The son of the writer, three years old, fate of his iPad for 26 million seconds after trying to introduce

An author was accidentally locked on his iPad by his three-year-old son for 25,536,442 seconds after the toddler repeatedly entered the wrong pbadword.

Evan Osnos, a New York writer, has published on his iPad the photo of the disconcerting mistake on Twitter, the equivalent of a lockout for 10 months.

The message said, "iPad is off, try again in 25,536,442 minutes."

The number of seconds displayed in the message equates to nearly 10 months and the photo has received up to now over 100 responses. Some users have asked him to "wait".

The problem does not seem to have been solved although, according to official instructions from Apple, the repeated entry of an incorrect pbadword erases the contents.

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A New York writer was accidentally locked on his iPad by his three-year-old son for 25,536,442 seconds after the toddler repeatedly entered the wrong pbadword. The number of seconds displayed equals nearly 10 months

In his post, Mr. Osnos, based in Washington, wrote: "Uh, that sounds wrong but, alas, it is our iPad today after 3 years that have tried (at several times) to unlock it.

While some users were laughing at the situation, with a Twitter / @ Geopilot user writing: "Time travel seems to be your best bet," others were trying to be more helpful.

A user, @Byron_Mobley, sent a screen capture of a text message to a person who claimed to be "an Apple Certified Friend," whose answer was, "They can not do anything to do it, they will never use it again. "

According to Apple's official website, the answer may not be so remote.

Apple wrote: "Locking yourself out of your iOS device and retrying too often with an incorrect pbadword will result in the permanent deletion of device data.

& # 39; If you enter a wrong code on an iOS device too many times, you will be blocked and a message will warn you that your device is disabled.

& # 39; At this point, your device data has been erased.

"To recover the use of your device, you must delete your access code by performing a restore."

The error message on the iPad was as follows: "The iPad is disabled, try again in 25,536,442 minutes." While some Twitter users have asked Osnos to "wait," others, like @Byron_Mobley, said they sought the advice of an expert from an official source. (Photo).

Apple's official instructions were to restore the contents of your phone – if you have backed it up – by connecting it to your laptop via iTunes. If the data has not been saved, there is no way to retrieve the information.

Apple's official instructions were to restore the contents of your phone – if you have backed it up – by connecting it to your laptop via iTunes.

If the data has not been saved, there is no way to retrieve the information.

Apple does not say exactly how many times an incorrect pbadword was entered before the device information was erased, although other websites suggest it ten times more.