How to Fix Forgotten iPhone Passcode: Shielding your iPhone passcode is of great value, but sometimes you might slip into the trap of forgetting it. If you neglect the passcode and inscribe it six times wrongly, your iPhone will be impaired. Depending on your settings, it might direct to your iPhone erasing your data.
You can attend these measures to regain access to the iPhone.
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How To Fix a Forgotten iPhone Passcode By Deleting Your Data
iPhones have so many benefits. However, its exceptional security comes back to drive users when obtaining your forgotten iPhone passcode. This step involves deleting data on your iPhone and restoring data backup (if there is any).
Deleting all data on the iPhone will clear away the old passcode so you can fix up the phone again using a new passcode.
Indeed, the iCloud is always the solution to iPhone problem, and here again, it is the resue. However, it won’t be the master if you have not been backing up your data. That’s why it is prudent to backups always else you will lose all your data.
Remove your iPhone Passcode
To commence the process, download and install iTunes on your computer. Make sure your mobile is unplugged from your computer.
On iPhone X or later, and iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus: Hard press and touch the side tab and volume tabs until the phone power off slider surface. Now, connect the iPhone to the PC while holding the Side tab until the recovery-mode screen surfaces.
On iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, and iPod touch (7th generation): Again Long Press the Side or Top button until the power off slider appears. Drag the slider to turn off your device. Then connect the iPhone to your computer. Ensure to keep holding the Volume button.
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While holding the top button, turn off your iPhone and connect it to the computer to proceed with wiping the iPhone passcode.
On iTunes, choose to Restore on the iTunes. This measure will prompt the download of the latest software for your device.
NOTE: If the process takes more than 15 minutes, repeat steps over again.
What to Do After Erasing Your iPhone
The procedure will take the iPhone to the new state before anything was installed or save on it. You could either set up from scratch or restore up.
What you want to do in this case is restore from back up. Because setting up from scratch will skip the attempt to restore previous data before wiping the iPhone passcode.
Restore a Backup From iTunes on a Computer
When you sync your iPhone with iTunes on a computer, the data, settings, and other information on the phone are backed up.
To restore a backup for your iPhone:
- Connect your iPhone to the computer with iTunes on the computer (where your data was backed up).
- Tap the iPhone icon on the top of the iTunes app.
- Tap to Restore Backup (thus this will enable you to add a new iPhone passcode).
- Click Restore.
- Enter your Apple ID to begin the backup restoration.
- iTunes reloads the backup data onto your phone.
