# Locked Out from iPod

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-out-from-ipod/579487>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 23, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-out-from-ipod/579487 "2011-04-23T19:22:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-out-from-ipod/579487/1 "2011-04-23T19:22:04Z")

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My daughter apparently password protected her iPod, and now cannot remember the password. How can she unlock her iPod? Or, is she screwed?

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**Author:** ![Nadir](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nadir/32/7302_2.png) [@Nadir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nadir)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-out-from-ipod/579487/2 "2011-04-23T19:30:51Z")

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> iPhone display freezing? iPhone doesn’t detect by or appear in iTunes? iPhone cannot sync with iTunes on PC or Mac? Cannot make or receive calls, send or receive text messages, or access email or the web? Or worse, iPhone simply won’t turn on and...

Be advised that if you do this and then subsequently restore the last backup which also contains the unknown password, you will be right back where you started.

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