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What should I do if I often forget the iPhone unlock password, and keep entering different passwords to try to crack the iPhone password lock, resulting in too many wrong iPhone passwords, and the phone jumps out of the disabled iPhone and cannot be used for 1 hour? In fact, there are still ways to forget iPhone screen lock passcode.
Apple (Apple) added a new function of resetting the iPhone forgot screen password for iOS 17. If the iPhone forgets the unlock password, resulting in too many wrong iPhone passwords, it becomes a disabled iPhone. Starting from iOS 17, there is no need to be so troublesome, allowing users to change the password. If you use the old iPhone unlock password to reset the screen password lock within 72 hours after the password, you don’t need to use computer iTunes to restore or third-party tools to solve the problem.
How to reset iPhone screen unlock passcode with iOS 17?
If you forget the password immediately after changing the iPhone password, resulting in too many wrong screen unlock passwords, and the warning “Try again after 1 minute that the iPhone cannot be used” appears, then you can use iOS 17 to reset the iPhone screen lock password function and use the old password to reset the lock screen password.
Here’s how to reset iPhone screen unlock passcode via iOS 17:
- 1. When the iPhone passcode is entered too many times, the iPhone security lock mode screen cannot be used, just click “Forgot Passcode”.
- 2. Select “Try Password Reset” on the Forgot Password page.
- 3. First enter the old iPhone screen unlock password for security verification.
- 4. You can enter a new unlock password, and at the same time, you will be able to remove the iPhone screen lock security mode that cannot be used.
[Reminder]iOS 17 is currently in the Beta testing stage. This article is a tutorial on the iOS 17 Beta features. If you want to experience the new features of iOS 17 first, please refer to “Upgrade iOS 17 Beta Tutorial”.
Why can’t I unlock my iPhone with my old passcode?
If you don’t see the “Try Passcode Reset” option on the Unable to use iPhone Security Lock page, there are two possibilities:
- iPhone screen lock password has not been changed
- Password modification time exceeds 72 hours
The new function of Apple iOS 17 “Unlock iPhone with old password” is mainly to solve the problem of borrowing an iPhone from a friend or child to play, and the other party accidentally changes the password, or just changed the password yesterday, and suddenly forgot the new lock screen password today, so that the user can unlock the screen within 72 hours. Ability to unlock and reset iPhone screen passcode lock with old passcode.
How to modify iPhone screen passcode lock?
- Open iPhone’s built-in “Settings” app
- Select “Face ID and Passcode” and enter the screen lock passcode for verification
- Click “Change Password”
You will be asked to enter the current iPhone screen lock password in use before you can reset and enter a new iPhone screen lock password. (Extended reading: Solve the iPhone unlock password six-digit change back to four-digit skills, teach you to change the password to be shorter)
How to disable 72-hour reset iPhone screen unlock passcode?
Then some people must be worried, if other people know the old iPhone screen unlock password, can they also reset the iPhone lock screen password within 72 hours through this method? Of course, you can also use the method below to immediately turn off the function of resetting the iPhone screen password lock to disable the function of resetting the lock screen password.
- Open iPhone’s built-in “Settings” app
- Select “Face ID and Passcode” and enter the screen lock passcode for verification
- Click “Require password” function
- Press “OK” to close
function summary
For users who often forget their iPhone passwords, using Apple’s latest iOS 17 reset function with old passwords, after changing the lock screen password, they can reset and unlock the iPhone security lock through the original old password within 72 hours.
What should I do if I can’t reset the iPhone passcode for more than 72 hours? You can refer to another tutorial “How to crack iPhone unlock password forgot? Computer-free iTunes reset password removal technique”, or use 4uKey unlock tool to reset iPhone lock screen password.