iPhone Locked after Update?

iPhone Locked after Update? Unlock iPhone with iTunes

If your iPhone locked up after update, you can also unlock it with iTunes. This method is directed to those ones who synchronize their iPhones with iTunes. It’s also important to remember that you will lose any previous data if you’re using this method.

Actually, unlocking your iPhone with iTunes actually means erasing the whole device so you can also erase the passcode. For restoring your device with iTunes, follow these steps:

1. Connect your iDevice to the computer you use for sync.
2. Open iTunes (if you’re asked for a passcode, try recovery mode or another computer where you synced).
3. Wait for your iPhone to recognized with iTunes.
4. When it’s recognized, select it from the iPhone icon and then go to “Summary”. click on “Restore iPhone”.
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6. After clicking on it, just keep continue to restore your iPhone. When it finishs, your iPhone lock will be removed.
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8. 2 iPhone Locked after Update? Unlock iPhone Using Recovery Mode

9. In case you never synced your iPhone locked after update to any computer, you can still restore it with the recovery mode method. This method will also erase all the data on your iPhone.
1. Connect your iPhone to your computer. Launch iTunes.
2. Turn off your iPhone first, then you can put your iPhone into Recovery Mode.
3. For iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X: press and quickly release the volume up button. Repeat with the volume down button. Finally, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and you’ll see the the icon "Connect to iTunes"
4. For iPhone 7 or 7 Plus: press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the volume down button at the same time and keep pressing until you see the icon "Connect to iTunes".
5. For iPhone 6s or earlier: press and hold the Home button and the Sleep/Wake button at the same time and keep holding until you see the icon "Connect to iTunes".
6. After connect your iPhone to the iTunes. It will detect that your iPhone is in the recovery mode.
7. A message will show up and tell you that your iPhone is detected in recovery mode and you should restore it before you can use it.
8. Just click "OK" and it will be automatically recovered.
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11. With these methods, you’ll be able to unlock your iPhone and iPhone locked up after update will no longer a problem. Gihosoft iPhone Data Recovery is a professional iPhone Data Recovery software to get back all your lost text message, photo, video, call history, note, contact and more from iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch. It offers a full solution to recover your lost data in different tough situations. Besides recovering data directly from iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, it also allows you to recover data from iCloud and iTunes backup files.
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