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[GastonJ]

OK, a friend of mine's father died recently very suddenly. However his 3GS is locked using a pass, is there anything that can be done to unlock his phone? even if it means going into a Apple shop?

Cheers

[fijiman]

No....
Your best bet is to restore the iPhone back to standard.

[fail2ban]

You could jailbreak it and put your own payload which bypasses pincode, not easy and simple procedure but it's not impossible

This can help you
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[KoFi]

geko toolkit!
worked for me

[sav0]

Put the iphone in DFU mode and then do a restore in itunes. Look on YouTube for dfu mode if you don't know how to do it

[fijiman]

You can't do anything to the iPhone while the security pass lock is on...

Just restore it...but as stated above you will need to enter DFU mode to proceed.


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[KoFi]

gecko tool kit will find the code and preserve all info if that is what you wish!

100% works on pre 4s iphones (3g)

[GastonJ]

Thanks for all suggestions. She is after the contents of the phone, the phone itself isn't as important, she wants to be able to contact his friends who are unaware and get the photos etc off the phone.

[KoFi]

Thanks for all suggestions. She is after the contents of the phone, the phone itself isn't as important, she wants to be able to contact his friends who are unaware and get the photos etc off the phone.

i suggest google gecko toolkit it is still out there and WIIL retrieve the passcode xxxx if done correctly
I have personally done this on My sons phone when he was locked out with a pass code

deffo works on a 3gs phone

[GastonJ]

I found a copy of that earlier. Will let you know how I get on when I see her next week.