iPhone is Disabled, Connect to iTunes and Fix This Issue

If you confront disabled iPhone, the following guide will introduce you some useful information of iPhone disabled connect to iTunes fix. Please check it out.

Updated Mar 10,2017 | by Niko

If you confront disabled iPhone, the following guide will introduce you some useful information of iPhone disabled connect to iTunes fix. Please check it out.

Sometimes, this could happen: you have connected your iPhone to computer and nothing, your iPhone just reads disabled. In fact, it’s actually quite common, but many iPhone users are frustrated with this issue. Before we discuss the solutions, let’s figure out the reasons why iPhone is disabled, connect to iTunes?

Why iPhone is Disabled?

The most common reason caused disabled iPhone is forgotten passcode. You got 5 chances to try the passcode before your iPhone is disabled for a specific period of time (1 minute to 1 hour). It means that it won’t be a problem if you got 1 to 5 incorrect passcode attempts.

But if you enter the incorrect passcode in to your iPhone 6 times in a row, your iPhone will be locked out and a message will say that it is disabled, try again in 1 minute.

Your iPhone will be

· disabled for 5 minutes after 7 failed passcode attempts

· disabled for 15 minutes after 8 failed passcode attempts

· disabled for 60 minutes after 9 failed passcode attempts

After 10 times incorrect passcode attempts, your iPhone will be completely disabled. You may see a message says that iPhone is disabled connect to iTunes, or even worse, iPhone screen will turn black and all the data will be erased.

Sometimes, you remember your iPhone passcode, but your friends, family members or some naughty kids try to figure out the passcode of your iPhone and make it disabled for the incorrect attempts.

How to Fix iPhone is Disabled, Connect to iTunes

Disable iPhone issue as well as its fix solution could possibly cause your data loss. There is no way to save your iPhone’s data if you do not have any backup (This is why we always suggest people to backup iPhone regularly, just in case).

Besides, It’s impossible to bypass or unlock your iPhone once you see the message “iPhone is disabled, connect to iTunes”. The only thing you can do is to follow these steps and fix iPhone is disabled connect to iTunes issue.

1. iPhone is disabled, connect to iTunes

When face this issue, you can connect your iPhone to iTunes and erase it with iTunes. Here are the steps: connect iPhone to computer > open iTunes (wait for iTunes to sync your iPhone) > Restore (if you have backup, then choose “Restore from iTunes backup”

2. iPhone is disabled, connect to iTunes – use iCloud

If iTunes solution not working and you just setup Find My iPhone properly, then you can erase your iPhone with iCloud to fix iPhone is disabled issue.

· Go to https://www.icloud.com/find from another iOS device

· Sign in with your Apple ID, tap “All Devices” at the top and choose your iPhone

· “Erase iPhone” and it will wipe your iPhone and the passcode off

Now you can restore your iPhone from iTunes/iCloud backup or set it up as new. >> How to restore your iPhone from backup

3. Put iPhone in Recovery Mode

If you have never synced your iPhone with iTunes or turned on Find My iPhone in iCloud, you have to put your iPhone in Recovery mode to get rid of iPhone is disabled connect to iTunes issue.

· Turn off your iPhone

· Connect it to computer and open iTunes

· Force restart it

iPhone 6s or earlier: Press and hold Power button until the Apple logo appears; do not release the Power button, press and hold Home button immediately till screen turns into black; release Power button and keep holding Home button until iTunes detects your iPhone in recovery mode

(iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus users use Volume Down button to replace Home button)

· Update or restore your iPhone via iTunes

Generally, these methods can successfully help you fix iPhone is disabled connect to iTunes issue. If the iPhone is set up as new, you can use IOTransfer to import iOS files including photos, music, videos, books and etc. back to your iPhone again.

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