Security Lockout on iPhone
My iPhone says "Security Lockout" and won't let me enter a password to get in; how do I open my phone without erasing it?
iPhone XR, iOS 15
My iPhone says "Security Lockout" and won't let me enter a password to get in; how do I open my phone without erasing it?
iPhone XR, iOS 15
That can happen if there are too many passcode attempts. It will actually delay when the next passcode attempt can be made, increasing the interval after a few times. Eventually it will say security lockout, and no longer give an option to enter a passcode. The only way it's ever coming back again is if it gets erased and the Apple ID credentials are entered.
I've heard of a few of these (especially iPhone Unavailable) especially with malfunctioning touchscreens where it's just randomly entering the passcode without human input. If you don't have the option to enter the passcode after waiting, it's probably not coming back and the best you can hope for is to erase and recover from a backup.
Hello my bf iPhone say it’s security lockout and we put the right password in it but it’s not working and we try fingers print
In areas where we pay through the nose to connect to the internet still and have the slowest speeds on earth, there is a reason why we cannot link daily to icloud backups. Too easy to have all our data taken for the month reducing us to not being able to do business online because corporations simplify backups to everything all the time. So backups need to scheduled about 6 monthly once we know the next lot of data is arriving and we have enough left to complete a full backup. But minority communities are not catered for as Apple and other corporations cant be bothered.
The simple fact is that the iphone screen should be able to tell between a shirt pocket and someone trying to open the phone. And should be using the 2 factor security to check and hold what is going on before going nuclear with a "Security Lockout". Whats the point of collecting all this personal information if the program cant ML to seek clarification on what is going on the screen!
Excellent point.
You can easily backup to your computer. Your excuse is nothing but that… an excuse.
K_Wren wrote:
In areas where we pay through the nose to connect to the internet still and have the slowest speeds on earth, there is a reason why we cannot link daily to icloud backups.
If you have trouble making a backup using iCloud, you can always use a computer.
Yeah this is the exact reason I'm switching to android. Do you not think it's illogical how you have to enter your apple id password to reset the phone? Why not enter your apple id passcode to unlock the phone?
OMG! I am so dumb. Yes, I will carry my computer with me while hiking the PCT and back up every 15 minutes so I don’t lose pictures. But, in town at the cafe, I can plug in and pay for wifi instead. You are so brilliant KiltedTim! Brilliant!!!
MegaNUT721 wrote:
Yeah this is the exact reason I'm switching to android. Do you not think it's illogical how you have to enter your apple id password to reset the phone? Why not enter your apple id passcode to unlock the phone?
No, I don't think it's dumb at all. When Apple introduced Activation Lock, thefts of iOS devices feel by as much as 40% in some areas. Both consumers and law enforcement had been begging, for years, that Apple do something to help cut down on theft.
1990SE30 wrote:
OMG! I am so dumb. Yes, I will carry my computer with me while hiking the PCT and back up every 15 minutes so I don’t lose pictures. But, in town at the cafe, I can plug in and pay for wifi instead. You are so brilliant KiltedTim! Brilliant!!!
What are you on about? No one is suggesting that you need to back up "every 15 minutes".
This is some serious bullshit.
amitrao17 wrote:
This is some serious ********.
I always take asterisks very seriously. In fact, I find it quite upsetting when people pronounce the word "astrix". Very disrespectful.
i don’t know what to do now.
You have probably already figured out that you have two options:
1) Repair the phone
2) Buy a new phone
clever!
Do you know how to do this if it is on an iPad? This has happened to me and I rlly don’t want to erase my iPad as it has all my notes on it.
I put my phone in my Spibelt to take a run. Finished my run and found that I was locked out of my phone for 48min. Restarted my phone and it brought up another screen saying that I could erase my phone or wait 55min. After about 20min of waiting, it still said 55min more so I shut off my phone as I made my way back home. Turned it back on after 45min or so and it said that I had to wait an hour. Thanks Apple, I missed both a video meeting and a call that I really needed to be on.
Security Lockout on iPhone