iPad is Disabled and Won’t Connect to iTunes? How to Fix?

By Justin SabrinaUpdated on August 31, 2021

• Select your language:
• English

  Arabic Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Kazakh Korean Malay Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese

After entering the wrong password multiple times, the iPad is disabled. In the worst case, you have never backed up the iPad or have not backed up the iPad for a long time. Here, we will answer some common questions for those who have disabled the iPad and won’t connect to iTunes. In addition, we will provide you the effective way on how to fix a disabled iPad.

CONTENTS

Part 1. Why iPad Can't Connect to iTunes When iPad Is Disabled?

The most common reason why your iPad cannot connect to iTunes after it is disabled is that, your iPad will need to be unlocked so that iTunes can access the data on it. If your iPad is disabled and connected to iTunes, normally, iTunes will ask you to enter the iPad password before proceeding to the next step.

Another reason is that you have never trusted the computer on the iPad. When we connect the iOS device to iTunes for the first time, we will be prompted to "Trust this computer" to confirm the connection between the device and the computer. The computer will remain in a trusted state until you delete the device or change your trusted computer, which means that the device will be connected without any pop-up windows the next time you connect. However, if you do not trust this device, iTunes cannot access the data on the device. After disabling the iPad, you will not be able to perform this operation.

Part 2.Can You Recover the Data on Your iPad?

This is the worst case for a disabled iPad, because it requires you to connect the iPad to your computer to access it again. In this case, you can only recover the data that you have backed up with using iCloud or iTunes. But if your iPad didnot trust the computer, you will have to wipe the device and lose all data. This is why iTunes can only access data even if it is disabled on certain devices when the computer was previously trusted. However, sometimes iTunes still cannot access the data on the disabled iPad even it have trusted the computer, because iTunes requires you to enter the password for the lock screen to continue backing up the device.

Part 3.Enable a Disabled iPad with iOS Unlocker(Recommend)

If your iPad is disabled due to entering the wrong password multiple times and cannot connect to iTunes. The only effective method is that you have to delete the screen password and all data on the iPad. This means that all your data and iPad settings will disappear. Now, we will guide you how to unlock iPad screen without iTunes.

Unlock iPad with Powerful Password Removal Tool:

UkeySoft Unlocker is the most effective way to unlock a disabled iPad without passcode. If your iPad is disabled and won't connect to iTunes, UkeySoft Unlocker 100% helps you fix the problem. It does well in 1-click to bypass iPad/iPhone passcode from locked, disabled, your iPad will get back to normal. Apart from this, it can also help you remove Apple ID without password from any iDevices.

Key Features of UkeySoft Unlocker:

• Unlock the disabled iPad without iTunes.
• Fix a disabled iPad when it can't connect to iTunes.
• Unlock iPhone/iPad/iPod touch with broken screen, locked, disabled or black screen.
• 1-click to delete password from disabled iPhone/iPad/iPod touch.
• Remove Apple ID from any iDevice without password.
• Unlock iCloud activation lock for your iPhone/iPad/iPod.

Steps to Unlock Disabled iPad with UkeySoft Unlocker:

Step 1. Launch UkeySoft Unlocker
After installation, click the icon to launch the program. To delete the password of disabled iPad, plaese select "Unlock Screen Password" mode.

Connect your iPad with computer via USB cable and click "Next" to enable the unlock function.

Step 2. Put iPad into Recovery Mode
To remove the iPad lock screen password, you should put iPhone 11/11 Pro into recovery mode.

For Most iPads:
Turn off your iPad, then press and hold both the Home and the Sleep/Wake buttons at the same time, keep holding both buttons until the Recovery Mode screen appears.

For iPad Pro 11 inches and 12.9 inches:
Turn off your iPad, Press and quickly release the Volume Up button and then the Volume Down button. Then, keep holding the Side or Top button until Recovery Mode screen appears.

Step 3. Download the Firmware Package
Just simply click the "Download" button to download the suitable iOS firmware package.

Once the firmware is downloaded successfully, click "Start" button to start removing the screen password, and then click "Start Unlock".

Step 4. Unlock Disabeld iPad without Password Successfully
After a few minutes, when you see “Removal Completed!”, click the "Done" button.

Now, your iPad screen password has been successfully deleted, just like the new one. You can reset it.

Part 4. Factory Reset iPad with iClouds

First of all, we definitely recommend UkeySoft Unlocker. It is the most efficient way to factory reset iPad without password. Neither you need to operate on your iPad, nor use iTunes. The steps are the same as the above steps on how to enable a disabled iPad with iOS Unlocker.

If "Find My iPad" is turned on and your iPad is connected to the Internet, iCloud wipe function supports you to unlock the iPad, you can login iCloud to remotely unlock disabled iPad without passcode.

Step 1. Go to iCloud web icloud.com and login your iCloud account.
Step 2. Click “Find My iPad” function on iCloud home page.

Step 3. Click "All Devices" at the top and choose your disabled iPad.
Step 4. To unlock the disabled iPad remotely, here you need to tap "Erase iPad" from the window and confirm again.
When you connect to the Internet, your iPad password, data and settings will be wiped. Now iCloud helps you bypass the disabled iPad, you can set it up to access it.

Hot Solutions - ALSO ON UkeySoft SOFTWARE

• 3 Ways to Unlock iPhone Passcode Do you looking for a easy and effective way to unlock iPhone passcode? Read this article, you will learn how to unlock a disabled iPhone in three ways, then you can use your iPhone again.
• [Guide] How to Unlock iPhone 14/13 when Forgot the Passcode This post shows you the best way to unlock iPhone 14/13 when forgot the passcode, so that you can regain access to your iPhone.
• How to Remove Apple ID From iPhone 14/14 Pro/14 Pro Max A complete guide showing how to remove Apple ID from iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max completely without password in simple clicks.
• How to Unlock iPhone 14 Without Passcode This post show you the best way to unlock iPhone 14 and more iPhone models without passcode, return your device to normal state perfectly.

Comments

1. No comment yet. Say something...

Prompt: you need to log in before you can comment.
No account yet. Please click here to register.