How to Fix iPhone is Disabled with iTunes. If you’ve previously synced your iPhone using iTunes before it is disabled, you are in luck. You can use iTunes to create backups for your iPhone and restore it as new without any issue. Connect your disabled iPhone or iPad to the computer you’ve synced with. Open iTunes and click the.
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Applies To: iPhone XS/XS Max/XR, iPhone X, iPhone 8/8 Plus, iPhone 7/7 Plus, iPhone 6/6s
The error message iPhone is disabled appears on your iPhone when you enter your iPhone password incorrectly for more than 5 consecutive times. The time you will wait depends on the incorrect tries you made. The worst situation is that you don’t enter the correct password at the 10th try, after which you will get the message iPhone is disabled Connect to iTunes on your iPhone screen. If you are in the worst situation and you don’t want any help from third-party software, all you can do is to unlock your disabled iPhone is to restore your iPhone from iTunes or iCloud backup or erase your iPhone to remove your iPhone data, including passcode. Like it or not, there are the three solutions to unlock your iPhone when your iPhone shows you the message iPhone is disabled Connect to iTunes.
- Notice
- Unless you made a backup before, there is no way to fix the iPhone is disabled Connect to iTunes issue without losing data.
iPhone is disabled Connect to iTunes - How to fix
Tip 1: How to unlock a disabled iPhone via iTunes
A less bad situation is that your iPhone password comes back to you and you have synced your iPhone with iTunes before, which means you can restore your iPhone by connecting to iTunes on the computer you have synced with. Here are the steps to unlock your iPhone via iTunes. (If you still can’t remember your password or you didn’t sync with iTunes, you have to go to Tip 2 or Tip 3 to get the solution.)
Step 1: Update your iTunes on your computer to the latest version.
Step 2: Connect your iPhone to your computer and launch iTunes if it doesn’t run automatically.
Step 3: Wait for iTunes to sync your iPhone and make a backup.
Step 4: When it’s completed, click Restore iPhone, After which you will go to the Set Up screen. (You can follow the guide on how to set up iPhone X for reference.)
Step 5: During the setups, you will see the optionRestore from iTunes backup. Choose your iPhone in iTunes and select the backup you'd like to restore from.
Tip 2: How to fix iPhone is disabled Connect to iTunes via Recovery Mode
If you can't use iTunes to restore your iPhone to solve the problem, using Recovery Mode can help you remove your iPhone passcode and thus unlock your iPhone.
Step 1: Connect your iPhone to your computer and open iTunes.
Step 2: When your iPhone is connected, force restart your iPhone.
- For iPhone X/8/8 Plus: Quickly press and release the Volume Up button. Quickly press and release the Volume Down button. Hold down the Side button until the recovery-mode screen appears.
- For iPhone 7/7 Plus: Hold down both Side and Volume Down buttons simultaneously until the recovery-mode screen appears.
- For iPhone 6s and earlier: Hold down both Home and the Top (or Side) buttons at the simultaneously. Release the buttons when you see the recovery-mode screen.
Step 3: Then a new window will open in iTunes asking you to restore or update your iPhone. Choose Restore.
Step 4: Wait for the restore process to finish. After that, you can set up and use your iPhone again.
Tip 3: Fix iPhone is disabled Connect to iTunes via iCloud
If you have turned on Find My iPhone on your disabled iPhone before the issue happened, you can use this method to erase your iPhone via iCloud.com and the set it up as new.
Step 1: Open a browser on your computer and visit iCloud.com.
Step 2: Enter your Apple ID and password. (If you don’t remember the account details, learn how to reset Apple ID and password here.)
Step 3: Choose Find iPhone > All Devices > [your iPhone].
Step 4: Click Erase iPhone, choose Erase to confirm and then enter your Apple ID password.
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Step 5: After your iPhone is erased, set up and use your iPhone as a new one. If you have backed up your iPhone via iCloud, you can choose to restore iPhone from iCloud backup during the setup process.