I have a childhood Ipod touch I was locked out of. I went to sleep, woke up and my passcode was 2 digits longer and didnt work. No one changed it. No one touched the device. it just did that. So it sat for years. Just a few months ago the same thing happend to my iphone and required a factory reset but that being on a sepreate Icloud i was able to fix and get set back up. The one connected to my ipod seems to just not work anymore. I knew the user and password so i just factory reset the ipod but when i try to remove the icloud lock it says my icloud password is wrong.
Eventually I gave up but today i found the literal piece of paper I wrote the account info on when I made it years ago. So now I know im putting it right. Its wrong. I try on the itunes app on the desktop still wrong. I try the website and now theyre telling me my account is locked for security reasons and I need to recover it. Finally. I go to the recovery page input the icloud and its not accepted or valid. Tried my email. Not valid. Genuinley what in the fuck am I supposed o do? who designs these systems? This is genuinly infuriating to deal with. And its not even shocking. Every apple device ive owned has some kind of misery inducing issue if not a few in the time i own it. I will most likely never again buying a macbook again thats for sure. I wouldnt be suprised if my only option was to, of course, go to the apple store. suprise suprise. as per usual. Sure wish I could have easily get all my childhood photos and videos with friends and family. is there any way of fixing this or should I just get over it and move on. Ive been holding hope too long lol.