How to Unlock a Disabled iPhone without Passcode or iTunes or iCloud

Jenney
5 min readJun 12, 2020

It is very terrible to receive the iPhone disabled message. If you are in such a situation, you can find the solutions here to unlock a disabled iPhone without passcode or iTunes or iCloud.

unlock a disabled iPhone without passcode or iTunes or iCloud

Part 1: Unlock a Disabled iPhone with iTunes

When you get to know the iPhone is in disabled mode, you will also get the way to unlock the disabled iPhone — connect to iTunes. Yes, Apple prepares the solution to unlock the disabled iPhone. What you need is an iTunes on Windows or Mac computer.

Step 1: Check the iTunes on your computer. It is better to be the newest version.

Step 2: Set your disabled iPhone into recovery mode.

Step 3: Connect the iPhone to your computer and iTunes will start to load the iPhone info. You will get a prompt that says there is a problem with the iPhone that requires it to be updated or restored. Click Restore to move on.

restore iPhone in recovery mode

Step 4: At this time, iTunes will inform you that this action will restore the iPhone to its factory settings. That is to say, all the media and other data will be deleted. You can click Restore and Update to go ahead.

Step 5: iTunes will start the process at once. Meanwhile, you can see the changes on the disabled iPhone screen. Wait patiently until you get the iPhone restarted and go to the Hello interface. In the end, the disabled iPhone turns to be a new iPhone that you can set up with distinctive settings.

iPhone restore successfully

Part 2: Unlock a Disabled iPhone with iCloud

Besides, if you are the people who get used to signing in to iCloud on your computer to manage the iPhone regularly, you can make full use of iCloud to erase the iPhone if Find My iPhone is on. The web browser you use to sign in iCloud should be the one who you have signed in and trusted. Otherwise, it is difficult to unlock the disabled iPhone with iCloud as you will be required to enter the verification code.

Step 1: Get into icloud.com with the Apple ID account that is applied to the disabled iPhone.

Step 2: When you successfully sign in, you can view there are multiple options, including Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Photos, iCloud Drive, Notes, Reminders, Pages, Numbers, Keynotes, Find Friends, Find iPhone. And the last option plays an important role in erasing iPhone. You should select it to get your iPhone location.

Step 3: A map is displayed and you can select the disabled iPhone from the All Devices list.

Step 4: You can easily find Erase iPhone option in the disabled iPhone interface and then click it.

Step 5: A prompt will tell you that all contents and settings will disappear after the iPhone is erased. So, when you are ready, go to click Erase and wait for the process to be finished. Of course, you need to make sure that the disabled iPhone is connected to WiFi or other networks. Otherwise, it can just be erased when it is online.

Part 3: Unlock a Disabled iPhone without iTunes or iCloud

Forgetting iPhone passcode, you can also utilize a tool called iSunshare iPhone Passcode Genius to unlock it without iTunes or iCloud. It is no need to enter any password during the entire process.

iSunshare iPhone Passcode Genius is the easy to use iPhone unlocking software that is designed to help users unlock a disabled or second-hand iPhone without knowing the current passcode. In addition, you can use it to remove the old Apple ID or screen time passcode within minutes.

How to Unlock iPhone with iSunshare iPhone Passcode Genius

Step 1: Launch the program on your Windows computer. It is a pity that it only has the Windows version now.

Step 2: The first interface that comes into your eyes is iSunshare iPhone Passcode Genius main interface. There are three functions displayed. You can choose the left option — Unlock Lock Screen to continue.

select Unlock Lock Screen

Step 3: Then, you will get to know why this function is set for. If you have no doubt about your choice, click the Start button.

Step 4: At this moment, you should connect the disabled iPhone to the computer and then hit the Next button.

Step 5: After the software gets your iPhone details, it will guide you to the Download Firmware Package Online interface. What you need to do is click the Download button.

Step 6: All the above steps are to make preparation for the iPhone unlocking. The last step is to unlock the disabled iPhone by clicking the Unlock button. After that, you need to wait for a short time until you get a successful message.

The iPhone will be reset to factory settings after it is unlocked. You can set it up as a new one in your preference.

Final Words:

No matter which way you choose to unlock the disabled iPhone, there is no doubt that the data loss is inevitable. If you have the previous backup for the iPhone, you can restore the iPhone from backup while setting up the iPhone after unlocking.

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Jenney

Curious about everything interest me; Stubborn and keep on the issues until finding a solution. Love cooking and discovering the new things.