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Choose вЂњRestoreвЂќ to restore the iPhone from the most recent backup.Choose вЂњSyncвЂќ in iTunes and enter the proper passcode when requested to unlock the device, this backs up the iPhone to the computer.Connect the iPhone to a computer it has synced to before with a USB cable and launch iTunes.If you know the iPhone passcode and have backed it up recently, you can simply unlock the device with iTunes though it requires a restore:

Yet another reason frequent device backups are important. Hopefully you made a backup recently to that computer, and hopefully you remember the actual passcode for the iPhone, otherwise youвЂ™ll have to erase the device and lose all data on it. This is the worst scenario for an iPhone being disabled because it requires you to connect the iPhone to a computer to gain access to it again. If you canвЂ™t wait, or if you donвЂ™t know the passcode, you have to put the iPhone into recovery mode and restore it. Want to unlock an iPhone stuck on the disabled screen? You have to wait for the time to pass, then enter the proper passcode. Unlocking iPhone Stuck on вЂњiPhone is Disabled, Try Again in X MinutesвЂќ

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The parent or caregiver often thinks nothing of it since the iPhone is locked with a passcode or Touch ID, but nonetheless the kid often finds a way onto the passcode entry screen (itвЂ™s only a swipe away after all), enters the wrong password repeatedly as they tap on the screen, and then the device becomes locked out with the вЂњiPhone is disabledвЂќ message. That latter scenario is extremely common with parents and caretakers with young children, who may fiddle with, tap on, and swipe around on an iPhone screen that is otherwise locked. And the other type, the unintentional passcode entry, usually triggered by a young child. The person disable: There are two types of person interaction that can disable the iPhone, intentional passcode entry of someone trying to guess your passcode and then disabling it as they fail вЂ“ usually a fairly obvious scenario. This happens surprisingly often if you keep an iPhone in a busy pocket or put your hands in your pockets often. IвЂ™ve had this happen to myself while twirling an iPhone in a pocket out of boredom, and I recently watched a friend accidentally disable their iPhone while searching the same iPhone-holding pocket for money to pay at a food cart. Because the iPhone screens slide to unlock feature can be swiped from anywhere on the screen, itвЂ™s fairly common to accidentally activate that screen, then enter into the passcode entry screen while the iPhone is a pocket with a hand or two, and perhaps unbeknownst to you, enter a passcode a few times to accidentally trigger the lockout. The pocket disable: Inadvertently disabling an iPhone in a pocket is surprisingly common! This typically happens to iPhone users who keep their iPhones in a pocket that they also use for their hands, often hip jacket pockets, the hoodie pouch pocket, or front pants pockets for example. How does this happen? The two most common reasons for an iPhone to seemingly lock itself out are pockets and people. In some situations, you didnвЂ™t actually try to unlock an iPhone and you didnвЂ™t (intentionally) enter a wrong passcode, but the iPhone says it is disabled anyway. But I didnвЂ™t try to unlock my iPhone, so why does it say it is disabled?

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LetвЂ™s further understand this issue to avoid it in the future, and going further weвЂ™ll show you how to get around the disabled message. Waiting a minute isnвЂ™t too bad, but waiting many minutes to an hour is inconvenient, as is connecting to iTunes to enable the iPhone again. 10 incorrect passcode entries вЂ“ iPhone is disabled, connect to iTunes (or the iPhone wipes itself of all data if self-destruct mode is turned on).9 incorrect entries in a row вЂ“ iPhone is disabled, try again in 60 minutes.8 incorrect entries in a row вЂ“ iPhone is disabled, try again in 15 minutes.7 incorrect entries in a row вЂ“ iPhone is disabled, try again in 5 minutes.5 incorrect passcode entries in a row вЂ“ iPhone is disabled, try again in 1 minute.You may find it interesting to know how many incorrect passcode entries are required to disable the iPhone for a particular amount of time and to get the accompanying message, that information is as follows:

In the future, just enter the proper passcode in the first place and youвЂ™ll avoid this message and the lock out period. The obvious solution in this case is to wait for the minute (or several) to pass and then enter the correct passcode to unlock the iPhone and get around the disabled message. After the iPhone passcode has been incorrectly entered five times in a row, the iPhone will automatically disable itself for 1 minute, giving the вЂњiPhone is disabledвЂќ error message on screen.

A locked iPhone requires a passcode or Touch ID to enter and access the device as a security precaution.

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