So, I set up a series of locked notes with my Touch ID, however, the home button has lost functioning on my phone, so the Touch ID no longer works, and so, I cannot unlock the notes, and it is asking for a password. The problem with this is that I never set up a password... what do I do?
iPhone 5s, iOS 12
You may have forgotten it but you had set a password initially. See the pic below, you may recall it.
You must try as hard as possible to recollect the password or all is gone for ever.
If you forgot your notes password
You can unlock a note only when you enter the password that it's locked with. If you forgot your password, Apple can't help you regain access to your locked notes.
You can create a new password, but this won’t give you access to your old notes. But it will let you password protect any notes that you create going forward with the new password. This could lead to you having multiple notes with different passwords.
If you have multiple passwords, you can't tell which password you should use when you look at your notes in the Notes list. When you open a note locked by your old password but enter your current password, you'll see an alert that you entered the wrong password with a hint for your old one. If you then enter the correct old password, you get the option to update that note's password to your current one.
Lock notes on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac - Apple Support
You may have forgotten it but you had set a password initially. See the pic below, you may recall it.
You must try as hard as possible to recollect the password or all is gone for ever.
If you forgot your notes password
You can unlock a note only when you enter the password that it's locked with. If you forgot your password, Apple can't help you regain access to your locked notes.
You can create a new password, but this won’t give you access to your old notes. But it will let you password protect any notes that you create going forward with the new password. This could lead to you having multiple notes with different passwords.
If you have multiple passwords, you can't tell which password you should use when you look at your notes in the Notes list. When you open a note locked by your old password but enter your current password, you'll see an alert that you entered the wrong password with a hint for your old one. If you then enter the correct old password, you get the option to update that note's password to your current one.
Lock notes on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac - Apple Support
Locked Notes
