My son had his iphone 11 stolen. The passcode for that iphone had 5 digits. When I'm trying to setup his new iphone and verify his new ipad - the icloud wants me to 'Enter Passcode for your other iphone' but it only gives me a 4 digit option. What can I do? this is very stupid programming flaw on apples side....
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ml112 wrote:
My son had his iphone 11 stolen. The passcode for that iphone had 5 digits.
This is not possible. Passcodes are either 4 or 6 digits long. There is no 5 digit passcode for an iPhone. Alphanumeric passwords can be any length though.
When I'm trying to setup his new iphone and verify his new ipad - the icloud wants me to 'Enter Passcode for your other iphone' but it only gives me a 4 digit option. What can I do? this is very stupid programming flaw on apples side....
The passcode screen knows what passcode its expecting and how long it is, it will not ever give you a length that is not specific to the passcode its expecting, so either, you are mistaken about what passcode its asking for, or the older phone or iPad does have a 4 digit passcode, not 5.
ml112 wrote:
My son had his iphone 11 stolen. The passcode for that iphone had 5 digits.
This is not possible. Passcodes are either 4 or 6 digits long. There is no 5 digit passcode for an iPhone. Alphanumeric passwords can be any length though.
When I'm trying to setup his new iphone and verify his new ipad - the icloud wants me to 'Enter Passcode for your other iphone' but it only gives me a 4 digit option. What can I do? this is very stupid programming flaw on apples side....
The passcode screen knows what passcode its expecting and how long it is, it will not ever give you a length that is not specific to the passcode its expecting, so either, you are mistaken about what passcode its asking for, or the older phone or iPad does have a 4 digit passcode, not 5.
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