As soon as you reach 10 times of incorrect entries, you will end up with a black screen and at the same time, displaying an error message 'iPad is disabled, connect to iTunes.' Things gets a little bit complicated - Your iPad is disabled permanently and need to hooks up to a computer in order to reset with iTunes or Finder (macOS 10.15 or later).Īlso see: How to fix unavailable screen on iPhone Part 1: How to unlock an iPad if it is disabled and can't connect to iTunes on computer - Using a 3rd party tool If you've entered it wrong more than 5 consecutive times on iPad, you will be disabled temporarily. Normally, for an iPad that is passcode secured, you just need to input right passcode, and then it unlocks automatically. Why is my iPad disabled and displays 'connect to iTunes' message? In the part 3 of this article we also gives you a handful of tips for eliminating possible culprit of your disabled iPad not connecting to computer and unlocking it with iTunes. You have options to unlock an iPad if it's disabled and won't connect to iTunes application. In this post, we have gathered a few efficient ways to help you fix disabled issue and get the iPad back to function if your iPad won't connect to iTunes. Whatever the reason, you will want to unlock the iPad that has been disabled and won't connect to iTunes as soon as possible. But what to do if your iPad is disabled and won't connect to iTunes? It is possible that iTunes can't recognize the disabled iPad when connecting to computer, or the application is unable to detect the device in recovery mode for further factory reset. Now what?Īpple makes it possible to unlock a disabled iPad by connecting to iTunes or Finder app - just as the prompt indicates, and doing a system restore from a recovery mode. But the worse thing than that is the disabled iPad won't connect to iTunes for restore when you gets message saying 'iPad is disabled, connect to iTunes' on your tablet screen. Maybe you forgot the screen passcode on iPad, Maybe your kids locked it by mistake. Getting your iPad disabled or unavailable is never funny.

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