While the best way to keep your information safe is to set a passcode on iPhone, one downside to doing this is that the user forgets the code. One security feature that Apple has included in the iPhone is that it automatically locks after six unsuccessful attempts. If the user fails to enter the correct code six times, the iPhone will be disabled for one minute. After the initial lockout period, each unsuccessful attempt increases the duration from one minute to five, then to fifteen minutes, and finally to one hour.
This feature can work to keep other people away from your iPhone, but it’s a huge problem when you forget your own passcode. Another problem that can occur with a forgotten password is the Wipe Data feature. If the user’s inaccessible iPhone uses the data wipe feature on the eleventh unsuccessful attempt, it will delete all data on that iPhone. It is worth noting that wiping data is not enabled by default, but it can be used for corporate iPhones or a personal phone with sensitive data on it.
To avoid deletion of your data, do not try to unlock the phone more than nine times if you have forgotten the password. If you forgot your iPhone passcode, follow the steps detailed below in this guide to regain access.
The easiest way to unlock iPhone is to back it up and restore it with iTunes. First, plug the iPhone into the computer it usually syncs to. Open and select the device in the upper right corner.
If iPhone has not yet started a sync with computer, click this step is very important because when iPhone restores the information synced back to the device, it comes from the backup.
After the backup is complete, select .
For users who have the Find My iPhone service enabled, the following error occurs. click
Follow the steps in this post to disable Find My iPhone again after the Find My iPhone service is turned off.
In the next window, it will show the latest backup of iPhone with date and time. To restore backup to iPhone
The restore process depends on how much storage you use on the iPhone, so it can take from 20 minutes to an hour for the restore to complete. After the iPhone is restored, the device is unlocked and becomes usable once again.
