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I’ve seen this story circulating and the explanation is totally wrong. It won’t let you attempt that many times. The clock got set to the unix epoch somehow, an

by vlunkr 8y ago

I’ve seen this story circulating and the explanation is totally wrong. It won’t let you attempt that many times. The clock got set to the unix epoch somehow, and it’s waiting until sometime close to the present to allow unlocking. The math adds up. This happened to an old phone I had that sat around with a dead battery for a long time, and I found forums where plenty of other people have had the problem.

nfriedly 8y ago
They briefly cover that in the article: > ... this was a problem especially with early iPads (ours is ancient)—they can have trouble with time and date, which in turn can send the lockout time soaring.
pronoiac 8y ago
Ah, then, won't syncing it up to a computer reset the clock, and the lockout lessen?
- wernercd 8y ago
  Can you sync if it's locked?
- Thorrez 8y ago
  Yes, the article says that was the solution on how to unlock it.
  - saagarjha 8y ago
    They didn’t sync the iPad, they reset it through DFU.
MagicPropmaker 8y ago
The author agrees with you. It was attributed to a bug in the way some early iPads / iOS kept time. > I was impressed by how many people posted substantive help, explaining that this was a problem especially with early iPads (ours is ancient)—they can have trouble with time and date, which in turn can send the lockout time soaring.
Cymen 8y ago
I just ran into this with a seldom used MacBook Pro 2016/2017. I couldn't reset the password via iCloud and eventually I realized the system clock was wrong (on the order of years). I had to boot into the OS X recovery mode and start a terminal and set the date and time by the command line. Of course, none of the login screens have a time/date setting widget let alone show the system time and date so it took a bit of guessing. Once the system time and date was correct, the iCloud password reset feature worked without issue.

by vlunkr 8y ago

nfriedly 8y ago

They briefly cover that in the article: > ... this was a problem especially with early iPads (ours is ancient)—they can have trouble with time and date, which in turn can send the lockout time soaring.

pronoiac 8y ago

Ah, then, won't syncing it up to a computer reset the clock, and the lockout lessen?

wernercd 8y ago
Can you sync if it's locked?
Thorrez 8y ago
Yes, the article says that was the solution on how to unlock it.
- saagarjha 8y ago
  They didn’t sync the iPad, they reset it through DFU.

MagicPropmaker 8y ago

The author agrees with you. It was attributed to a bug in the way some early iPads / iOS kept time. > I was impressed by how many people posted substantive help, explaining that this was a problem especially with early iPads (ours is ancient)—they can have trouble with time and date, which in turn can send the lockout time soaring.

Cymen 8y ago

I just ran into this with a seldom used MacBook Pro 2016/2017. I couldn't reset the password via iCloud and eventually I realized the system clock was wrong (on the order of years). I had to boot into the OS X recovery mode and start a terminal and set the date and time by the command line. Of course, none of the login screens have a time/date setting widget let alone show the system time and date so it took a bit of guessing. Once the system time and date was correct, the iCloud password reset feature worked without issue.