My son entered too many incorrect passcodes on my iPod Touch and apparently forced it to wipe my iPod clean. Sadly, this has happened before. I connected to iTunes and restored from my latest backup and then sync'd. When I went to unlock my iPod, instead of being presented with the usual numeric keypad, I was given the full qwerty keyboard. This was alarming, but I switched to number mode and entered my numeric passcode. I was told "Wrong Passcode, try again".
What has happened? Why won't my passcode work, and where did this qwerty keyboard come from? And most importantly, how do I fix this?
Best Answer
That is normal behavior. Each reinstall of settings on a clean device requires a reboot. It doesn't matter if the device is 'clean' due an iOS upgrade or clean from a security wipe. iOS backups are not simply copied over. They are interpreted for security and compatibility.
Have a look on the device next time you upgrade iOS. It should perform two reboots. One for the iOS and one after your settings are in place.
Oddly, he should have don't that second reboot on his own since its part of the procedure.