When an iPhone is locked with a screen passcode, only entering the correct digits or using facial or fingerprint recognition will get you into the iPhone. So, it’s a massive trouble when the Face or Touch ID fails to unlock the iPhone and you can’t remember the passcode.
The regular methods cannot get us into the locked iPhone anymore. While Apple Support recommends a factory reset via iTunes, most iPhone users will not pick that up as it causes severe consequences – data loss and Activation lock.
Either will bring us big troubles. So, we need a way to bypass the iPhone passcode without a factory reset. It sounds very hard indeed. But it’s still possible. Now, follow my lead, and let’s try to bypass the iPhone passcode and get back into your iPhone.
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Method 1: Bypass iPhone Passcode via iCloud Find My
Is the Find My iPhone activated on this iPhone? If so, you have already signed in to your Apple ID on the locked iPhone and may have turned on iCloud backup.
In this case, we will apply the Find My iPhone feature to bypass the lock screen on your iPhone.
Note that the Find My iPhone will do a factory reset on the target iPhone. When iCloud backup is working, your data will be uploaded to the cloud and you reset your iPhone without concern. You can easily get back into the iPhone after passing the passcode
Check this out:
On iCloud Find My Web, sign into your Apple account. When the browse asks for verification and you can’t achieve it when the iPhone is locked, choose to get the code via a phone number.
Take out the current Sim card from the locked iPhone and insert it into another phone. Get the code and type it into the browser.
After getting in, locate the target iPhone from the Devices list. Choose to Erase This iPhone and hit Erase from the pop-up to confirm.
Bonus: Bypass iPhone Passcode with Find My app
If you have another Apple device that’s registered to the same Apple ID, the login on Find My Web is not necessary. You can open the Find My app on the other Apple mobile or tablet. Then, find your locked iPhone from the Devices tab. Hit Erase iPhone to complete.
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Method 2: Bypass iPhone Passcode via Siri & Messages
The reliable screen passcode and other security features of Apple are almost unbreakable. However, some geeks have found a tiny little bug that we can use to bypass the iPhone passcode.
From iOS 8.1 to iOS 10.1, we can use Siri to open the Clock and Messages apps to bypass the iPhone passcode and finally unlock the device. An iPhone running any newer iOS will not be suitable here. You’d better check out other methods.
For people who own an old iPhone, check this out:
Step 1:
Activate Siri with your own audio command. Then, ask “What time is it”. Siri will display the current time with the Clock app.
Then, tap on the + button in the top right corner. On the new screen, enter anything to the text inbox and long-press on the inserted text. Choose Select All and then, Share. Tap Messages from the floating window popping out from the lower part of the screen.
Step 2:
The Messages app is now launched and you need to enter random numbers in the To tab. Then, choose to add this as a new contact.
Step 3:
In the Add A New Contact screen, add a photo to this new contact. You will be directed to the Photos app.
And exit the Photos app, you will go back to the home screen of this iPhone. Yes, it’s unlocked now.
Bonus: Bypass iPhone Passcode with 4uKey iPhone Unlocker
Third-party apps help iPhone owners to bypass the passcode on their locked iPhones as well. Among all available choices online, 4uKey iPhone Unlocker seems to be a handy and efficient choice.
When your iPhone is locked or even disabled 4uKey can unlock it within minutes without entering any passcode or password. You won’t have to complete the annoying Trust This Computer verification as well.
With 4uKey, just connect your iPhone to a computer and make clicks on the 4uKey interface. You will bypass the iPhone passcode and get into it quickly.
Also, 4uKey is compatible with all the iPhones and iPad on sale. From the old iPhone 4 to the latest iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro, 4uKey unlocks them all. Don’t worry about the iOS version, 4uKey handles each version with the same effect.
Now, download 4uKey on a computer, and let’s start to bypass the passcode on your iPhone.
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Remove Lock screen, Apple ID, and MDM restrictions in one tool
- Fix locked, disabled, unavailable iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch
- Remove Apple ID/iCloud account without password
- Bypass Mobile Device Management (MDM) with clicks
*Compatible with iOS 16 & iPadOS 16
FAQs
On a locked iPhone, you can enter the wrong passcodes 10 times. You will see a sign “iPhone is disabled Try Again 1 hour”. Then, any more wrong passcode entries will disable this iPhone completely.
Need to know that all the passcodes you enter need to be different. So, your iPhone will be disabled for 60 minutes once 10 wrong combinations are typed in. You enter 1 wrong passcode on this iPhone for 100 times, it won’t get your device disabled.
Once this happens, only a factory reset can bring this iPhone back to normal.
There’s no such default passcode for iPhone. Every iPhone is shipped out without a screen lock.
When you buy an iPhone and start to activate it, it will prompt you to add a screen lock and create a screen passcode. And you can choose not to add any.
Yes, we can bypass the iPhone passcode with Siri in some early models running iOS 8.1 to iOS 10.1. For some new iPhones like iPhone 13, 14, and any newer, Siri cannot help bypass the passcode.
When you forget the passcode on an iPhone 14, the only way to get into it is through a factory reset and this is inevitable.
Sometimes when we are about to turn off the screen lock passcode function on our iPhone, we will fail to do it. Because the Turn Off Passcode option is greyed out. No matter how hard we tap on it, it won’t work.
If this is what bothers you, you can fix it by resetting your iPhone settings. Follow this path: Settings > General > Reset (or Transfer or Reset iPhone) – Reset – Reset All Settings.
Then, restart your iPhone and try to disable the passcode again.