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iphone unavailable and the time is not going down

my iphone is unavailable for 7 hours, and the time is not going down. i don’t want to reset, what should i do?

iPhone XR, iOS 16

Posted on Apr 9, 2023 9:41 PM

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Posted on Apr 9, 2023 10:24 PM

If your iPhone is in the state of "Unavailable" then you will have reset the passcode and that requires a mandatory erasure of all the data and resetting the iPhone back to factory settings. There is no other option. You can recover the data if you have a backup created on a computer or on iCloud.


Axel F.

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Apr 9, 2023 10:24 PM in response to tearra161

If your iPhone is in the state of "Unavailable" then you will have reset the passcode and that requires a mandatory erasure of all the data and resetting the iPhone back to factory settings. There is no other option. You can recover the data if you have a backup created on a computer or on iCloud.


Axel F.

iphone unavailable and the time is not going down

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