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I could not use my last back up because it require password and I don't remember putting a one!

suddenly my iPhone enter recovery mood and when I connected it too iTunes it restored to factory sittings and now Im trying to backup my last backup into my phone but I could not because it keeps saying incorrect password and I DONT REMBER PUTTING A PASSWORD FOR THIS BACK UP HELP

iPhone 11, iOS 13

Posted on Jul 24, 2020 12:22 PM

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Posted on Jul 24, 2020 12:26 PM

Unfortunately, if you don't know the password for an encrypted backup, it's unusable.

You had to have turned on encrypted backups at some point and set a password. It can't set itself.

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I could not use my last back up because it require password and I don't remember putting a one!

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