What is Screen Time passcode in iOS 12?

Anyone out there using iOS 11 about to upgrade to iOS 12 and willing to set up Restrictions with a passcode, turn it off, and then upgrade?

Done that. I support phones for a living. Have toggled a restrictions passcode off/on many, many times.

Done this on iOS 10, 11 and now, 12.

No issues. Make of that what you will.

The automatic and manual methods might yield different results. I used the automatic method when I upgraded.

That was missing from your previous post.

All you said was upgrade.

Not sure what you mean by automatic vs. manual. I don't believe there is a difference in the end.

Why would/should there be unique results based on how you upgrade?

iOS 11 didn’t have that option. It would usually download the update then prompt you during the day that it would install the update that night. You could enter your passcode to confirm or tell it to remind you later at the bottom. This setting for automatically installing updates or turning it off is new in iOS 12.

I would have never had a reason to set up restricions but screen time is asking for a passcode. I tried all of the 4 digit pins I would have ever uses but it won't work. I think this is really just a bug.

This is definitely a bug. I have never, ever used restrictions -- ever. And Screen Time is now set up without my consent and uses a mystery PIN that I cannot unlock. Having to reformat my phone does not seem like an acceptable solution to this bug.

Looks like Apple pushed a patch silently. I was able to turn off screen time without entering my passcode.

Now, if I try to turn it ON again, it asks me to set a passcode.

Note: Not sure if they made a change in the OS upgrade as well for not to turn it ON by default.

I have the same problem.

I never set a Restrictions or ScreenTime passcode. I am 100% certain of this. My screen lock code is a 5 digit code, and upon installing io12 there is a 4 digit code set for Screen Time.

I tried every 4 digit code that I have ever used for anything, and nothing worked. I am not up to a forced 60 minute wait between attempts. This is the dumbest move ever on Apples part. They need to release an update that resets al Screen Time codes and lets us set them up anew.

I have the same issue. Please suggest to Apple to make the thumbprint or face recognition or master password be able to override any secondary passcodes. Otherwise we have millions of users unable to engage or disengage features of their phones. That is a whole lot of frustrated Apple users.

fred from fredsville wrote:

I have the same issue. Please suggest to Apple to make the thumbprint or face recognition or master password be able to override any secondary passcodes.

I hope you are kidding. The whole purpose of restrictions is to provide parental controls on a child's phone. What you are suggesting would mean that any kid could change the restrictions imposed by a parent the same way they log in to their phone.

Actually no I'm not. If the iphone can store a specific extra pass code for this app, then reasonably it can store an extra fingerprint or face image as well. Actually, it would be more secure if the app used a fingerprint or face image so that the kids can't guess at the code or otherwise use a pin finder app to find the pin.

That's a great idea. Why don't you suggest it to Apple? https://apple.com/feedback. Posting a suggestion here is a waste of time, as Apple does not read Apple Support Communities for suggestions or to provide support.

Guessing the code, BTW, is not terribly rewarding. You get 10 guesses before it locks out and requires restoring iOS and setting up as a new phone. And iOS 12 has a setting that prevents that. The pin finder has always been a weak spot, but until some "helpful" users posted a link to it kids would have been unlikely to find it.

The problem with Face ID is that until the Xs and Xs max the phone could only hold one face ID. Both that and fingerprints require the phone to be unlocked with a passcode if it has been powered off or reset.

You did not answer the question or solve the issue. Please remove your answer which references a click-bait, add filled website you linked. If you don’t know, don’t respond. This issue IS NOT SOLVED!

After spending HOURS trying to make my iPhone work the way I wanted it to work, I finally found the solution. I went to Best Buy and bought a new Samsung. One hour later - I have a phone that works FOR ME. Bazinga! No need to bang my head against the wall trying to remember a 4 digit code I set up accidentally 4 upgrades ago.

debbiefromsan jose wrote:

After spending HOURS trying to make my iPhone work the way I wanted it to work, I finally found the solution. I went to Best Buy and bought a new Samsung. One hour later - I have a phone that works FOR ME. Bazinga! No need to bang my head against the wall trying to remember a 4 digit code I set up accidentally 4 upgrades ago.

Thanks for sharing.

Of course, you could have just set up the phone as New, and that would have solved the problem. Cost: $0. Time: 5 minutes.

Instead you spent how many hours traveling and waiting, and how much money for a new Samsung, that you had to set up as New anyway. I am so happy for you have unlimited time and money.