How to Bypass Disabled Screen

We all know the passcode is a great feature on the iPhone that adds security for users, but what happens when you forget your passcode? Generally, the only way to recover the phone is to restore through iTunes but in doing so, you lose all the data (some of which may be very important) on the phone. In this tutorial, I will be showing you how to both bypass the iPhone Disabled screen and and how to recover your passcode.

Disclaimer: This tutorial is intended only for legal owners of the device who have lost their passcode, it is not intended to be used for unauthorized access of lost/stolen devices.

Note: You must have iTunes, .NET Framework and Java installed for the program to run, if you don't have these installed, download them from here, here and here. Also, both of these recovery methods require the Limera1n bootrom exploit developed by GeoHot. Because of this, it can only be used on A4 bootrom and lower devices. This will not work on iPhone4S, iPad2, iPad3 or any future devices unless a new bootrom exploit is discovered.

How to Bypass Disabled Screen

Step 1. Download Gecko Tool Kit from our link here

Step 2. Unzip the application and open it, plug your iPhone into the computer

Step 3. Click the 'Bypass iPhone Disabled Screen' tab along the top of the application

Step 4. Select your device type (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad) and click bypass, click ok to the popup window

Step 5. Put the device into DFU mode. (Video tutorial on how to do this can be found here)

Step 6. The computer will go through a bunch of processes, once it has finished it will come up with some green text saying 'Success'. When this is complete, click the close button in the window at the top right hand corner.

Step 7. The computer will again go through some more processes. If it asks you if you want to store the key in cache, type 'n' and press enter

Step 8. Great, if all was completed successfully, your device will restart and the disabled screen will have gone away.