What to do when you’re locked out of your Apple or Android device.
A D.C.-area father has gone viral after his toddler locked the family out of their Apple AAPL, +0.56% iPad for 25 million minutes, or about 48 years, following too many failed login attempts.
Uh, this looks fake but, alas, it’s our iPad today after 3-year-old tried to unlock. Ideas? pic.twitter.com/5i7ZBxx9rW The original post has racked up almost 1,000 comments from commiserating parents and tablet users, including tips for unlocking the iPad, such as connecting it to the computer it syncs with, and then syncing it to iTunes, and restoring it from a saved backup.
— Kaj-Erik Eriksen™️ April 10, 2019 Osnos did not respond to a MarketWatch request for comment, but on Tuesday he tweeted that he was able to start restoring the device after putting it in Device Firmware Update mode: “Got it into DFU mode . Now restoring. Thanks to those who shared advice!”
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