Maximum failed passcode attempts in restrictions - what happens?

If you have forgotten (like I did) the restriction passcode (parental control if you will) you will be able to try 6 times with no consequence at all. The 7th time you will have to wait 1 minute before you can try again. Time between tries increases. I don't know what the maximum time is or if there is ever a moment one is locker out.

Yes, my iphone 6 is doing the same thing, it does NOT seem to wipe any data off, it jujst keeps on adding more and more time to the attempt tries. I plan on emailing /calling apple and ask if its a bug in the system or just our devices.

I would appreciate any other comments from others that may know why my iphone 6 does NOT wipe all data after 10 attempts. Yes the erase data feature is on.

For all those looking to figure out your RESTRICTIONS PASSCODE (and you already know your phones lock screen passcode), read below:

1) I got to 19 'restrictions passcode' attempts. the timer between each attempt was 1 hour

2) if you turn off the auto update of your date and time, after each try of a new 'restrictions passcode', set your time ahead 61 minutes and you can go again without waiting the hour. (for shorter durations, obviously, set it for whatever the 'lock out' duration is , plus one minute)

3) in ios7, if you go to general, touch id and passcode (the code to get into this is your phones passcode, NOT necessarily the same as your restrictions passcode, which is the one I'm talking about here).. so if you go into touch id and pass code, and scroll down to the bottom, there's an 'erase data' slider, which erases your phone after '10 failed passcode attempts'. mine was off the entire time, and I had no erasing, no issues. I'm not sure if this applies to 'restrictions passcode' attempts, but I advise you turn it off while trying my method above, just in case it does.

so yeah. change your date and time accordingly, make sure erase data is off, and you should be able to power through and figure out the restrictions passcode fairly quickly. be warned that I only made it to 19 attempts before finding out my code, so I have no guarantees as to what (if anything) happens after that. good luck everyone!!

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Sent from my iPhone

It triggers a doomsday device, wiping all life out on the planet.

If you forget the restrictions passcode the phone will become locked and the only way to use it again will be to restore the phone to the factory settings, which will wipe all data from the phone in the process. After restoring the phone you can then restaore it to the last backup that you made.

I basically confronted a bricked device situation. This is the absolute doomsday way to solve the problem - totally works. I forgot my restriction code AND iTunes would not recognize my iPhone because it was associated with an old computer. This meant I could not simply plug my phone into iTunes and restore it. It wouldn't recognize the phone. And since I couldn't reset because of the restrictions code I was in a pickle. But I fixed it and this WORKS!

You need to take the phone through the RESTORE process.

1. Plug device into computer w/iTunes open using USB Cable.

2. Press and hold POWER and HOME button without letting go.

3. Eventually screen will restart - do not let go of either button at all.

4. At some point white ITunes logo on black background will appear. Now you can let go.

5. Look at the computer it will say something like "Something is wrong with this iPhone need to restore/recover" click yes.

6. Phone will download and restore and wipe all data completely.

7. Now your phone is basically brand-new and you can go on with your life.

This is a doomsday scenario, where your phone is basically bricked because it won't recognize it in iTunes and you have forgotten the restrictions passcode so you cannot do a reset from the phone.

Hope this helps the world.

Mine isnt locked except for changing some settings. Do you mean after so many attempts?

I'm noticing that I cannot restore a back up without iphone locator being turned off, right now it is greyed out with it on, so cant turn it off lol Catch 22, I guess I can after a full restore.

*WARNING*

For those about to consider thinking wiping your data, consider it a clever option to think again.

*Once you wipe it, you can never find your iPod / iPad / Mac on iCloud, you cannot send it messages, you cannot lock it, or locate it.

Apple forgets to let the consumer know that if your Product is lost / stolen, and you wipe it - it is basically gone forever unless someone / somehow returns it to you, without having your info.

You'll end up having to purchase a new one.

Mine, 215 times failed attempts of restriction passcode but still no lock.....still giving 60 second time ....is there limit or unlimits? can not we get reset option by email by using our apple id and passcode?

PH2701 Does in fact discuss this. A search of the kBase found it.

Important: Before you erase all the information on your device, try to locate it or play a sound on it. After you erase the information on an iOS device, you won’t be able to use Find My iPhone to locate it or play a sound. You may still be able to use Find My iPhone to locate your Mac after you erase it.

If you erase your iOS device and then find it, you can restore the information on the device using iCloud Backup (if backup was turned on before you erased it) or iTunes. For more information, see iCloud storage and backup overview and the user guide for your device in Safari bookmarks or on the Apple Support website.

Genius!!!! It worked, all I had to do was finally remember what the code was but because of the time setting trick I did it in 5 minutes. Thank you mannox

Hi there,

I am being asked the restrition passcode when I try to 'Erase All Content and Settings'.

If I exceed the limit, do I need to restore the phone by using iTunes? If that's the case, it will force me to the latest iOS version. However, I want to keep my current iOS version while resetting everything.

Thanks for the attention!

Just to let you all know (I forgot mine as well) currently up to 13 attempts

it's an hour in between attempts, but I'm going to keep trying. there's only so many I could have used, I'm sure I'll get it eventually :-P ... if the phone goes 'doomsday', I'll repost and let ya'll know!

I tried my restricted passcode 24 times before I got the right one, but it never permenantly locked out. It means that you have to wait an increasing amount of time between each attempt (up to an hour) but please read on to Maddox's reply where they tell you how to change the time on your ipod after each attempt so that you don't have to wait.

Hey just a heads up... Pretty sure if you wipe and restore from a backup , it will bring back the restrictions as well. You will need to restore from a backup prior to restrictions or set up as a new device.