Jan052013

How to unlock iPhone 4 backup password for iTunes?

Jenia asks:

I lost my iTunes backup password last week. But don’t know how to get it back! My valued videos, photos, contact address, etc. are on my iPhone!

One of my friends, who has new iPhone 5, had a similar problem recently. He recommended me use Tenorshare iPhone Backup Password Recovery via Google search. Can I believe it?


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Alan Wade

January 5, 2013

You could believe it or you could contact Apple for help recovering your password.

Yiz Borol

This.

First speak to apple, if your warranty is up and you have no other options, I guess you could try that.

January 6, 2013
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Shars

January 6, 2013

I have used the “Tenorshare iPhone Backup Password Unlocker” to reset my encrypted iPhone backup password Windows! It is unbelievalbe for me! Just 3 easy steps! Now, all my contact address, call logs, etc. are back! The tutorial also helped me much: http://goo.gl/RzQ5Q

Forgot iPhone Encrypted Backup Password:
http://www.askmefast.com/Forgot_iphone_encrypt_backup_password-qna2483751.html

Video on how to unlock backup for iTunes:
http://youtu.be/mPkai1vEth8

Kanyasa Loinai

Thanks! I get it from http://download.cnet.com/Tenorshare-iPhone-Backup-Unlocker-Professional/3000-18551_4-75792450.html

It helped me unlock new iPhone 5 backup password easily!

January 6, 2013
ha14

cool this worked for you, thank you for your input

January 6, 2013
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Jan Fritsch

January 6, 2013

I haven’t heard this tool before so I can’t make any judgement on it. One tool I did hear good reports about is the tool from Eclomsoft.
http://www.elcomsoft.com/eppb.html

As for the other suggestion Apple won’t (be able to) help with a forgotten backup password. They don’t have access to iTunes backups and therefor have no information about the password used.
Obviously they won’t help you “crack” the password or decrypt the files as there is no proof these files belong to you and not someone else.

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ha14

January 6, 2013

first name in lower case worked for the backup to restore my iPod?
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3374140?start=165&tstart=0

riste

Here have special a instructions : http://www.imeiunlockpro.com/unlock-instructions/ how to make this

March 9, 2013
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Silhoutte James

January 8, 2013

I had exactly the same problem. No password set during backup etc…

exchange password didn’t work, 1234, 0000, 9999 didn’t work, current Itune password didn’t work as well

I solved using the password I set when I originally created my first itunes account, fortunately I had it written somewhere

https://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa

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windflow Gong

January 22, 2013

Recommend this article for you:
http://windowspasswordreset1.blogspot.com/2013/01/unlock-itunes-backup-password-with.html

2 solutions for you when forgot iphone backup itunes password. One is get your files back without password, the other is unlock itunes password directly. Hope it can helps…..

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Pat Bro

February 19, 2013

Don’t panic when this happen to you. Sometimes too nervous will make you can’t remember iTunes password. First, you need to relax! Then try the possible password as below:
* Try 0000 as the password, sometimes the default password is in fact, 0000.
* Try your iTunes Store password. This is most commonly the password to restore your backup.
* Try your 4 digit unlock code for your device. If you have a more complex unlock code involving characters and such, try that too.
* If you have managed to attempt all the Attempts and nothing has worked, it seems like you will have to restore and set up the phone as a new one.
* Sometimes, the password can be a really old iTunes password that you set a long time ago but have since changed it. The original password is sometimes your backup password. This may be a bug in iTunes but try it and see if it works.

All the attempts do not work? Well, take it easy, turn to
http://itunes-backup-password-recovery.blogspot.com

you must find the way to unlock iPhone 4 bacup password for iTunes in this iTunes Backup Password Recovery professional blog

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Kennan

March 9, 2013

Some one also came across such question, and found the solution at last.
http://malaysia.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmPimhrzwHiN.0weyn4lf87hQAx.;_ylv=3?qid=20130304185454AAY6dU6

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Hanly Jue

March 12, 2013

No need to unlock your iPhone backup, but you can recover your info from your iPhone backup, but you must sure you have backup your iPhone on your iTunes, then you can use this app. here is article: http://www.istonsoft.com/iphone/how-to-extract-iphone-backup.html

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