iOS 7 forgot restrictions passcode

I just did that with my 5S. If I had Restrictions passcode set BEFORE resetting all settings it prompted for the passcode I had previously entered and accepted it. If I had restrictions disabled before resetting it did not prompt, and when it completed the reset it did not set a Restrictions passcode. So most likely you had a restrictions passcode set and forgot that you had. As it's the same OS I would not expect it to behave differently on different devices.

Well I did stipulate to try it on a device where the restrictions passcode had never been set, but I appreciate that wouldn't necessarily be something you had to hand.

"most likely you had a restrictions passcode set and forgot that you had"...

The first time this problem arose for me was directly after upgrading to iOS 7. After following fte procedure mentioned earlier in this thead to set the restrictions passcode to a know pin using the restore procedure, I then was able to access the restrictions menu using that pin. I then switch off the restrictions lock. I then reset the settings (this was in the desperate hope of a settings reset making iOS suck slightly less on the iPhone 4, it didn't btw) and it was THEN that restrictions got set back on.

So, how likely is it actually that I forgot the code in those few seconds?! Particularly since I'd set it to a well used know pin, AND I could read that pin in plain text on my computer screen from the plist file.

It's much more likely that any other explanation you have put forth.

I just took a spare 4S and erased it to its new state (settings/General/Reset - Erase all content and settings.) I then set it up as a new phone. So it is now like a new out-of-the-box phone. No restrictions passcode, as that's the default for a new phone. I then did settings/general/reset - Reset all settings.

When the phone came back up it did not have a restrictions passcode set and Restrictions were still off.

"It's much more likely that any other explanation you have put forth."

No, its exactly as he put forth in his last reply. It also happened to me even though I had not set the passcode on my phone EVER. I am not tech illiterate nore do I have dementia and forget I set a code to my phone. I followed the suggested series of fixes stated earlier in this thread months ago after doing the update and after a day of cursing future iOS updates.

I didnt re-read all the back and forth, just this last page (I need to get me email off this thread for updates I do not care to clutter my inbox) but the rickwookie's last post is right on target.

Hi All,

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Ibackupbot...

Hi all.. trying the instructions using ibackupbot.. get through all of it.. seems straight forward.. however.. after editing and saving.. when I re-open.. I dont see the changes.. I've tried this from both a mac and a wndows machine.. Any thoughts ?

oh god i followed you... and i cant use my phone reason this phone is lost... hmmm

Same problem. Try going to:

Settings

General

Passcode Lock ((put your current passcode))

scroll until you reach "Erase Data"

enable it

play with wrong passcodes then it will erase all data after 10 failed passcode attempts

Don't worry, there's still a data protection.

***Hope this helps***

So I don't know if this is going to help anyone or not...but I originally looked up this post because I was trying to change the settings on my son's iPhone and when I put in his passcode in the restrictions window, it did the same thing and told me it was the wrong passcode. After several tries and and getting locked out a few times, it dawned on me that while I was using the same code he uses on the lock screen, that was not the original code we set up when we got the phone. I entered the original passcode we used when we first set up the phone and that was the correct passcode to make the changes in the restrictions screen. I had forgotten that we had a code before the current one.

Like I said, not sure if that helps anyone...good luck!

Restore your iphone only option.

Well, thank you, but that's already been said many times in the 6 months since post you responded to.

Help me!

Help you with what? This thread has gone off in so many directions I've no idea what you are talking about. Maybe post a NEW message and describe your problem and you may get help.

Ive turned on my location and now i cannot restore my iphone. How?

*i mean Find My iPhone