

On Toshiba Laptop: D’loaded iTunes & after reboot needed to install iTunes Thanks I was able to recover using a Windows 10 laptop.

All the while this is happening if any of these things take too long the iPad will time out and go back to lock screen.ĭoes anything work? How in the hell is this such a complicated process? all it did was reinstall the firmware and i am STILL LOCKED OUT.

in iTunes option click on Update, point directly to firmware, goes through entire process, reboot the iPad, I think i'm good but OH NO. Constantly trying to contact the update server despite the download there (~/Library/iTunes/iPad Software Update). Go through reset process attached to my Macbook. Mac Mohave 10.14.6 (no thanks Catalina no 32 bit support) with iTunes I have been trying for 1.5 days now to get it reset. My son got a new iPad for his birthday and immediately forgot his PIN and locked himself out. I love Apple and have been using since they went Unix in 2001, but the Apple recovery process for iPhones/iPads is HORRIBLE. IPad- NEVERENDING FRUSTRATION I am so frustrated. The Recovery Mode Alert Box & iTunes each have update & restore buttons.And I get the same error messages when I click on any of these buttons.ģ] When I installed iTunes I also installed iCloud,because it showed up as an Apple Update on my PC.Ī] I created a new Apple ID & Password,but I was unable to Log in to iCloud due to this Error: “Cannot Sign in” “Your Apple ID must be used to srt up iCloud on a Mac or an iOS device before you can useī] Also in iTunes> Account> I was unable to“Authorize this Computer”: because, I had never used my Apple ID in iStore.

"To RESTORE your iPad with iPadOS 15.0.2, you need to install the latest version of iTunes"ġ] I tried Repair = Reinstall iTunes replacing missing or damged files ,but this didn’t solve the problem.Ģ] NOTE: I am able to get into Recovery Mode,but I never see the "Connect to iTunes"screen,but I don’t think this matters because: iTunes always opens automatically & I see the Recovery Mode Alert Box in iTunes. When I put my iPad into Recovery Mode,iTunes recognizes my iPad īut when try to update or restore I get this error message: This matches the current version for Windows7, 64 Bit I downloaded on from In iTunes when I check at Help> Check for Updates it reports “This version of iTunes I’m trying to restore iTunes to factory because I forgot the passcode for my iPad,6th Generation, Wi-Fi + Cellular.
