My daughter has my old iPhone 5 she uses for games and messenger but locked it with a forgotten passcode if I need to restoring will it erase any of my info on my iPhone that it’s connected to

If I have to restore her iPhone 5 and she loses her data will it interfere with my iPhone and my data

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Posted on Apr 16, 2021 5:49 PM

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Posted on Apr 16, 2021 5:56 PM

You can restore your daughter's phone and it won't affect the phone you're using, even if that other phone uses the same Apple ID. Your daughter may lose the games and text messages if the iPhone 5 hasn't been backed up, though.


I recommend setting up your daughter's iPhone with some of the things set out in this guide: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201304 but the iPhone 5 may be too old for some of the features described.


Hope this helps!



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Apr 16, 2021 5:56 PM in response to gaye1205

You can restore your daughter's phone and it won't affect the phone you're using, even if that other phone uses the same Apple ID. Your daughter may lose the games and text messages if the iPhone 5 hasn't been backed up, though.


I recommend setting up your daughter's iPhone with some of the things set out in this guide: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201304 but the iPhone 5 may be too old for some of the features described.


Hope this helps!



Apr 16, 2021 5:58 PM in response to gaye1205

This is a user-to-user technical support forum, not a chat. You will get a response when another user who thinks they can help sees it.


You can restore the phone to factory settings; that won’t affect any other phones. However, if you are sharing an Apple ID with that phone you really shouldn’t, because your daughter can see any data that you sync to iCloud as well as your message history.


See this Apple support link→If you forgot the passcode on your iPhone, or your iPhone is disabled - Apple Support

Or watch this companion video ⬇️

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