Why Do iPhones Become Disabled, I saw a lot of disabled iPhones when I worked at Apple. Kids. Kids love iPhones and they love pushing buttons. Timmy gets upset when the buttons stop working and Mommy isn’t happy that her iPhone is disabled. Snoopers. Friends and family members don’t always realize they don’t have an unlimited number of guesses to figure out your iPhone passcode. How Many Guesses Do I Have Before My iPhone Becomes Disabled, Phones don’t become disabled on the first or second incorrect passcode attempt.
1-5 incorrect passcode attempts: No problem. 6 incorrect attempts: iPhone disabled for 1 minute. 7 incorrect attempts: iPhone disabled for 5 minutes. 8 incorrect attempts: iPhone disabled for 15 minutes. 9 incorrect attempts: iPhone disabled for 60 minutes. 10 incorrect attempts: “iPhone is disabled. Passcode for iPhones without Touch ID). I’m Not Good With The iPhone Keypad.
Can I Disable My iPhone By Accident, No. It’s hard to accidentally disable an iPhone, and here’s why: You can enter the same incorrect passcode an unlimited number of times and it only counts as 1 incorrect passcode attempt. Let’s look at an example. You’re at a wedding and you really need to know who won the football game, but your wife won’t be happy if she discovers you care more about your fantasy football team than her second cousin’s wedding vows.
You try to enter your passcode without looking at your iPhone, but it’s not working because you’re entering 1536 instead of 1539, over and over again. Is your iPhone disabled, No. Your iPhone will only become disabled if you enter 6 different incorrect passcodes. Can I Unlock My iPhone After It Is Disabled,
Unfortunately, the answer is no. Once your iPhone says “iPhone is disabled. Connect to iTunes”, there is nothing you can do to unlock it. People sometimes think Apple Stores have special tools that can unlock disabled iPhones, but they don’t. The only thing you can do is completely erase your iPhone and start over.
The good news is that you can restore from the last backup your made before your iPhone became disabled. If you’ve backed up your iPhone to iTunes or iCloud, you’ll be able to restore your data after you erase your iPhone. After your iPhone is disabled, however, there is no way to back up the current data on the device.
If you don’t have a backup, you’ll have to set up your iPhone from scratch. How Do I Erase My iPhone If It Is Disabled, You can erase your iPhone using iTunes or iCloud, but I recommend using iTunes because it always works if you do it the way I describe. If you use iCloud, you need to know your Apple ID and password, and your iPhone has to be connected to the internet. Using iTunes is the simplest, easiest way, but I’ll describe how to do both.
Apple’s support article recommends an unnecessary, overcomplicated trial-and-error process of determining which restore method to use based on the kind of relationship your iPhone had with your computer before it was disabled. Just move on if you didn’t understand that — that’s why I say it’s too complicated! There is absolutely no downside (in fact, there may be benefits) to erasing your iPhone the way I recommend, and it always works. The type of restore I recommend when your iPhone is disabled is called a DFU restore.
I wrote an article that describes exactly how to DFU restore your iPhone. Follow the instructions in that article (it’s easy!) and come back here when you’re done. Skip to the section called Set Your iPhone Up Again after you use iTunes to begin the DFU restore. If your iPhone was signed into iCloud and you had Find My iPhone turned on before it was disabled, you can use Find My iPhone to erase your iPhone.
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