Everything will be there after. :-)
Deletei cant find the 1234 coz im using version 5.1.1 how is it? please help thanks alot
DeleteYou don't find it inside the file, you just add it. Read this tutorial again.
DeleteI did all the steps and at lthe last step my ipod turn off like u said then the apple sign in the middle and still the same logo for 4 hpurs and now it never turns on again every time i try to turn it up it turns off instantally
ReplyDeleteDont do this tutorial :c my ipod is not working now thanks to this .
ReplyDeleteJanuary 16, 2014 it doesn't work.... :((
ReplyDeleteThanks for such a simple tutorial. It workied perfect on my IPhone 4s io7.04.
ReplyDeleteHi Alejandro, somehow the iBackupbot for iTunes does not really make the change I did. When I save the file it looks like it changed but when I re-open the file the change is gone. Any idea?
ReplyDeleteThank you for the step by step tutorial. It worked perfectly iPhone 4 ios 7.0.4.
ReplyDeleteWow! I have been trying to find a way to reset a password that I never put on my phone. This worked like a charm and is not hard to do at all. Thank you very much.
ReplyDeleteafter i do this, the restriction code works für 5 min. !
ReplyDeleteAfter then the 1234 not work :-(
Any idea?
Thank you thank you thank you!
ReplyDeleteThank you! It worked perfectly (iPad2 / iOS 7) - after everything else (including restoring) failed.
ReplyDeleteAmazing!! Feb. 11th, 2014 1Phone 4s iOS7, Beijing, China
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU SO MUCH! WORKS LIKE A CHARM! 100% GUARANTEED.
ReplyDeleteThanks soooooo much!!!! Worked Great!!
ReplyDeletethank you thank you thank you!!! Worked like magic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletethank you so much!
ReplyDeleteAlejandro - THANK you so much - this was a perfect solution. Cheers from Minneapolis.
ReplyDeleteHas anyone tried this with ios 7.06? the ipad ran through everything like I thought it would but the 1234 passcode isn't working.
ReplyDeleteIt appears ibackupbot isn't saving my edits. After I make the edit to the com.apple.springboard.plist file and saved it, I opened it back up and the edit isn't there. Thoughts?
DeleteFinally I got it to work. Thanks for this.
Deletehow did u do it?
DeleteWorked for me with IOS 7.0.6.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much !!
would have worked had I not forgetten the new pw :D Silly me, so i did it again, but have to wait the 60 mintues to test it. Iphone 5/ IOS 7.0.6
ReplyDeleteit worked Iphone 5 Ios 7.06 :D
DeleteHi, Have followed the instructions but when I get to the bit about turning off 'Find my IPad' I am unable to do this. The iCloud settings box is greyed out. I also tried doing it within Privacy-Location Services but again it is greyed out.
ReplyDeletehowever i dint use icloud before.
Any ideas ??
Awesome fix.......worked perfectly on my son's ipod! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteWorked great on my iPhone 5s with 7.0.6. I did need to clear off some apps and photos because I couldn't otherwise restore from the back up. Thanks so much!
ReplyDeletephew, thanks alot. worked great...
ReplyDeleteRemoved the iphone from Icloud. Turned off location services. Turned on airplane mode and still getting error -37 when I try to run this, which means it still thinks find my iphone is on.
ReplyDeleteSince restrictions is locked I can't turn find my iphone off in settings.
It's like a terrible cycle. Any help appreciated.
To anyone else unable to do this because you have FindMyIphone on and are unable to turn it off because it's locked by the restrictions passcode you forgot:
ReplyDeleteRecommend you get iphonebackupextractor. It costs me $25 but I spent over a day doing this and was unable to get around error -37 and restore the edited backup because findmyiphone was on. This did it for me in 5 minutes. It was literally as easy as pressing a button and well worth the money.
Here's an explanation of how to do it:
http://www.iphonebackupextractor.com/blog/2014/jan/28/recover-ios-7-ipad-or-iphone-restrictions-passcode/
This is excellent. Thank you so much...
ReplyDeleteThanks a bunch, this worked great. Though I was a bit apprehensive of using the iBackupBot.
ReplyDeleteI also faced the issue of greyed out 'Find My iPad' option, as few others have noted. But I followed your advice again and erased my device from iCloud, after reconfiguring the device it asked me to setup as new or restore from itune backup. I chose the later.
Hi thank you for the tutorial,, but it doesn't work for my case...it says try again in 12M minutes..so it doesn't allow me to enter code...
ReplyDeletePlease help me
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ReplyDeleteThank youuU!!! It worked!! Running iOD 7.1
ReplyDeleteI mean iOS 7.1
ReplyDeleteThank you!!! ...it worked for me too. iPod 5th gen. iOS 7.1. Mike W. (New Zealand). Had to use recovery mode to reset back to factory defaults. Then restore from backup that had been modified using iBackupBot. Used 1234 passcode to turn off restrictions. Then set it on again with 0000. Then turned it off again. If it ever comes back it should be 0000 which I can cope with. You're a life saver! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat tutorial. Worked like a charm on Iphone 4 and IOs 7.1.1. Thanks :)
ReplyDeleteYou are awesome!!! I set restrictions, and I kew the passcode but there ws something screwy in the code that wouldn't let me unlock it. Even when I went in just using the backup extractor and looked at the springboard file it showed my passcode to be the 1234 I set it as, but still wouldn't unlock itself. I used these steps on my iPhone4, and I had to do it twice as I didn't input it correctly the first time. My suggestion is to read this tutorial three times or more before you try so you have a good handle on the instructions. Thanks again you are a total life saver!
ReplyDeleteWorked perfect on my iphone4 ios 7.1.1 Who ever tries this, MUST read tutorial twice and pay attention on the screenshots u provided before any attempt. After this i finally succeded on doing my full reset. THANKS!
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you, thank you!
ReplyDeleteUnder normal circumstances I would NEVER mess with this kind of stuff, but after HOURS of struggling with the phone, I was desperate and took the chance.
Your instructions were clear and concise as proven by the fact that even a dummy like me could do it!
This was just the final straw for me as I was actually trying to clear the phone to sell it and move on.
I think it;s fair to say I will never own another Apple product.
Cheers!
I can't find com.apple.springboard.plist on the list anymore after trying it a couple timesss! HELP ME!!
ReplyDeletei cant solve this problem
ReplyDeleteif my version is 7.1.1
icloud is restricted for me so I cannot go into it. what should I do?
ReplyDeleteWorked perfectly for iPhone 3G. Thanks for clear, simple instructions!
ReplyDeleteWhat phone do you have that it worked. I have an iPhone 4, also 3g with Verizon.
DeleteThank you very much
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could not restore, how to solve this problem
ReplyDeleteyes ! it worked out perfectly ! thank you :) five stars :)
ReplyDeleteNow Alejandro, can u please help me out .. cx I want to delete messages (permanently from backup) .how to figure it out ?
Hi,
Deletethank you for your feedback.
Regarding the message removal issue, I can point you to the apple discussion pages which discuss about this topic.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23098620
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23374003
Of course, you may remove your backups completely
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3034470
Good luck!
Alejandro
Thank you sooo much! I was leery of trying this, but it worked like a charm. So nice to have my camera and app store back. Thank you!!!
ReplyDeleteHi! I cannot save changes in the springboard.plist... Why is it like that?
ReplyDeleteFor some reason after going thru all the steps and then doing the restore...I get an error message saying that the IPAD disconnected during restore and restore could not be completed...this has happened three times now. Any idea on what I am doing wrong? Thank you
ReplyDeleteIt worked! Very easy instructions to follow. Thank you very much.
ReplyDeletehi i need some help
ReplyDeletefor some reason i can't find the SBParentalControlsPIN
need some help pls!!!
really worked iPhone 5s 18th September 2014....
ReplyDeleteThank you so very much!
ReplyDeleteThis has been "bugging" me ever since my iOS7 update when the Restrictions were magically turned on. This tutorial was easy to follow and I just fixed two iPhone 5's with iOS8.. thank you very much for researching this.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks this has worked on an iphone 6 iOS8
ReplyDeletebeautiful, thanks so much
ReplyDeleteDid the tutorial everything went perfect but when i went on my ipod to type 1234 it doesnt work, i went back to the ibackupbot where i typed the extra lines and they wont save ??? HELPPP PLEASE
ReplyDeletewhen you hit the save icon after adding the lines, it DOES save the file.. if you go back in to review it, the change didn't appear... but it all worked per the tutorial.. I would try it again.
Deleteholy moly cannoli stromboli. Yes this worked thank you SIR!. I hope you attend DEFCON.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your EXPLICIT instructions. IF anyone out there has any doubts please see above.
So.. When navigating to my restrictions, noticed I had 18 min left. Reading "other" forums, turning off clock "auto clock" and setting my minutes ahead 20 give or take. Returned to my "restrictions" entered in 1234, and walla.
Just as a precautionary, as I am, I made a copy of that "backup" folder where your itunes backup exists. I would put that in the above, justtttt in case so you can always refer back to the older backup file.
Some people say the restriction code the default is 0000 or 0123. Some peeps may try that. But. freak, I was already 1/4 of the way in backup mode before I had read that.. as well.
Goodnight and good luck
0000 and 0123 did not work for me.. but this procedure did!
DeleteI'm glad I read your comment before going into the final step!!!! 0000 worked for me. Thanks for this!
DeleteThank you for your simple and easy to follow instructions. I have searched high and low for a fix. I had to delete photos, music, and old texts to make some space - other than that, no issues at all. Thanks again!
ReplyDeletethis works. Super helpful it is so smooth and easy! if you were on the fence hop on !!
ReplyDeletealso ... I HAVE IPHONE6 so yes it does work for that
Thank you!
ReplyDeleteDoes this process work if I am using a Mac computer also? Looks like you used a PC from the pictures in the instructions.
ReplyDeleteHi Christiane,
DeleteIt should work also in your Mac.
Please leave a feedback after performing the process.
Thank you!
Wow! I can not believe that worked! I was skeptical the whole time all the way until the end! I'm amazed! Thank you so much!
DeleteAwesome, I had no idea what I was doing so just did what you said step by step.
ReplyDeletePerfect!!!!!
Just did it and it worked perfectly!!!
ReplyDeleteMany Many Many Happy New Years wishes
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Super super super!!! Fast and easy.
ReplyDeleteTHIS. WORKED.
ReplyDeleteLIKE MAGIC.
It was really easy and everything was explained thoroughly!
In the beginning, I got confused because I didn't read the directions, I only skimmed. DON'T DO THAT. Read everything thoroughly, it's worth it in the end.
Thank you so much for writing this article!!!
Thank you so much - worked perfectly!!!
ReplyDeleteYou were a lifesaver.
Kind regards,
Tom
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ReplyDeleteYou could also back the device up on iTunes, go to your iCloud account on the device and log out, turning off "FInd My iPhone" and then either reseting the back up or reseting the entire device
ReplyDeleteThank You So Much !!! I had to do both of my phones and it worked as advertised!
ReplyDeleteWorked flawlessly, thanks VERY much !!
ReplyDeleteNow if someone can do the same to remove an icloud account with a forgotten password, that would be miraculous.
This finally worked for me, (iPad, running iOS 8.3) but instead of exactly as you explain, I used the restore backup function within iBackupbot. After several failed attempts of backing up, I think iTunes was using the unaltered file. By restoring from iBackupbot I forced it to use the file I had adjusted.
ReplyDelete(As a slight aside, in the same file, it's possible to reset the number of incorrect password attempts! I was on 7, got it back down to 1! Just read the file, you'll find it.)
I hate restoring my device and was happy to see the comment about ios7hash.derson.us! That worked for me without needing to restore or overwrite anything on my iPad! It just told me the passcode I had forgotten and easily allowed me to change it to something I might remember.
ReplyDeleteI've had an issue saying that it can't update the files because it's an encrypted backup. I turned off the option to encrypt my backup, and backed up my phone again. It still displays the same message. Is there any way that iBackupBot is trying to access an older backup and not the newest one?
ReplyDeletethanks a lot did it today for iPhone 6
ReplyDeleteawesome
its work perfectly
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ReplyDeleteThanks, it worked !!!!
ReplyDeletei did all u said several times... but couldnt do it.. when trying last time my phone is stilled at a point while restoring... help me!!!!
ReplyDeleteI can not eidt the file com.apple.springboard.plist . after I add what you suggested , saved , then I open again , the content is the same .Heellppp!!!!
ReplyDeleteTHAKS A LOT
ReplyDeleteIt worked for me in my iphone 6!
Thanks so much!!
ReplyDeleteworked perfectly well. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU, IT WORKED! iPhone 6
ReplyDeleteA perfect set of instructions. Thank you.
ReplyDeletewow this works big time
ReplyDeletethank you very much
i just tried this out on my iphone 5 ios 8 version and it worked AMAZINGLY! i have been trying for 8 hours how to figure out a way to access my restrictions and as soon as i came cross this it took me twenty minutes maximum! thank you !
ReplyDeleteAmazing thank you. Saved me from having to wipe my daughters ipad and the years of Minecraft she has on it :).
ReplyDeleteFantastic! Just worked on my iPhone 5c (iOS 8.4.1). Thank you! A little scary to do but the pictures and tutorial were enough to allay my fears.
ReplyDeleteThank you for a brilliant fix. Great tutorial!
ReplyDeleteCan I do this if I've never synced my ipad to PC before?
ReplyDeleteGreat worked on my iPhone 6 (iOS 8.4.1).Thanks for this tutorial.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much!!! This worked fine on my 4S after a long time of finding a solution. You are great!
ReplyDeleteGreat worked on my Iphone 6 plus (ios9)
ReplyDeleteStill a working fix on our iPad 2's. One nice addition to this article would be how to turn off "find my iPad" when you can't access it because you are locked out with the restriction code that you didn't put on in the first place. thank you!
ReplyDeleteit worked on OS9.01 with iPhone 6 plus too. great worked out done by you
ReplyDeleteWorked perfectly on my iPhone 5s. thank u!!
ReplyDeleteVery good tutorial i forgot my restriction code , restored backup with modified xml worked fine thank you indeed .
ReplyDeleteomg thank you so much! This worked fantastically. Had a few hiccups with It ITunes encrypted back up (make sure there is no passcode on this) and then make sure you have enough storage to restore the back up. Plus my Norton security wouldn't allow ibackupbot so I had to add and then allow the program. Phew! Can't say thank you enough for this excellent tutorial. My son is very happy that all his game app data is still intact. Yay! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteThat was awesome!!! It works and love the explanation and steps you've given. Thank you so much for taking the time to make and share this tutorial! It was such a big help.
ReplyDeleteHi! I did everything you mentioned above but somehow after backing up it didnt work, secondly now its showing the backed up data as corrupt! Help me!!!
ReplyDeleteWow just wow! Thanks a bunch, really!!!! I just kept on upgrading my iPhone's unable to figure out my restrictions passcode that i hadn't set in the first place. Been trying this since morning but i guess it doesnt work properly on mac. Did it in first go on windows.. Thanks a lot!
ReplyDeleteHey, just noticed , the date you published this back in 2013 is my birthdate :D
DeleteAmazing !!! works as explained. Superb website.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for this tutorial. Worked great on an iPhone 5 and 6s, both with iOS 9.1
ReplyDeleteVery Big thanks...
ReplyDeleteCannot thank you enough! I was worried I would have to reset my entire phone, but this made the process so much easier and I'm glad I found this tutorial. Thank you again!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! It worked!
ReplyDeleteTo those who cannot see the changes to the code after you saved it, do not worry. The codes are actually there if you saved it. It's just you can't view the changes. So after you click save, proceed to the next step :)
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ReplyDeleteDid not work for me on iOS9.2.
ReplyDeleteThe save button in iBackupBot does not seem to work either which is odd, but as previous comment said I restored anyway without success.
Anyone else had success with iOS 9.2?
In the Preferences folder there is another file com.apple.restrictionspassword.plist and this one contains an encryption, so it could be that the above solution no longer works.
Update to the last comment....it works!!! thanks
ReplyDelete(The PIN entry is moved to another location in the file when you reopen it to check)
thought it would work but not in my iphone 6??
ReplyDeletethanks so much for the tutorial. It worked for me (iPhone 4S, IOS 9.2, 20DEC2015). You might want to add a screenshot of the registration window. It is something that might freak people out if they have not seen any registration window like the one iBackupBot displays. Anyways, kudos, great job.
ReplyDeleteI'm getting the below message and not able to restore:
ReplyDeleteiTunes could not restore the iPhone "Apple's iPhone" because the backup was corrupt or not compatible with the iPhone that is being restored.
Thank you very much. It worked on my Iphone 5.
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!! Like many others, I was hesitant to download the software, and it was only out of desperation that I finally downloaded it. Your step-by-step directions and screenshots were very helpful, like you were holding my hand through the whole process! Thank you again for taking the time to help people figure out something SO incredibly frustrating!
ReplyDeleteIt worked for me running iOS 9.2 on an iPhone 5S.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
Thank you SO much, it worked for mine!
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ReplyDeleteI got all the way to the restore and found out that find my iphone needs to be turned off. I can't turn it off with the phone restricted. UGH Help!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot!! changed my restriction passcode successfully!
ReplyDeleteI went 2 years without access to App store because I couldn't remember the dumb passcode I had set years previous. This software and code worked perfectly and removed the passcode restriction without having to lose everything on my phone. iPhone 5s. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
ReplyDeleteWell would love to know more Abt this time and date remembering stuff as to where I'm Gonna need it later,,,Plz would love instant reply cos I'm waiting to hear more abt this before u try anything on my iPhone 6 i.o.s 8.1.2
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