Thanks will, so I was able to restore it using the DFU method. it now is going thru the steps to restore as a new iPhone. is it completely wiped at this point? I went in to see if my old iCloud acct was still tied to it but there is just a blank space for me to enter a new iCloud acct.

Thanks Will. I tried putting it into DFU and restoring with iTunes, but it still wouldn't let me do it without the passcode. You know any way around this?

I have a iphone 5 w/ ios6 installed. My crazy ex-gf changed my passcode and iTunes account email/pswd. I am locked out of it and can't restore it thru iTunes. I want to wipe the phone and start over. will jailbreaking do this? how do i jailbreak it and what programs are best for that?