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When it comes to forgot iPhone passcode issue, Apple gives its official solution to remove iPhone forgotten passcode from iPhone. But you need to meet two conditions to restore iPhone: Find my iPhone is disabled and the iTunes has been synced with iPhone before. Besides, you need to enter the recovery mode successfully. What if you cannot get into iTunes? It is really annoying and troublesome for those users who want to unlock iPhone forgot passcode without restore. Here, in this article, you can learn how to remove forgotten iPhone passcode without restore.
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No matter Find My iPhone is on or off in your locked iPhone, iSunshare iPhone Passcode Genius would be one of the simplest ways to unlock iPhone without password, of which the whole process is no restoring in iTunes.
You can just rely on it to remove forgotten password from iPhone in several minutes and it is easy and convenient to operate. You can use it to unlock iPhone with locked screen safely under the circumstance that no matter the iPhone is brand-new, second-hand, screen-broken, or with Find My iPhone of or on. What you need is only a Windows computer, your iPhone and the USB cable to build the connection between them.
Step 1: Download and install iSunshare iPhone Passcode Genius on your desktop.
Step 2: Open the software and then choose Unlock Lock Screen.
Note: If you don't have iTunes on your PC, you should install iTunes firstly before you use this software.
Step 3: Click Start immediately to begin to unlock locked lock screen passcode.
Step 4: Connect your iPhone to your PC with a USB cable and then click the Next button to continue after it is successfully detected by your computer.
Step 5: After the software recognizes your iPhone, its device type will be show on the software interface. Afterwards, you need to click Download to download the firmware package online. The download process will run automatically.
It will take some time to download and verify the firmware, so please wait for some while patiently.
Step 6: Click the Unlock button to start the process of unlock the iPhone screen. Waite for several minutes until the process is fully completed.
Step 7: A few minutes later you will get the information that Unlock Screen Successfully, and then click Done to end the process.
After that, your locked iPhone will be opened successfully. The forgotten passcode will be removed and the iOS version has been updated to the newest one. If Find My iPhone is turned on the iPhone, you need to enter the original Apple ID and passcode to activate iPhone. If the Find My iPhone is off, you can re-setup the iPhone with new Apple ID & its password.
If Find My iPhone is enabled on the forgotten passcode iPhone, iCloud can help to remove the forgotten password via Erase function without restoring. Of course, it will clean all personal data and settings of the iPhone, let alone the screen password. You can adopt this method with a smartphone, Mac or Windows computer only if you have the Apple ID and passcode.
Step 1: Open icloud.com on your computer or smartphone and sign in with the iPhone Apple ID and passcode. After you successfully login, click the Find iPhone option on the main interface.
Step 2: Click All Devices and choose your iPhone from the drop-down menu.
Step 3: In the left menu, you will get all operations which you can do to the iPhone. Choose the Erase This Device option and then click the Erase button. After that, your iPhone will be erased. If it asks you to enter the Apple ID and passcode before the process, just go to enter it without hesitation.
Note: You should pay attention that iCloud Erase function cannot work to restore the iPhone to factory settings or update the iOS version. So the unlocked iPhone is still in your original version and you can activate it after unlocking.
From iOS 15.2, there will be an Erase iPhone option on the iPhone Unavailable screen when your iPhone is linked to an Apple ID. After that, you can take advantage of the Apple ID passcode to unlock iPhone without iTunes or iCloud.
Step 1: Tap Erase iPhone on the iPhone Unavailable screen. Tap Erase iPhone again in the coming screen.
Step 2: Enter the Apple ID passcode.
Step 3: After the Apple ID passcode is verified, tap Erase iPhone again in the prompt. Then the erasing process begins. Wait patiently until the iPhone restarts. After that, the iPhone is unlocked.
For iPhone in iOS 17, there is no Erase iPhone option on the iPhone Unavailable screen. Instead, Forgot Passcode? is displayed on the iPhone Unavailable screen. Tap Forgot Passcode? and then the Start iPhone Reset option. It requires you to enter the Apple ID passcode and then tap Erase iPhone to start the erasing process.
Is it possible to use a secret code to unlock a locked iPhone without erasing the data when you forget the iPhone passcode? Unfortunately, Apple doesn't offer such an option.
Considering that some users may confuse the old password with the new one after changing the passcode, causing the iPhone to be locked. Apple's technical team has added a new "Forgot Passcode" option in iOS 17. If you forget your newly changed passcode, you can still reset your iPhone passcode within 72 hours by using your old passcode on the lock screen without losing data.
Step 1 : Keep entering the wrong passcode on the iPhone lock screen until the iPhone says "iPhone unavailable, try again in 1 minute".
Step 2: Click the "Forgot Passcode" button at the bottom right, then click "Enter Previous Passcode" in the options that appear.
Step 3: Enter the old iPhone passcode and set a new one for the device, you will be able to use it to unlock the iPhone without data loss.
If you have completely forgotten your old passcode or it has been three days, then you will lose the chance to reset the iPhone passcode on the lock screen. Apple's security measures are strict that you can only erase the device to unlock it now. The "iPhone Reset" option on the lock screen provides a way to unlock iPhone without a computer and iTunes.
Step 1: Click the "iPhone Reset" button and then click the "Start iPhone Reset" button to continue.
Step 2: Enter your Apple ID password to confirm erasing iPhone.
Step 3: Click "Erase iPhone" and then all media, content, and settings on your device will be erased, including the iPhone lock screen password. After the process is completed, it will reboot and you can access iPhone without passcode.
Honestly speaking, what worries iPhone users most is the iPhone data when they are locked out of iPhone due to various reasons. Is it possible to unlock iPhone without losing everything in it? If you backup iPhone to external hard drive before you forgot the passcode, you can restore all data into the iPhone after it is unlocked.
If you do not have the iPhone backup, Apple does not mention the way to recover the iPhone data. But most people said they can recover the iPhone data when password is forgotten with the third-party tool. Maybe it is true. But it is still recommended to create a backup of iPhone data from time to time in case data loss.
If your device is running iOS 17, Apple adds a new feature to allow users to reset their iPhone passcode with their previous passcode within 72 hours of changing it, without having to erase data or restore iPhone to factory settings. However, this only works when your previous passcode does not expired and your iPhone is updated to iOS 17.
Yes, you can. This only happens in the situation that you have created the iPhone backup before the iPhone is locked. Thus, you can restore the iPhone to a previous backup with iTunes/Finder.
You can use Face ID or Touch ID to unlock the iPhone if forgot the passcode. Otherwise, you can bypass the iPhone passcode on lock screen with iPhone unlocker, such as iPhone Passcode Genius.
