What is Screen Time passcode in iOS 12?

i don’t think apple can push changes without updating iOS , in My case I can create a new passcode as you said but as soon as I start doing changes under screentime system would not accept my newly created passcode and after 10 tries I’m locked for 60 minutes and at this point I have to restore my phone thru dfu mode and iTunes just to be able to disable screentime restrictions.

I have never setup a restrictions passcode till now. After reading the comments, I have setup one now and tried using the same passcode for screen time. It failed again!!

Erasing doesn’t work you need the screen time passcode. I tried iT. I have the same problem altough I’ve never set a restriction passcode. This def. Is a bug.

Thanks - this worked perfectly. I forgot my restrictions passcode years ago and had given up - PinFinder took seconds and worked a treat.

Solved it, I think: I have NEVER had a passcode for anything. Read all the entries below, “chatted” for half hour with Apple.... finally tried 0000 AND IT WORKED! Good luck, all.

Same thing - 1111 helps

I am facing same issue. I don't even know what is Restriction in iOS. 😢

I never used that either. The amount of time it is increasing on every wrong attempt is pathetic.

Apple has screwed it big time. Why on earth they enabled it by default 😠

Hmm, something isn’t quite right with Screentime password feature. Have just updated to ios12 and opened screentime. It asked for Screentime passcode when i tried to adjust some of settings but it said that I had already had 10 failed passcode attempts even though I had only just opened this new feature!! I tried (only once) my screen lock code which didn’t work so it now tells me I have had 11 failed attempts and have to wait 60 minutes. I really, really don’t want to do a factory reset - shouldn’t MS be providing at least some guidance on this point as this appaers to be a really useful new feature which, at the moment, doesn’t work properly - i cannot believe I am the only one who has had this experience. All thoughts / help gratefully received 😕

I'm having the same issue and 1111 didn't work for me. I had guided access off on my phone. I refuse to believe I have erase the phone and set it up as new to correct the issue. Do you have any other thoughts?

I have the Same problem. Updated to iOS 12 yesterday. While opening up new iOS phone told me there was already a screentime password by default. Never set restrictions on or anything. Still can t figure out wat password is. Tried Erasing the whole phone and set iT up as new one. Doesn t seem to work since you need the screentime password to reset and Erase iT. This most defenintly is a bug ! Hope someone here can help me out. Tried contacting Apple But they don t seem to know either. Hopelfully they have a solution soon because this ***** big time ! Thanks Apple 🎉

I guess I'd hope that they would have the foresight to identify users that weren't using restrictions. I played with it for, literally a few minutes, so I find it strange that it should now completely lock me out of the screen time app.

Maybe just a confirmation to use the same code or set up new. There seem to be a lot of people with the same issue, so hopefully, they'll think of something, rather than have everyone have to set up their phones again as new.

FWIW - I have this same problem as well. Fresh install of iOS 12 on iPhone X, and there is a screentime password in place and I've never used a restrictions password. Furthermore, it's not a combination of the first four of my phone password (as others have suggested), as I use a complex alphanumeric password with mixed case characters.

Thanks singh49, your link was the most helpful of all the replies. Fortunately, I tried a 4 digit passcode I had used for something else and it worked so I didn't have to do anything else but turn off the passcode in screen time.