ipad passcode after update iOS 14.1

If your iPad is disabled - or the Passcode is unknown or forgotten, you’ll need to follow this process:

If you’ve forgotten the passcode on your iPad, or your iPad is disabled – Apple Support

You’ll need access to either a PC (with iTunes installed) or a Mac (with iTunes or Finder - as appropriate for the installed version of MacOS).

You’ll also need your AppleID and associated password. If these have also been forgotten, they can be recovered here:

https://iforgot.apple.com

To recover your credentials, you’ll need access to one of the following:

• Your primary email address mailbox that corresponds with your AppleID
• Any of the secondary/recovery email addresses that should be configured for your AppleID account
• Any of the trusted telephone numbers (fixed line or Cellular/Mobile) that are associated with your AppleID

Unless you AppleID account has not been fully/correctly configured, or has been seriously neglected, recovery of the AppleID and password should not be difficult.

More information about recovery of your AppleID:

If you forgot your Apple ID - Apple Support

More information about recovery of your AppleID password:

If you forgot your Apple ID password - Apple Support

When you recover access to your credentials, you would be well advised to log-in to your AppleID account from a web browser - and verify/update any email addresses and trusted telephone numbers:

https://appleid.apple.com

All of us can image anything that we like - but it doesn’t change the mechanics of how to resolve the immediate issue.

Please remember, in posting here, you’re not addressing your concerns or comments to Apple - but instead to the contributors of a user-to-user technical forum; we’re all end-users, just like you. Other than the moderators providing oversight of our posts - and some stock answers from the Community Specialists - Apple does not directly participate.

Apple do invite constructive feedback and comments via their product feedback portal:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

DaveO1291 wrote:

iPad is setup with no passcode. However after 14.1 auto update, iPad asks for passcode. As it was not setup, cannot finish setup. I know of a number of people (typically elderly that don’t use passcodes) now have their iPads unusable. Not great Apple especially in this time of lockdowns where FaceTime is a very important app. Can anyone suggest a fix for this issue ? Note the persons in question do not have Macs to restore or reset they iPad. Thanks !

Is it asking for a passcode or asking the user to create a passcode.