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Many of us have moments where we accidentally key in the wrong code to unlock our phones. Sometimes, we make a mistake so often that the phone automatically locks you out for a set period of time. And other times, other people lock us out of our phones.
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This dad had his three-year-old son to thank for locking him out of his iPad for 25-and-a-half million minutes, or roughly, 48 years!
Journalist, Evan Osnos from Washington, DC, took to Twitter to ask for help when he realized that his son had locked him out. He said that the three-year-old had entered the wrong password too many times and the iPad locked itself for almost half a century!
He tweeted: “Uh, this looks fake but, alas, it’s our iPad today after 3-year-old tried (repeatedly) to unlock. Ideas?”
Uh, this looks fake but, alas, it’s our iPad today after 3-year-old tried (repeatedly) to unlock. Ideas? pic.twitter.com/5i7ZBxx9rW
— Evan Osnos (@eosnos) April 6, 2019
Evan immediately got a ton of helpful and… not so helpful tips from the Twitterverse.
Reboot your 3 y.o.
— Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) April 7, 2019
Time travel seems to be your best bet.
— GeorgeFWatson (@Geopilot) April 7, 2019
Next time just give the kid the passcode.
— Jim Bonbright (@3rdandKing) April 6, 2019
You when your iPad finally unlocks pic.twitter.com/WIFok9fnZT
— King of the Castle (@rapsfan25) April 9, 2019
Put it in a bag of rice
— аⅾаⅿ (@Ad4m____) April 7, 2019
Just wait the 48 years
— Ron (@2obvious2) April 7, 2019
Pretty sure you could create an account to let everyone watch the countdown... for the next half century.
— Ash-Li (@Ash_Lisc) April 9, 2019
i'd say their 52nd birthday present is sorted, but it'll probably fix itself sometime in 2038
— SaleemᐸRashidᐸTᐳᐳ where T: Trait (@saleemrash1d) April 7, 2019
Follow these simple steps:
— Baked McQ (@BakedMcq) April 9, 2019
1 - Cryogenically freeze yourself for 48 years
2 - Hope that people in the future have mastered time-travel
3 - Go back in time 52 years
4 - Make sure NOT to have a kid this time around...
Nope if hold power button and home button it will go into USB mode and you can hook it up on your PC and reset it with iTunes
— Ak47 🇵🇭 (@ZeroRespects) April 9, 2019
Ground your 3yo for 25,536,442 minutes...
— Craig Thomler (@craigthomler) April 10, 2019
What would you do if you were locked out of your phone/tablet for almost 50 years?
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