Unlock iPod Screen Lock If You Forget The 4 Digit Combination

Nick Momrik74 Comments

I’ve have several a lot of people post questions on other posts here at MDV asking how to unlock the iPod Screen Lock function if you forget the 4 digit combination/pass code, so I figured I would write up a short tutorial here to direct people to.

There are basically three ways to unlock the Screen Lock on your iPod:

  1. The most obvious and will not work for most people (or else you wouldn’t be visiting this web site). Simply enter the 4 digit combination/pass code at Extras > Screen Lock.
  2. Connect your iPod to the first computer it was synced with or the computer set as the primary one in iTunes. Open the iTunes application, then disconnect your iPod from the computer, and it should no longer be locked.
  3. Use this final way only if the first two options do not work for you because it is a destructive process.

    Everything on your iPod will be erased.

    This should not be a problem if you have all of your songs, videos, and other media stored in iTunes and you can synchronize once again after getting the iPod unlocked. Besides, if you don’t unlock your iPod it’s useless right? Learn how to Restore your iPod using the instructions from Apple’s site.

If your iPod is simply frozen, follow my instructions for an iPod Lockup Reset.

74 thoughts on “Unlock iPod Screen Lock If You Forget The 4 Digit Combination”

  5. i acidently locked my brothers ipod the ipod was givin to him for free from his friend who passed away and we dont know code and we are going away over seas tomorro and he needs it for the plane trip how do i unlock it??? HELP!!!!

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  6. help me i got this ipod with almost 2000 songs on it for my birthday i love every song on it and my asshole of a friend locked my screen and aperently the i pod was stolen i didnt know until i asked the guy who sold it to me so i dont know the code or what the primary computer was? what do i do?

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  7. All you have to do is connect your Ipod, download itunes, dump your music, restore and re install everything

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  8. i set my ipod on lock screan and didnt know what that did now it will be locked help me i got the new nano

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  9. That sucks, I got a new harddrive and all of my other songs are on my old one, so I’m only going to have like 44 songs on it unyil i gradually get more. if the restore process doesn’t work then i am going to be so mad.

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  12. I would just to like to say thankyou to the genius who wrote this forum!! By ipod is now working fine!! A warning to others, do not try and set your combination unless you are in a safe place where your arm is guranteed not to be nudged!!

    THANKYOU, finally I can go back to being unsociable… 🙂

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  14. Thanks man that really helped me alot my neice was messin with it and put the lock on and i was freakin out my ipods like my life

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  15. Much Thanks – my IPOD froze up and I was looking at a 17 hour plane flt back to the states from the Middle East with no tunes – your instructions got it working again!

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  19. This is a modification to John’s post on this subject. It is a little easier and works great!

    Here’s my solution, which will allow you to unlock your screen and put in a new code without restoring your iPod.

    1.Connect iPod to computer and enable disk use.

    2. Show hidden files and folders by going to my computer then to tools>folder options, click the view tab and under hidden files and folders click show hidden files and folders.

    3. Under my computer click your iPod drive, then click the folder that says iPod_Control, then click the folder called device.

    4. Here there will be a file either called _locked (if your iPod is currently locked or _unlocked (if your iPod is currently unlocked).

    5. If your iPod is locked, rename the file from _locked TO _unlocked.

    6. Disconnect your iPod, reset it by pressing menu, the iPod will be unlocked.

    Congratulations, you can change your pass code with out the old one and you don’t need to restore your iPod.

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  20. im on my way OVERSEAS, my nephew messing w ipod and locked it up, primary sync computer is a friend of mine in another state…….aaallhhhhhh. what else can i do besides these 3 ways. ive got like 1500 songs!

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