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by FearlessNebula 1822 days ago
Reset the phone and restore from backup
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russh 1822 days ago
Not possible, it is now a paper weight. Found this out when a disgruntled employee “forgot” the passcodes to several devices before quitting.
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tinus_hn 1822 days ago
That happens when you can’t access the Apple account that has the activation lock for the device. You don’t need the device passcode to reinstall it.
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dylan604 1822 days ago
Seems like it would be safer to enable wipe device after 10 wrong entries than allowing the exponential time out to increase
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