Remove your finger only from the home button. Simultaneously hold down the top power button and center home button of the iPad Mini until you see a black screen.
If you find your iPad Mini frozen (hang) due to app failure and nothing you do changes anything on screen, you can try a force reboot. Here are a few more handy tricks to troubleshoot your iPad Mini. Once your iPad Mini starts up again, you’ll have a clean iPad Mini with the latest firmware installed. Once it is downloaded, it’ll ask if you really want to restore. If this is your first time restoring, you’ll have to wait for the firmware file to be downloaded. Locate your iPad Mini under ‘Devices’ on the left panel and click on Restore. Start by connecting your iPad Mini to your desktop computer with the provided cable. And you’ll have to go through the process of setting up the device from scratch (choosing language, Apple ID, etc.). Upon the start up, all content, apps, music, photos, and personal account information will be erased from the iPad Mini. You’ll then be asked if you want to continue after the confirmation, your iPad Mini will reset and the Apple logo together with a loading bar will appear on screen. Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap on Erase All Content and Settings. It is just as simple to restore your iPad Mini without iTunes. Restore to Factory Settings Without iTunes Here are 2 simple ways to restore factory settings and erase all the content on your iPad Mini, with the help of iTunes, and without. Restoring the iPad Mini to its default settings is also essential if you are thinking of selling or giving away your iPad Mini to someone else as you can fully erase your personal info from the device before it leaves your hands. If you have jailbroken your iPad Mini and have run into problems, there is probably a need for you to restore your iPad Mini to its original factory settings. I hope this information and guidance proves to be helpful in resolving your problem - and in recovering access for your brother.The newly launched Apple iPad Mini is out to have a beat down with other tablets in the market. When you recover access to your credentials, you would be well advised to log-in to your AppleID account from a web browser - and verify/update any email addresses and trusted telephone numbers: More information about recovery of your AppleID password: More information about recovery of your AppleID:
#How to factory reset ipad password
Unless you AppleID account has not been fully/correctly configured, or has been seriously neglected, recovery of the AppleID and password should not be difficult. Any of the trusted telephone numbers (fixed line or Cellular/Mobile) that are associated with your AppleID.Any of the secondary/recovery email addresses that should be configured for your AppleID account.Your primary email address mailbox that corresponds with your AppleID.To recover your credentials, you’ll need access to any one of the following: If you are the owner of the AppleID that previously activated the device - and you have forgotten your AppleID or associated password, these can be recovered here: The following is written from the perspective of the owner - but you’ll get the idea.
The key to this problem is recovering access to the original AppleID account that was used to previously activate the iPad.Ĭlose family members often have sufficient knowledge (and access to potential recovery paths) to enable recovery of the AppleID credentials. If you cannot secure their cooperation (which, in the circumstances you describe isn’t possible) you’ll not be able to technically defeat or bypass this security measure.Īttempting to use a different AppleID account isn’t going to help - in fact, it makes the problem worse.
#How to factory reset ipad how to
Here is Apple’s information about the Activation Lock - and how to switch-off this feature:Īs you will discover, if the iPad has been activated and associated with an AppleID account that you do not control, you will need to secure the cooperation of the account owner to whom the device is locked.
If the iPad is disabled, you’ll need to follow this process: I recommend that you read right through this guidance - as it may provide a route to recovery of the iPad.
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