WASHINGTON D.C. — A D.C.-area father has become quite the internet sensation after his 3-year-old son hilariously locked his iPad for about 25 million minutes. That's only 48 years.<br />Over the weekend, Evan Osnos, a staff writer at The New Yorker and fellow at the Brookings Institution posted a tweet of his locked iPad's screen and "try again in 25,536,422 minutes."<br /><br />Osnos added, "Uh, this looks fake but, alas, it's our iPad today after a 3-year-old tried (repeatedly) to unlock. Ideas?"<br />According to CNN, the iPad lockout is a security feature of Apple devices that kicks in after the incorrect password is entered several times. <br />The more the wrong password is typed, the longer the lockout time increases. <br /><br />The sure fire solution would obviously be to just enjoy password protection until 2067. <br /> <br />But luckily, Twitter was there to help. One user replied, "put it in a bag of rice," with another suggesting "reboot your 3 y.o."<br />Another insightful netizen tweeted, "time travel seems to be your best bet."<br />Later Osnos sent out an update saying they had managed to get the iPad into Device Firmware Update mode and was in the process of restoring the tablet. <br />Our advice would clearly be to immediately put the iPad directly back into the hands of the toddler once it's ready.
