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iPhone 6(S)/Plus Passcode changed by itself
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That is an actual change in the latest update, and different from the passcode issue being discussed in this thread.
I hate it when my passcode changes without me knowing it!
Same.. My iPhone is a real ass sometimes.
They can always to to EverythingApplePro and watch one of his millions of passcode bypass videos!!
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Well with a post like this it's hard to know if the creator of the post is being entirely serious or joking. I've never heard of a passcode changing itself out of nowhere.Now I’m confused if everyone is joking or being serious.
They can always to to EverythingApplePro and watch one of his millions of passcode bypass videos!!
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Well with a post like this it's hard to know if the creator of the post is being entirely serious or joking. I've never heard of a passcode changing itself out of nowhere.
But it did happen to me yesterday. I left my phone to charge at night, woke up and I tried to turn off the alarm. At that state, my eyes were still half shut so face ID didn’t recognize my face, so I opted to put my passcode manually, but it said that the passcode was incorrect. I tried to put my correct and the only one passcode I use on my phone, and then my phone was locked. There are a lot of discussions on Apple support about this issue, but everyone was skeptical and very condesending to give any valuable solution or feedback and the only thing I could do was put my phone to recovery mode to reset everything.
I have never had this happen, but I have heard of it happening before.
Your only method is to restore the phone through iTunes; preferably through DFU mode.
You MUST know the Apple ID username and password to access the device after it has been restored.
Let this be a lesson on the importance of daily, or more regular, backups.
Your only method is to restore the phone through iTunes; preferably through DFU mode.
You MUST know the Apple ID username and password to access the device after it has been restored.
Let this be a lesson on the importance of daily, or more regular, backups.
Yall, this happen today to my wifes phone. Touch ID and passcode will not work. She just lost everything since her last backup.
Just thought I post to help the "crazy" people who have this happen to them. Its a real thing.
Just thought I post to help the "crazy" people who have this happen to them. Its a real thing.
Same thing! Tried to start my car yet my key won't work. Somebody must have changed out keys on me without me knowning. Anyone know how to hotwire a 2016 E550?
Probably best to contact apple. If it is under warranty, maybe they replace it. A bad unit. /s
Happens all the time to me. Fortunately I am super awesome at guessing the new password. /s
Nah man. They got to your ignition. Maybe Mercedes will cut you a new key.
This must be Apple trolling those outside the U.S. since all these newbies are flooding in and corroborating this story with broken English.
Ok so being a disbeliever in this password changing issue, a bit of a shock this morning as my daughter has just messaged me to say her phone won’t accept her password.
And now the phone is disabled.
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Thought I’d give an update on this.
After her not getting anywhere with Apple Support I recommend connecting to a laptop and iTunes which after a few hours of trying and trying again she managed to restore the phone as new and is now up and running again.
So recommend a restore via iTunes for anyone with the same issue.
Quick question- Why did she have to “try” multiple times? And how did she finally manage to restore? Without that passcode?! I thought even DFU mode would need that passcode?!
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Quick question- Why did she have to “try” multiple times? And how did she finally manage to restore? Without that passcode?! I thought even DFU mode would need that passcode?!
Not entirely sure why, from what I could understand the download was hanging so the phone kept coming out of recovery mode after a certain amount of time.
All she told me was she tried to let it backup but kept asking for passcode which it wouldn’t accept but was able to restore as new which allowed to to use a new passcode.
That’s as much as I know as I was at work at the time so didn’t get to see other than a couple of photos she sent of the laptop screen.
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Actually I wouldn’t be so quick to dismiss the OP.
I remember reading an article about something like this happening a few weeks ago. Managed to find it again.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....ged-my-password-and-locked-me-out-what-gives/
My iPhone changed my password and locked me out. What gives?
It wasn’t user error this time. Wait. Was it?
I remember reading an article about something like this happening a few weeks ago. Managed to find it again.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....ged-my-password-and-locked-me-out-what-gives/
My iPhone changed my password and locked me out. What gives?
It wasn’t user error this time. Wait. Was it?
Yes, I’ve read that article as well and I think that’s down to the user.
And I completely agree with Apple’s stance on privacy as she mentions. The point is, thanks to Apple's air-tight privacy protection, there was no way for me to figure out the new password on my own.
It’s difficult to say really but it does sound strange.
I had a 4 code passcode on my iPad mini. I needed to use it at a function and didn’t want the screen to turn off so I turned off the screen time out feature and it told me to turn off the passcode which I did. When I put the passcode back on it now required me to have a 6 digit passcode. I wasn’t locked out I just had to set a new 6 digit passcode and it didn’t allow me to use a 4 digit one.
I wonder if something like this happened to that lady and she got confused and ended up locking herself out of the phone.
Apple moved from 4 to 6 digits passcode as a whole but as a means of backward compatibility, if you’ve already had a 4 digits passcode, they didn’t force the users because potentially it could create weird side effects for scenarios can’t be confirmed from before.
Yes I managed to keep the 4 digit passcode on my iPhone and iPad Pro because they were restored from older devices but now I’m having to use one on my iPad mini because I turned it off.
Wait, so Apple is requiring users to use 6 digit passcodes in non-enterprise environments these days? How's it determined who has to use it and who doesn't? I set up my phone as new when I reverted to iOS 11 from the 12 beta and was allowed to use four digits.