Requirement to enter passcode every 48 hours
i use the touch id function on my iPhone 5s but am required to enter the passcode every 48 hours. is this normal and can it be turned off?
iPhone 5s, iOS 7.1.1
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Its working as designed - following quote is from http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5949
To configure Touch ID, you must first set up a passcode. Touch ID is designed to minimize the input of your passcode; but your passcode will be needed for additional security validation:
- After restarting your iPhone 5s
- When more than 48 hours have elapsed from the last time you unlocked your iPhone 5s
- To enter the Touch ID & Passcode setting
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Update for you on the 48 hour password issue. Well I had thought the soft reset had actually worked. Alas NO. It happened again this morning. Guess I'll report back to AppleCare with my open ticket.
If your phone is not jailbroken it is not malware. It appears to be a very elusive bug.
Thank you for the assurance.
Mine is not Jailbroken.
I was hoping with the upgrade from my iPhone 5s this issue might go away, but with a new iPhone 6s it just happened again unfortunately this morning. Less than 7 days since I started using it...
PollieXmas,
The keyboard works... the phone just doesn't accept the password I put in.
NO solution. It's a random event and Apple has an open ticket on the issue. 3 times in two months isnt life altering so I'm not going to get upset. It would be nice to get an update though.
Well sure, no iOS bug is life altering. But for some of us, this occurs several times a week on numerous devices. Only an annoyance, but one worth inquiring about. Thanks for the summation.
This just starting happening to me over the last week, twice now. I've been running 9.1 since it was released on my iPhone 6.
Can someone tell me how this is more of a problem then it is a minor inconvenience?
It's a problem because it shouldn't be happening. A minor inconvenience is a feature that should work better than it does.
I have just become patient and I don't care if it happens again (like it did this morning)
its it's not worth getting my panties in a twist
Opinions are a fun thing. My view is that personal security is diminished by this bug. Worse, something this visible just smacks of sloppiness in development and Q/A.
technonut wrote:
Opinions are a fun thing. My view is that personal security is diminished by this bug.
It's not an opinion, but yes, it is kinda fun.
How is security diminished?
It has nothing to do with work profile settings. People are having this problem that have nothing tied to their phone except themselves.
Requirement to enter passcode every 48 hours