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Unlock iPad iPhone Restriction Code

Forgotten or lost your iPad or iPhone restriction code?

Kudos to Gareth Watts, there is help from his website - PinFinder

To use Pinfinder to recover your iOS restrictions passcode on an Apple Mac machine, follow the steps below:

  • First take a backup of your iPhone using iTunes.
  • Use the "Backup" button to backup your device.
  • Download the latest release of pinfinder for Mac
  • Run the program by right-clicking on the pinfinder icon and selecting "Open" - you may see a warning which you'll need to accept to run the program.
  • Within a minute you should see your restrictions passcode printed on the screen
  • Pinfinder can recover restrictions passcodes from encrypted backups, as long as you know the password used to encrypt the backup with iTunes in the first place.

To use Pinfinder to recover your iOS restrictions passcode on a Windows machine, follow the steps below:

  • First take a backup of your iPhone using iTunes.
  • Use the "Backup" button to backup your device.
  • Download the latest release of pinfinder for Windows
  • Extract and run the program; within a minute or less should see your restrictions passcode printed on the screen
  • Pinfinder can recover restrictions passcodes from encrypted backups, as long as you know the password used to encrypt the backup with iTunes in the first place.

iPad iPhone Restriction Code Unlock