Watch: How to gain access to a locked iOS device

I found it a bit confusing in the video about choosing between "Restore Backup" and "Restore iPad/iPhone." The video warns against choosing the wrong one. What is the difference?

stevenoz said:

I found it a bit confusing in the video about choosing between "Restore Backup" and "Restore iPad/iPhone." The video warns against choosing the wrong one. What is the difference?

Restore Backup won't wipe out the password. Restore iPad or iPhone as appropriate reinstalls the OS.

What keeps someone from stealing my device, and then "restoring" it to THEIR iTunes account?

letteb said:

What keeps someone from stealing my device, and then "restoring" it to THEIR iTunes account?

This won't do anything to an iCloud lock. If the device is locked through "Find my iPhone" then there is nothing a user, legit or not, can do without that password to unlock it.

stevenoz said:

I found it a bit confusing in the video about choosing between "Restore Backup" and "Restore iPad/iPhone." The video warns against choosing the wrong one. What is the difference?

restore iPad is to restore the OS which is what you need to do in 'recovery' mode to remove a passcode via iTunes. restore backup is just erasing existing user data and replacing it with the data in the backup. but you can't do that on a locked device.