Hey guys, I’ve seen a few other posts on Reddit and around the internet but they always seem to get dismissed.
A couple months ago, my iPhone died and when I powered it back on it WOULD NOT accept my PIN to unlock. This is the same PIN that I have had since I got my first iPhone back in 2010, there is no possible way it would have been forgotten or changed.
Now, just a few days ago the same exact thing happened to my friend! Same deal, they’ve had the same exact PIN for years, phone died and suddenly would no longer accept it.
In both of our instances the only thing we could do was a complete restore at an Apple Store.
So I just wanted to remind everyone to back up your iCloud and also ask people here to speculate with me a bit on what could cause something like this.
Personally, I think the phone dying has something to do with resetting some hardware in the phone where the PIN is stored locally. Maybe the low voltage?
What do you guys think?