Passcode Recovery

Hello! I currently using an iPhone 6s but previously I was using a 5s. I am trying to use my old phone but I have forgetten my pass code. Is there any way I can enter my old phone without losing my files especially when I have a touch id to that phone? I have precious pictures of my daughter on that phone.

iPhone 5s, 10

Posted on Jan 25, 2019 5:56 AM

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Posted on Jan 25, 2019 6:01 AM

If you have forgotten the screenlock passcode, the only solution is to erase and restore the device. There are no alternatives. If that data is not already backed up somewhere, then yes, you will lose the data. Again, there’s no way around that.


And you must use the actual passcode every every time you power cycle the device - touchID is inactive until you enter the code, so touchID won’t help you at all with a forgotten passcode.


https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204306

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Jan 25, 2019 6:01 AM in response to lyndon007

If you have forgotten the screenlock passcode, the only solution is to erase and restore the device. There are no alternatives. If that data is not already backed up somewhere, then yes, you will lose the data. Again, there’s no way around that.


And you must use the actual passcode every every time you power cycle the device - touchID is inactive until you enter the code, so touchID won’t help you at all with a forgotten passcode.


https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204306

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