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Q: In an app that was frozen, I triple-clicked the home button and activated "guided access". I never set a passcode but can't exit GA without one. Is there a default passcode when one is not set by user? ipad2 ios 6.something

We have an iPad 2 running ios 6.something - I can't check that right now because we can't seem to exit "guided access".  I was playing Clumsy Ninja when it froze.  I didn't know about forcing closed or removing an app from the recent bar yet at the time, so I was looking through settings for some kind of intuitively obvious admin tool for shutting down a jammed app - to no avail.  Then I reopened the game and tried different things: holding the home button down, pressing the home button multiple times.  When I did that, "guided access" launched.  It informed me that it had deactivated the buttons, and asked me if I wanted to shut down parts of screen. No solution in that, so I attempted to exit GA at which point ipad requested a passcode - I never set a general passcode or a GA passcode, so I have no idea what to put in.  I have tried rebooting by means of Home and Power buttons - it reopens Clumsy Ninja with GA active. 

 

Is there a default "Guided Access" passcode that would be in place since I haven't set one?

iPad 2 Wi-Fi, iOS 6.0.2

Posted on Dec 19, 2013 8:45 PM

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