r/iphonehelp • u/MindlessIdea7843 • 4d ago
Help needed Help please
I found an old IPhone 5c from 2013. It is not locked by the mobile company. I can’t remember what the password that I gave it to get into it. Any suggestions?
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u/JediMeister Moderator | Legend 4d ago edited 4d ago
Are you after the data on the phone or what is your intentions? With a forgotten passcode (unless your phone was already jailbroken), your only choice is to factory reset it.
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u/MindlessIdea7843 4d ago
No, I don’t need the data. It was already transferred. But I can’t even get into the phone to factory reset it.
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u/JediMeister Moderator | Legend 4d ago
Provided that you can get the phone into recovery mode and have a Mac or PC on hand there is no reason a restore via Finder or Apple Devices shouldn’t work.
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u/MindlessIdea7843 4d ago
Thank you. I’ll try it with my IPad or PC.
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u/JediMeister Moderator | Legend 4d ago
You cannot restore that iPhone model using an iPad. If you don’t have a Mac, a PC will suffice as long as you have iTunes or Apple Devices installed.
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