Hi there,
Yesterday I was trying to sync some photos from my iPhone to my Mac and it kept saying that the iPhone was locked, even if it wasn’t. To prevent any further issue, I completely disabled the passcode and FaceID and it worked.
After that I have reset my passcode to my old one and locked the phone before setting up Face ID again. But now, for some reason, the phone isn’t recognizing the new passcode. I may have mistyped it when I was setting it back, I assume.
I have tried the passcode (and a few combinations considering I might have mistyped when setting) for 9 times until now. So I have stopped trying because I’ve read that the 10th time would completely lock the phone.
Is there any way to keep trying combinations after the 10th attempt without having to reset the phone? Even if I have to wait longer and longer, I know eventually I will get it right.
Some information that might help:
- I have my Apple ID password and the device registered to it.
- I have other 4 devices (Watch Ultra, MacBook iPad and other iPhone also registered to the same Apple ID).
- I don’t have an iCloud backup. My last backup was a local one back in February.
- entering the ‘old password’ isn’t an option because after setting it back, I actually didn’t have any passcode.
- Running ios 17 and MacOS Ventura.
I’m desperate here because I have some vacation pictures and family files that I’d be completely devastated to lose.
Any advice?