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iphone 5s is now disabled because of too many pw attempts :(
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<blockquote data-quote="Applet" data-source="post: 1809771" data-attributes="member: 273662"><p>l took it to the Apple store, and the assistant said they can unlock it, but l would lose everything on it and thats theres no way round that. l still find that hard to believe. its like forgetting the code for a new electronic lock on your new house with all your memorable things inside, and after 10 attempts it locks you out permanently, and only way to get in is to burn the whole house down to make a new empty one reappear. </p><p>the assistant advised me that l should bring receipt to show proof of purchase and they can reset the icloud account as well (currently logged in with an old account where pw's and emails are no longer available). As l now have an iphone 6s, that has icloud which is shared with my mbpr, is there a need to have an icloud account on the iphone 5s which is still disabled (as l find it quite emotionally difficult to reset it and lose all thats in it). Reason l am saying this about icloud may be just out of ignorance, the only function l use the icloud for is 'reminders' , eg can type it out on my mbpr and have it appear on my iphone 6s. are there any other uses, since l get a free 15GB (currently sufficient)from google photos, which backs up automatically photos / videos that l have taken with my iphone 6s, also have dropbox and google drive. so a need for icloud for my disabled iphone 5s? lastly and most important does anyone know of a way of getting unlocking this 'disabled' status , with all memorable things intact?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Applet, post: 1809771, member: 273662"] l took it to the Apple store, and the assistant said they can unlock it, but l would lose everything on it and thats theres no way round that. l still find that hard to believe. its like forgetting the code for a new electronic lock on your new house with all your memorable things inside, and after 10 attempts it locks you out permanently, and only way to get in is to burn the whole house down to make a new empty one reappear. the assistant advised me that l should bring receipt to show proof of purchase and they can reset the icloud account as well (currently logged in with an old account where pw's and emails are no longer available). As l now have an iphone 6s, that has icloud which is shared with my mbpr, is there a need to have an icloud account on the iphone 5s which is still disabled (as l find it quite emotionally difficult to reset it and lose all thats in it). Reason l am saying this about icloud may be just out of ignorance, the only function l use the icloud for is 'reminders' , eg can type it out on my mbpr and have it appear on my iphone 6s. are there any other uses, since l get a free 15GB (currently sufficient)from google photos, which backs up automatically photos / videos that l have taken with my iphone 6s, also have dropbox and google drive. so a need for icloud for my disabled iphone 5s? lastly and most important does anyone know of a way of getting unlocking this 'disabled' status , with all memorable things intact? [/QUOTE]
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