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Hard reset ipad 2 without passcode password#

While holding the bottom “Home” button down, reinsert the USB connector and the iPad will turn back on.Hold down the top “Sleep/Wake” button until the red slider appears & proceed to turn the iPad off.Method #2: Reset An iPad That Was Never Synced With Your Computer's iTunes This step is only necessary if you are looking to restore your data which was deleted during the reset.

After the device reboots, right-click the iPad icon and choose “Restore from Backup” This will replace all the content you previously backed up before the reset.

This will cause your iPad to enter “Recovery Mode” which will reset all its settings.

Click “Restore” when your back up has finished.

Right click on the iPad icon found within the iTunes left column & click “Back Up” (only perform this step if you want to restore your data after restore).

Remove iPad from your computer if iTunes prompts for a passcode.

Connect your iPad to the computer via USB cable.

Method #1: Reset an iPad Previously Synced With Your Computer's iTunes There are two different ways to go about doing this and I will run you through each of them.

Hard reset ipad 2 without passcode password#

Since he had previously set a 4 digit password to access the iPad's contents and I cannot contact him to ask what the password is (he is out of the country at the moment), I will have to resort to manually overriding the password and restoring the device. I have found myself in this situation as I am helping to sell a friend's old iPad that he understandably wants to be wiped prior to its sale. In some rare cases, you may find yourself in a scenario where you're looking to wipe an iPad or other iOS device to factory settings, but the device you have is currently password protected and you don't know the password.