How to bypass iCloud lock on iPhone 4s with forgotten password and incorrect birthday?

I currently have my old iPhone 4s with me. I charged it today and did a restore of it via my MacBook.

Now, when I am trying to get through the setup, it is asking for my old iCloud email and password.

I know the email, but I do not remember the password (Keep in mind, I was maybe 7 years old when I had this phone). So I tried a couple of passwords that I thought it might be, but none worked.

I then went to https://iforgot.apple.com/ and tried to reset the password. It only gave me two options. One is to send a reset code to that email (which I do not know the password for) or to ask security questions. I went with the security questions, as I thought that would work.

Then it asked for my birthday, and I entered it. It says it's wrong. Now I am stuck. Maybe when I was 7, I entered a fake birthday to make the phone think I was an adult, but I cannot be too sure right now.

Is there anything else I could do?

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Original Title: iPhone 4s iCloud locked.

Posted on Oct 12, 2026 9:31 AM

1 reply

Kurt Lang

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Oct 12, 2026 9:43 AM in response to stbk21

If you're in the U.S., an iPhone 4s is useless anyway. It only supports up to 3G networks, and those have all been shut down. It can't use any wireless service.

This applies to most other worldwide regions. Very few still have 3G available. You'd be better off having that phone recycled and getting a new one. Or least one that isn't more than a couple of generations back.