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How to Recover Forgotten iPhone Restrictions Passcode

March 16, 2011 — by Megha Bassi — 173

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How to Recover Forgotten iPhone Restrictions Passcode

March 16, 2011 — by Megha Bassi — 173

IMG 0178This tutorial will show you how to recover or reset the Restrictions Passcode on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. Previously, we have shown you how to use the Restrictions feature on iOS to disable features like in-app purchases, location services etc. using a Restrictions Passcode. Last night I tried to get rid of a few restrictions and to my greatest horror, I realized I could not recall the passcode I had used.

Unfortunately, there is no easy way to recover or reset your iPhone’s Restrictions Passcode. At least none that I could find documented by Apple. Restoring to a previous backup will not get rid of the passcode and the only other option would be to setup iPhone as a new device. All this at the cost of losing some data and also a lot of time and effort restoring your iOS device.

So let me share a simple method to recover the Restrictions Passcode, that will take no more than five minutes. You just need access to the computer the iOS device was synced to.

This tutorial is meant for Mac users only. Download iPhone Backup Extractor for Mac OS X from here. It’s a free application to read iPhone or iPod Touch backups made by iTunes.

After extracting the archive, launch the app and click on Read Backups. Select the iOS device whose Passcode you need to recover and click on Choose.

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Now, you should be able to see a list of Apps that have been backed up. Scroll down to select iOS Files and then click on Extract. This process will take a few minutes. Browse to the location you specified for extracting iOS Files and navigate to iOS Files > Library > Preferences

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Look for the file called com.apple.springboard.plist and open it in Property List Editor.

The file should have a key titled SBParentalControlsPin and the Value for this item is exactly what we were looking for. Our missing 4 digit Restrictions Passcode.

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Now, go ahead and enable/disable restrictions on your iOS device using the recovered passcode.

Tip for Users with Jailbroken iPhones:

If you have a jailbroken iOS device you can also navigate to var/mobile/Library/Preferences/ to access the file mentioned above. You can either use OpenSSH to access this file via Wi-Fi or use iPhone explorer utility to access the file using the USB cable.

You can try this in case you don’t have immediate access to the iPhone backup files. Of course, this method won’t work on non jailbroken devices as access to system files is disabled on them.

Megha Bassi

Megha Bassi has a strong fascination for all things Apple. Not only does she religiously follow Mac and iPhone news, but also loves writing about everything pertaining to it, be it publishing useful tutorials or app reviews.

  • Cass

    It opens up in textedit and doesn’t look like depicted. When I read through it I can’t find anything Sbparentalcontrolspin. Help – what am I doing wrong ?

  • Megha Bassi

    @cass if you have Xcode installed you won’t need any other tool. otherwise use TextWrangler or equivalent. textedit can’t read this file properly.

    • Djay

      True…!! Even i em struck on the same screen

    • Michelle Crimmins

      Megha – I am desperately trying to unlock parts of my iPhone functionality after I forgot the Restrictions password. I just downloaded Xcode and can now open the iOS backup files and see them visually as shown above. (Only had TextEdit previously.) However, when I open them, there is not the string of files shown in the com.apple.springboard.plist folder – mine only has 9 files and they are primarily sound identifiers. I have iOS 6.0.1.

      Can you help??? Am I looking in the wrong file? I really want to unlock this thing…

      • Hatice

        I think the best thing to do is to get help from an Apple expert..

    • Jeff

      Megha, I have an iphone 5 running 6.0.2. I folled the instructions and opened the .plist file. I got the contents exactly as you describe, but there is no parent control pin listed. I looked inside all the files and could not locate any 4 digit number that might represent the one I entered when I set it up. Any ideas?

    • Anoushka

      text wrangler doesn’t seem to be able to read the file either. Xcode won’t download as I’m on OS X 10.6.8, and I don’t have property list editor. I’ve hit a dead end. Any ideas would be so welcome..!
      thanks

  • colesy

    The file is binary rather than XML, it can be used in the iPhone in both formats but defaults to the former.

    There is more info at the on reading the file at http://www.iphonebackupextractor.com/blog/2011/apr/7/how-to-recover-iphone-restrictions-passcode/

  • adil mansoor

    i get this error on the p list edit

    The outline could not be synchronized because an error occurred: The current text cannot be encoded in the necessary text encoding (ASCII)

    please help .. thanks

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  • So they store the pin in plaintext, not encoded. Really good security, apple.

  • I knew there had to be a better way than a factory reset like every other post I found mentioned. Thanks!

  • Jason

    I have tried this with an iphone 4 – and I do not see the SBParentalControlsPin when opening this plist in properly list editor. Am I doing something wrong?

    • Jake

      @Jasom: I know! Me too! There is no SMBParental Pin. I have an iPhone 4.

    • Alexmac

      ever figure it out?

      • Nifdge

        Anyone figure this out – am having the same problem myself – bought a second hand 3gs with iOS 5, but the restrictions has a passcode, and the person who owned the phone has no idea!

        Tried this method, but I’m only getting

        SMBParentalControlsBlocked
        SMBParentalControlsEnabled
        SMBParentalControlsFailedAttempts

        and no parental pin one!

        I’m guessing it’s probably moved in IOS4 &5 – but who knows where to!

        • mchunter7

          I’ve got the same problem! Since iOS5 I can’t find it anywhere…any input would be fantastic

  • Thank you so much for this. I’m the parent and need to recover. I knew there had to be a method. Worked perfect. I used TextWrangler.

  • Lemon

    I downloaded Text wrangler but when I open it, its still jibberish ><
    HELP!

  • Markus

    Worked perefect for me. Thanks for sharing this. Downloaded PlistEdit Pro and did as you said. Thanks again.

  • Melyssa Cee

    Hi, can anything be done on Windows rather than Mac?? My darling nephew just loves my iPhone and I never had restrictions passcode but recently discovered I cannot delete any apps from my iPhone 4 due to restrictions I have tried every password I can think of been trying to do this for 3 mths plus now :s he is so clever with the iPhones and blows me away what he can access on such little time. I am so devastated I cannot reset I have far too much to lose :s I will be forever indebted if anyone could help me xxx

  • Lemon

    Hi Melyssa,
    I ended up downloading this on my bf’s laptop coz I couldn’t get the MAC one to work for me.

    easy as pie :)
    http://www.groovypost.com/howto/how-to/recover-your-iphone-restrictions-pin-backup/

    goodluck

    • Melyssa Cee

      Thankyou so so so much! I will let you know how I go I am going to try it this weekend :) thanks again for your reply and thanks to everyone who posts to try and help others out with the info Apple seems loathe to release xxx I love my iPhone iPod App Store and iTunes I should definately own shares considering my tally at the app store/iTunes just this month so far is hovering at just over $300 but I could cry at the lack of info available from Apple when things go pear shaped. It is a double edged sword having a device that does so much because I have found if my phone is flat or needing repairs I am truly lost and have far too much to lose should I not be able to ‘fix’ it. Anyhows thankyou again and again for this post, the extremely helpful replies and for being kind and patient enough to post what works and doesn’t even after your device is fixed to help others. May you all be truly blessed :)

  • Tochi

    This is like a miracle! You are my life saver, thanks a mil!!

  • Zohan

    You save my iPhone life.LOL. And yea it works like Charm.
    I used Phoneview app for extract the plist. And i used textwrangler to view the file.Thanks a lot man!

  • JasonRich

    I am trying to use the latest iOS 5 beta and recover a Restrictions password but this method doesn’t seem to work. Any suggestions?

    • Alexmac

      Sane here. well it works right up until i open it and am looking for “SBParentalControlsPIN” which i cannot find. nobodys helping! no nerd out there is smart enough to figure this out??

      • If you cannt see it just add it :)

        add the following to same file and into a new line using either text viewer or plist editor:

        SBParentalControlsPIN
        1234

        you should know what to do next….
        Tadaaa

  • Lars

    It seems they have removed this PIN from the plist file for security reasons. Does anyone have an idea of what could be an alternative solution of if it can be found in another location?

    There is a SBParentalControlsEnabled which is set to YES. So I guess that it might be possible to change that one to NO and overwrite the file on the device but that requires jailbreak – my problem is with an iPad 2 which seems to have no jailbreak at the moment, so I cannot achieve this and find out if I can disable it to create a new code afterwards.

    I guess we need to have patience until someone figures out what’s changed and possibly a new way.

  • Nifdge

    Anyone figure this out – am having the same problem myself – bought a second hand 3gs with iOS 5, but the restrictions has a passcode, and the person who owned the phone has no idea!

    Tried this method, but I’m only getting

    SMBParentalControlsBlocked
    SMBParentalControlsEnabled
    SMBParentalControlsFailedAttempts

    and no parental pin one!

    I’m guessing it’s probably moved in IOS4 &5 – but who knows where to!

  • jay

    I can’t even open the plist file. Help? It gives me an error :(

  • Magnus

    Worked perfectly, maybe because I had an iOS4 backup.
    Thanks a lot!

    • LDV

      Definitely in ios5 Apple has moved pin key to another location or they use some kind of encryption. Maybe there will be someone who to take the challenge and find new place where is hidden our mysterious four digit number :)

  • Ralph

    You are a kingggggg …. Thank u very much…. I used ifile instead … Thank youuuuuuuuuuu …. Woooooo yeahhhhh …. Thanks

    • Essie

      I used ifile too, worked perfectly. I find more and more uses for ifile everyday!

  • Resetting the pass code is easy. for detail steps read this
    ( http://proanswers.org/322/my-ipod-touch-forgot-my-restrictions-password-what-should-do )

  • honey

    ok so THIS is weird: I don’t really recall enabling restrictions, and if I did, I would not have used the code that i discovered after extracting–>opening iOS folder from desktop–>opening springboard.plist in xCode.

    and it’s even weirder that the code was 1236 – ONE digit away from the screenshot above.

    I really hate conspiracies, but mostly because they are so transparent.

  • Mudi

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  • madhu

    Thanks a lot. This works.
    I used http://www.addpod.de/juicephone to browse my ipad backup and recover the restrictions passcode.

  • paula

    Does this work under iOS 5?

    I’m asking because I extracted the backup, have the iOS Files folder, but it’s empty!!

    Where else can I find or reset the passcode?

  • paula

    OK, tried again with the latest backup and voila! Files, including the springboard one.

    Downloaded Property List Pro and opened that. But there’s no SBParentalControlsPin !!

    So, now what? I’d really like to avoid a complete reinstall!

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  • Hi,

    Is there an easy way to change the passcode to something different, without erasing all the data? I’m using an iPad2 w/ iOS5.
    Thanks!

  • Vic

    Thanks a lot, worked inmediately, :)

  • ihk2011

    Please help me how to find SBParentalControls PIN number
    I tried both [plist Editor (662)] and [iPhone Backup Editor (com.apple.springboard)] to get PIN number that I set as “1234”.
    However it only shows as
    key SBParentalControlsMCContentRes­trictions /key
    Please help meeeee!!!
    iPhone 3GS

  • consy

    omg!!! this was sooo easy!! thanks A MILLION for this help!! really!!!!

  • boonnah

    So easy and works like wonder on my iPad! Thank you sooo much!!

  • JToc

    I can’t seem to find the “springboard” and the software will not let me select any of the plist files…

    I have a Mac-am I missing something?

    Help!!

    • Salutations

      Unfortunately I had the same problem. But all above suggestions did not work for my iOS 5.0.1.

      So I decided to figure out myself (as I am a programer).

      Here http://creative-territory.net/post/view/id/49/ I described how to reset passlock for iOS 5.0.1.

      Hope this will helpful for someone.

      P.S.
      Sorry my English (it is not my native language)

      • Jason

        This is still half-done. I did succeed to switch off restrictions, but I can make change to the functions that I previosly disabled. To enable them again, you should do the following:

        1.After modifying the DB file, please save the original copy.

        2.upload the modified copy into your ipad.

        3.click into the”Rrestriction” menu. You can see you can not make any change but “enable restriction”

        4.REPLACE the modified copy with the original copy, then click enable restriction. set an easy code.

        5.You can now enable the function that you disabled previously.

        6.If you click out of the “Restriction” Menu, you need the original password, not the password you just set, to unlock.

  • Rupin

    Thumbs Up! Thanks!

  • Mike

    Hello,

    Thank you so much. I have been trying to figure out how to reset my wife’s iPhone restrictions since our 3 year old has been on a random buying spree.

    Using TextWrangler was crucial and I also had 2 springboard.plist files with the second one having the password ironically “1234”

    Mike

    • Jane

      I am having the same problem as most. I am using ios 5 and the pin in not visible once you open up springboard. Where are the iTunes back ups stored so I could try to extract from a previous backup. When you try restore via iTunes it only gives the option of the latest back up. I have been into /library/applications support but I don’t have a mobileSync folder in there. Any ideas where they could b stored?

  • Steven

    Any way to reset the password or just turn off the restrictions on a regular (non-jailbroken) phone????

    So annoying – I never even remember setting a password for restrictions and now I can’t even get in there to disable game center and other things I don’t want on my phone.

  • Khurram

    Thank u so much for ur help :) i got my code :)

  • RP

    I cannot find the file com.apple.springboard.plist???

  • Revans

    I have found a way to change the restrictions without the code. I downloaded iBackupBot, which allows you to open and edit your backup files. Back up your iphone using itunes. Open the back up with ibackupBot and find library/confidurationprofiles/usersettings.plist. Double clicking this will open a window (click cancel if a registration window comes up). This lists all the restrictions on your phone (eg allowitunes and allowappinstallation etc) followed by a value (true or false). Change the restrictions you want (on or off) by deleting the true/false and replacing it. Click save. Then restore your iphone from backup. It changes the settings without ever needing the passcode (which still won’t work). Hoipe this helps.

    Revans – relieved user

    • Cinncity

      Thank you so much for this!! I was able to get the restriction fixed!! I still don’t know the password, but I don’t need to know it with this. Thank you! :]

    • Andrea M

      YAY!!!! you saved me!! hubs set up restrictions on camera and Safari to keep our 3 yo out, but neither of the two codes he uses worked, we were at a loss as to what else to try after 17 failed attempts!!! thank you!!!!!!

  • Kelle

    The problem I am having is that all of my files are encrypted. I get as far as the extractor, but text wrangler and the plist edit pro can’t de-scramble the text. Grrr!!

  • jono

    iBackupBot is sensational.
    Allows for so much editting of the phone’s internal thingamabobs and settings and stuff.

    Also allows you to grab your text messages as an excel file, something I’ve been wanting for ages.

    THANK YOU REVANS!

  • Jay

    Didn’t work for me. Several Parental control topics, but PIN wasn’t there.

  • dt

    For those on iOS 5.X and cannot find SBParentalControlsPIN in the com.apple.springboard.plist, try the following:

    Add SBParentalControlsPIN (string type) to your com.apple.springboard.plist.
    Set the PIN to whatever you like.
    Restore your device with this backup.
    Enter the PIN you had just set to remove restrictions.

    I’ve only done this on a jailbroken iPhone where I modified the com.apple.springboard.plist on the phone using iFile. (You have to go into the App Switcher tray and force close Settings app for it to read the new PIN). The above method should theoretically work for non-jailbreakers.

    • dt

      P.S. Non-jailbreakers will need a utility that will let you modify the backup directly. iPhone Backup Extractor won’t let you do this.

    • Lukas

      BRAVO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BEST

    • lse

      +1 for this, thanks!

  • werd

    If you can not see your own user library.. open up terminal and type:
    chflags nohidden ~/Library/

    then you can see your backups via time machine. look for anything backed up before octo 11, 2011

    • Gk

      THANK you. This worked, thank goodness there was a backup from 2010. :) Thank you!

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  • mira

    I LOVE YOU MAN

  • Bob

    This does not work for my Ipad 2 as the SBParentalControlsPIN is not there though the number of attempts is

    • Bob

      Udpate. Found it using the first backup I had. Presumably Apple removed the PIN from the original location with an update.
      Many thanks Megha!!

  • Kate

    THANK YOU!

    Saved me blood, sweat and tears.

    Blessings!!

  • jenea

    ok i have a iphone 3gs and i forget the password to rest the phone. ive tried what is up above. My iphone is connected to my macbook pro. I need help!

  • Amir

    As an iphone expert and one of the experienced people
    I reccomend restoring the iphone with full restore,
    Now guys ,
    for any issue (jailbreak/crash/lag…any any thing!!!)regarding the iphone iPod and ipad , please feel free to ask an contact me at my email,[email protected]
    By imessage!!! Or by sending a normal email……!!
    I’ll be always there to help you. 
    Thanks,

  • Tyge

    My Restrictions passcode is now reset after being set to a passcode I forgot over a year ago. Thanks so much for the easy step-by-step directions!

    Location Services are now working!

    So excited!

  • Ryno

    how do i open the com.apple.springboard.plist

  • Ryno

    how do i open the com.apple.springboard.plist in property list editor?

    • Hatice

      MEEE TOOO!! Please HELP. THANKS!

  • Romi Goodwin

    doesnt work. i just wasted an hour for that

  • josue

    when i open the springboard thing it doesnt give me anything for PIN. it only has ringtone stuff. megha bassi could u please help me out. thanks

  • malay sood

    this was so helpful! thank you so much.
    although it took me a while and had to download textedit pro but now its actually done. thank you so much.

  • Moe

    Everything worked. I just cannot find the SBParentalControlPin.
    Is there a reason why?
    The first time I did it I encrypted the backup files. Then i realized I had to remove that so I can find the code.
    But for some reason I cannot find that SBParentalControlPin, anybody has any clue where to find that?

  • Sienna

    THIS IS
    GENIUS.

    It worked well for me. Thanks!

  • Hitesh

    Worked perfectly on first try. Thanks.

  • Bryan Kalms

    Finally cracked it nice and easy.

    1. Download iPhone Backup extractor.
    2. Find the current backup folder in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backups (Lion)
    3. Copy the folder to the desktop.
    4. Find an old backup of the backup folder that was created with iOS 3.
    5. Copy that folder to the location in 2.
    6. Use iPhone Backup Extractor as explained above.
    7. Replace the old backup folder with the copy from 3.

    All done.

    But, yes, you do need a backup and it has to from a version of iOS that used SBParentalControlsPIN. And it may work just by copying the old backup to the location in 2.

  • alex

    im on windows and im using ibackupbot. i found the plist file but i cant find the pin. help me please

  • Ali

    It worked! Thanks so much!

  • WeW

    For iPAD2, i extracted the information I needed using Juicephone http://www.addpod.de/juicephone. Was able to browse the files and find the file w/ the passcode. Very easy and thank you!!

  • SPak12

    It’s not picking up my device for some reason. It shows up on iTunes and when I “Read Backups,” my device doesn’t show up. Why?

    • SPak12

      Oh I think it’s because I have iOS 5.0.1. Can you guys make it compatible to this version?

  • Mike

    Ok. I am on a unjailbroken iPad 3, and I don’t know the password. I’m on a windows 7 pc. HELP

  • Lycia

    – what if I don’t have a Mac? I’m trying to get my email off my
    Moms old iPod… Help!

  • Tomjr

    If you have iOS 5 or higher (or this just doesn’t work for you), have a look at this post: https://discussions.apple.com/message/20544884#20544884

    It gives complete instructions on resetting your restrictions code (and works with iOS5+).

  • thisispaul

    For those of you on iOS 5.1.1 you can reset your 4-digit Restrictions passcode with very little effort if your device is jailbroke (no reason not to… check out Absinthe to do it). Get yourself a copy of iFile (available through Cydia) and you can do this right from the phone. No PC or other software required. From within iFile you just browse to var/mobile/Library/Preferences and open com.apple.springboard.plist using the built in text viewer. Click the edit button to make changes, then add the following into a new line:

    SBParentalControlsPIN
    1234

    Save the file changes by selecting Done, then Respring the device. Voila! Your Restrictions passcode is now set to 1234.

  • Sexy boy

    Hey, plz help me I can’t download facebook in my iPhone 3

  • Er0l

    Thank you very much. I recovered my restriction passcode

  • griffin

    HELP! When I open “prefrences” It won’t load!!!!!!! I don’t know what Im doing wrong

    • hey just use iFile no need SSH or any thing else just use iFile to recover ur password

    • hey just use iFile no need SSH or any thing else just use iFile to recover ur password

  • Bianca

    when I open the file com.apple.springboard.plist in Property List Editor it says that there is an error and a bunch of weid symbols show up. is it encryption?

  • I follow instructions but only see senttweet sound identifier, sent mail sound identifier, voicemail sound identifier, reminder alert…, ringtone, new mail sound…facebookpost…sms sound…calendar alert sound identifier. There is nothing else listed.

  • Help

    im using 6.02 the parental controls pin doesnt show

  • Mike

    Do you have an updated guide for iOS 6? The .plist file seems to no longer contain the restrictions pin.

  • Jake

    I tried this on IOS 6…but no luck. There was no Pin number to be found…is there any way to do it on IOS 6? Please help!!

    • owly

      Same problem here. No luck to find pin in that file.

      • Helen

        Same again… :(

        • Kyle Frum

          Here also, no PIN.

  • Helen

    Probably a stupid question, but where do I find ‘IOS Files’?

    • Helen

      Everything’s working fine until this bit…”Browse to the location you specified for extracting iOS Files and navigate to iOS Files > Library > Preferences.” I just can’t find this no matter how hard I search. :( Please help!

  • beattie

    When i go to open the springboard part thing, it opens in ‘TextEditor’ ?

  • Shashwat Tripathi

    I am having the problem as John T Green can’t find the pin anywhere

  • Jen

    Thank you! This was driving me *crazy*.

  • Shashwat Tripathi

    Where is the SBParent Control cant find it in Springboard

  • Mel

    thanks for the information. i followed all of your instructions but there was no pin or SBParentalControlsPin file anywhere in the com.apple.springboard.plist folder. any suggestions?

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  • Stacy_C

    iBackupBot is the tool you want. Edit the springboard file to include the following, then restore from that backup. Use at your own risk but this worked perfectly for me. (You don’t recover your old passcode, you reset it to something else.)

    SBParentalControlsBlocked

    SBParentalControlsEnabled

    SBParentalControlsFailedAttempts
    1
    SBParentalControlsMCContentRestrictions

    countryCode
    us

    SBParentalControlsPIN
    1234

    • Mary G.

      and after you find this ^ , what do you do ?? HELP

  • Guest

    iBackupBot is the tool you want. Edit the springboard file to include the following, then restore from that backup. Use at your own risk but this worked perfectly for me. (You don’t recover your old passcode, you reset it to something else.)

    SBParentalControlsBlocked

    SBParentalControlsEnabled

    SBParentalControlsFailedAttempts
    1
    SBParentalControlsMCContentRestrictions

    countryCode
    us

    SBParentalControlsPIN
    1234

  • Guest

    iBackupBot is the tool you want. Edit the springboard file to include the following, then restore from that backup. Use at your own risk but this worked perfectly for me. (You don’t recover your old passcode, you reset it to something else…)

    SBParentalControlsBlocked

    SBParentalControlsEnabled

    SBParentalControlsFailedAttempts
    1
    SBParentalControlsMCContentRestrictions

    countryCode
    us

    SBParentalControlsPIN
    1234

  • Guest

    iBackupBot is the tool you want. Edit the springboard file to include the following, then restore from that backup. Use at your own risk but this worked perfectly for me. (You don’t recover your old passcode, you reset it to something else..)

    SBParentalControlsBlocked

    SBParentalControlsEnabled

    SBParentalControlsFailedAttempts
    1
    SBParentalControlsMCContentRestrictions

    countryCode
    us

    SBParentalControlsPIN
    1234

  • Guest

    iBackupBot is the tool you want. Insert the following in the springboard file, then restore from that backup. Use at your own risk but this worked for me.

    SBParentalControlsBlocked

    SBParentalControlsEnabled

    SBParentalControlsFailedAttempts
    1
    SBParentalControlsMCContentRestrictions

    countryCode
    us

    SBParentalControlsPIN
    1234

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  • Tom

    problem ectracting the file. Is this because i’m using a windows laptop?
    Please help.

  • livy86

    Hi, great article but there’s an easier way to do this now. The Restrictions PIN can be reset in a sec by using the iPhone Backup Extractor version 4.1.4. Just download it, open your iTunes backup and reset your PIN to “1234”. Then restore the backup and your troubles are over!

    • PK

      sadly this doesn’t work. Nothing comes up relating to restrictions when you use the iphone backup extractor — there is no option to reset the PIN. I can select to extract files, that’s it.

      Please explain????

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  • Mr. computers

    the only way to do it is to back up your iPod by 1.turn off device
    2.plug in to mac or windows
    3.if device turns back on, turn off device
    4.hold home button
    5.let go of home button once FULLY powered on

    next, go to iPod settings
    2.general
    3.unplug cable
    4.tap RESET
    5.plug in to computer an device will sync automatically!

  • Mary G.

    Where is the SBParent Control cant find it in Springboard ??? iOS 6.1.4

    HELP !??

  • anonymous

    how do you get com.apple.springboard.plist

  • I really appreciate this post. I’ve been looking all over for this! Thank goodness I found it on Bing. You’ve made my day!

  • Vanessa

    I can’t find com.apple.springboard.plist :/ Like, it’s non-existant. Anyway to fix this?

    • sean

      either search it or go to library > prefrences > com.apple.springboard.plist

  • fogotmypass!

    Thank you, it’s been great help!

  • bulll shit

    bulllllllllllllllllllllllll SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTT

  • Hi

    Mine doent work.. I want to remove my school restrictions

  • Hi

    Fuck this

  • marisa

    i cant open com.apple.springboard.plist with Property List Editor because its document type of file! wtheck do i do now?!

    • Krishna Meenakshi Narayanan

      SAME with me!!!!!! someone pls help!!! :0 i really need to restore my phone (its dads with so much data!!), and i need the restrictions passcode for that >.< :L :( :'(

  • David Kunkleman

    I tried this but it appears the string is empty. I do it on another one of my devices and it looks like all is in there are sound files, etc. No SBParentalControlsPin.

    • joe

      so what do i do now

  • Joe

    where the hell is “Read Backup’s please help

  • flapistache

    In my case SBParentalControlsPin is not in the file.

    Il put it after systelLastVersion with a code pin / restart iphone
    It is ok restriction code is what i put in the file

    thx

  • Miss

    This works! It’s a passcode cracker that works right from the web. My code was 0852 (ID FORGOTTEN IT HA!) it took just a minute or two. http://ios7hash.derson.us/

  • Baka

    I don’t have a Mac… All I have is an iPad…

  • Landseadel

    This does no work on iOS7.1.2. However, using the iBackupBot app, you can open up System Files\Library\Preferences\com.apple.restrictionspassword.plist and find out your restrictions password key. Use the tool at http://ios7hash.derson.us/ in order to decrypt the key.

    Thanks to http://nbalkota.wordpress.com/2014/04/05/recover-your-forgotten-ios-7-restrictions-pin-code/ for the iOS7 info.

  • Can this method still work on iOS 7?

  • Dawson

    well, great tutorial. It works great. For Windows users who have the same problem, you can check this step by step guide instead to unlock the restriction passcode:
    http://www.iphonetransferrecovery.com/tutorials/forgot-iphone-screen-lock-passcode.html

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  • sooraj

    how to jailbreak ipad 2 with ios 7 it is locked with apple id password I have forgotten that password reset method is not effective
    suggest me some method to do it

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