Question about Phone lockout and access?

Hi!


I recently changed my password on my iPhone, (using a separate email) but could not remember the login once I restarted the phone. My phone at the time had been acting up, so I thought the easiest way to make it work were by restarting it.


Once I restarted my phone, I attempted to type in my password, and it didn’t work. I tried repeatedly, until eventually I had to wait about a hour until I could try again. Once that were over, I attempted a few more times — resulting in my phone to read “iPhone Unavailable.”


I tried logging into my Apple ID account on a separate device, but I couldn’t login to that either. I tried resetting my password using someone else’s phone, but it said “Someone would get back to me in 17 hours.”


I wanted to know:


1.) Does Apple give customers the opportunity to reset their phone password if they’re locked out?


2.) How can we reset our password if phone verification doesn’t work?

Posted on Dec 26, 2021 10:40 PM

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Dec 26, 2021 10:59 PM in response to KD3241

I understand that you are referring to the passcode that is used to get to the Home Screen of your iPhone. I also understand that your iPhone has been disabled. The only option that you have is to reset the passcode to your iPhone by following the instructions in this guide published by Apple ➔  If you forgot the passcode or if your iPhone has been disabled. You will need a computer to execute this procedure and all the data on your iPhone will be erased.


Hopefully, you have a backup created on ➔ iCloud and/or on a computerIf you do then, you can ➔Restore your iPhone from the backup file once your passcode has been reset and the iPhone has been returned to factory settings by the procedure in the link above.


Axel F.

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