Published 11:56 IST, April 10th 2019
Apple iPad Restricts Man From Using It For 48 years, For Wrong Password, Twitterati Go Crazy
A 3-year-old id keyed in the wrong password so many times that the device locked his dad from using it for 48 years.
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It seems that an Apple iP user cant access his slate for a staggering 48 years, and guess reason - it is for keying in wrong password - t by him but his 3-year old kid. This user, called Evan Oss has even taken to micro-blogging site Twitter to share an im of his iP being locked for 48 years.
Firstly, check out im that Oss shared on Twitter, below:
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w his 3-year old kid seemingly attempted to unlock device and keyed in wrong password repeatedly. This is said to have resulted in device blocking Oss for a period of 25,536, 442 minutes that translates roughly to 48 years.
If you are an Apple user, or user of any smartphone, it is alrey a kwn fact that devices lock you out after you repeatedly key-in wrong password. iOS devices have n extra layer of security when it comes to blocking attempts of gaining unauthorized access. Apple device usually lock out users, for wrong passwords, for relatively longer durations but 48 years is by any stretch of imagination unacceptable. Here, evan Oss is asking Twitterati for suggestions to recover his locked iP; if you feel that 48 year ordeal for man is too much, do share creative insights on his Twitter account (using embedded tweet above) so that he get sto recover his iP without having to wait for 48 years.
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Twitterati go crazy
As soon as Oss put out his tweet, Twitterati instantly jumped to respond and offered suggestions such as “Pour one out in memory of your iP” , “Next time just give your kid password”, “Just wait 48 years”, “ Call Tim Apple”, and more.
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However, such a locked device could be restored through a hard restore via Recovery mode, and via iTunes recovery. stored data would be all gone, though.
11:28 IST, April 10th 2019