Unlocking a locked Apple device
As was mentioned previously, using lockdown files is the easiest way to unlock any Apple mobile device. An expert can use this method if he does not know the password to unlock the device. The disadvantage of this method is that the expert has to have a computer or a laptop of the device’s owner, to which the device was connected before.
How to do it…
Let us now learn how to unlock locked Apple devices:
- Lockdown files are created by iTunes when an Apple mobile device is connected to a computer - for example, during synchronization of audio files. If an expert has a mobile device and a computer (or laptop) seized from the same person as the mobile device, he can find the lockdown files in the following ways:
- Mac OS X –
\private\var\db\lockdown
- Windows 2000 and XP –
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Apple\Lockdown
- Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 10 –
C:\ProgramData\Apple\Lockdown
- Mac OS X –
Lockdown files
- The expert has to copy these files from the examined computer...