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My new iPhone has this message and I haven't started to use it yet the screen is locked and will not shut down or restart

iPhone 6s

Posted on Apr 7, 2022 7:18 PM

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Posted on Apr 8, 2022 2:15 PM

Hello Swannepocosan,

If your iPhone is frozen/unresponsive, you can try force restarting it with these steps: Force restart iPhone

If you're unable to set up Guided Access and it's telling you to contact your administrator, that typically means there is some sort of configuration profile installed on the device in Settings > General > Profiles & Device Management. This is generally the case if your device came from your work or school. If this is a device that came from your work or school, you'd want to contact them about setting up Guided Access.

If this is just a personal device, you'll want to check in Settings > General > Profiles & Device Management, to see if there are currently any configuration profiles installed. If there are, remove them and then you should be able to set up Guided Access.

Cheers!

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Apr 8, 2022 2:15 PM in response to Swannepocosan

Hello Swannepocosan,

If your iPhone is frozen/unresponsive, you can try force restarting it with these steps: Force restart iPhone

If you're unable to set up Guided Access and it's telling you to contact your administrator, that typically means there is some sort of configuration profile installed on the device in Settings > General > Profiles & Device Management. This is generally the case if your device came from your work or school. If this is a device that came from your work or school, you'd want to contact them about setting up Guided Access.

If this is just a personal device, you'll want to check in Settings > General > Profiles & Device Management, to see if there are currently any configuration profiles installed. If there are, remove them and then you should be able to set up Guided Access.

Cheers!

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