How come the require passcode on my 5s iPhone only has the option of IMMEDIATELY. It will not let me change it to anything else. On my old phone, I could set the passcode to be good for 5 minutes or longer?
Am I missing something here?
Do you have a corporate MS Exchange email account? If so, your administrator installed a security profile on the phone requiring immediate lock.
If not go to Settings/General/Restrictions and enable Change Account settings.
Restrictions are turned OFF.
I do have a Microsoft Exchange email...but its from my work (a hospital)...and my previous phone (iPhone 5) did not have this restriction.
OK...let me state my problem again in simpler terms.
I have only ONE option for REQUIRE PASSCODE and the only option is IMMEDIATELY.
Sorry if I was confusing.
Go to Settings//General and scroll to the bottom. Is there an entry for Profile? If there is a profile that appears to be related to your company email, the requirement was set by your Exchange administrator.
If not, have you tried tapping on the word "immediately"?
Thanks for trying to help.
I don't have a PROFILE at the bottom of Settings/General/
I also looked in Restrictions and see no profile in any other section either.
Yes, I tap on the word IMMEDIATELY (it has a green checkmark to it)...and there are no other options.
Very strange. I get a whole list of options.
OK...I found it. It took me a lot of searching.
If you use the touch ID, this is what Apple says about it:
Using Touch ID sets your Require Passcode setting to Immediately. You still have the option of entering your passcode simply by sliding to unlock.
I guess I should have searched a little more. Now I know and maybe this will help someone else.
Thank you Lawrence for your help.
Wally
Thanks, Wally. That's valuable info. As I don't have a 5S (yet) I'll be able to share that the next time the question comes up.
Thanks for the info. Although developers please note.
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This is annoying.
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I want the option to not have to fingerprint every time i open the phone in a short period of time.
Users want to be able to delay the pass code. The fingerprint is not the most reliable for all, in my case I have dry hands and callus.
Thank you for working this out; I've been having the same problem and agree that it's really annoying not to be allowed the same leeway to delay the passcode just because I'm using fingerprint recognition.
2nd this comment, really annoying!!!!!
This is very disappointing and annoying to only have the "immediately" option available when using fingerprint. It's irked me enough to shut off touch ID. What a crying shame! Please allow for a few more options (say 1 min, 5, etc). Otherwise I'm CONSTANTLY having to unlock my phone. As nice as it is to use a finger, I've been doing it hundreds of times a day. Unnecessary and bad software design. Please consider fixing/tweaking this. Thank you so much!!!
"This is very disappointing and annoying to only have the "immediately" option available when using fingerprint. It's irked me enough to shut off touch ID. What a crying shame! Please allow for a few more options (say 1 min, 5, etc). Otherwise I'm CONSTANTLY having to unlock my phone. As nice as it is to use a finger, I've been doing it hundreds of times a day. Unnecessary and bad software design. Please consider fixing/tweaking this. Thank you so much!!!"
I wish Tim cook would open his eyes just a little more, don't get me wrong ios 7 is amazingly loaded with options we wanted ,(except where's my quick reply for messages) compared to the original iPhone os. But when you come across decisions like this, it makes you wonder why? If the finger print worked better I guess it wouldn't be to bad. But I wish Tim cook would get with saurk and allow those of us that want more open options to let us have it. Cause then we could have someone tweak it to allow 1min,5 etc....
I haven't been able to get a 5S yet, but the "immediate" won't bother me because I've always had my phone set to "immediate". Crime statistics (at least in NYC) show that most iPhone thefts are right from the hands of the user. So the phone is actually unlocked when stolen, unless you are quick enough to hit the SLEEP button AND locking is set to Immediate. Otherwise the thief gets your phone AND your identity instead of just your phone.
I agree with Lawrence. I have my 5s set to use fingerprint ID and I don't mind the code being set to immediate as the fingrerprint unlocks immediately. I did have to delete and redo a couple of fingerprints before it worked as advertised.
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