How To Hard Reset Iphone Locked Out
Simone Whitmeyer
But how can you reset your iPhone when you forgot your iPhone password? Generally, iTunes is considered the default way to wipe a locked iPhone. That's true. But there are also other ways available for you to reset a locked iPhone, including using an iPhone unlocker and iCloud. Whether you want to factory reset a locked iPhone with or without iTunes, you will find a way to do it.
Although it's easy to reset a locked iPhone, it's a 'dangerous' action since it will delete almost all the data and settings on your device, including your lock-screen passcode. And data recovery is hardly helpful in retrieving the data on your iPhone.
Besides, to use the iOS device again, you will need to remember the Apple ID and password that was previously used on the device, or the device will become totally useless. Thus, make sure you still remember your Apple ID and password.
The most straightforward way to reset iPhone without password is to use an iPhone unlock tool, like EaseUS MobiUnlock. With such a tool, you will be able to reset a locked iPhone without iTunes, and you don't need to put your iPhone into recovery mode. See How to Unlock Disabled iPhone if your iPhone is disabled.
Step 3. Click "Next" to download a suitable firmware for your device. Or you can also click "Select" at the bottom of the window to select the existing availbale firmware if you've previously downloaded one.
If you don't want to apply third-party software to get into your locked iPhone, iTunes is one of the options to erase the iPhone, including the passcode. To reset the locked iPhone using iTunes, you need to enter the recovery mode first. The steps to enter the recovery mode vary, depending on the iPhone you use.
It's inevitable that resetting a locked iPhone will erase the data on it, and it's hard to restore the data using data recovery solutions. Thus, it should be your last resort to factory reset a device, either an iPhone, iPad or even Android.
After you encounter a situation in which you need to reset an iPhone, you should now realize the importance of data backup. If you have made a backup before, you can restore your data even after a factory reset. If there is no backup available, there is no way to retrieve your precious files.
Actually, you cannot factory reset (erase) your iPhone with only buttons. To reset your device, you need to go to Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings. However, you can force restart your iPhone with buttons, which may fix your iPhone's stuck or sluggish issue. To hard reset your iPhone, press and let go of the volume up button, then the volume down button. Next, press the power button until you see the Apple logo.
If the phone is managed via MDM then that platform should be able to provide the activation lock bypass code. Otherwise you must sign in with the apple ID to erase the phone or de-activate the lock. If the employee used their company email for the appleID you can reset the password to login.
If the email used was a company email, we would recreate the account (or add the email as an alias to someone in I.T.) then we could perform a password reset for the AppleID and take over the account to remove the device.
If the devices were purchased directly through Apple, I believe you can use Apple Business Manager to take ownership of the device. That is what we do now, Apple Business Manager feeds the serial numbers into our MDM before we even receive the devices. Then we have full control of them.
we have a policy in place that if a user leaves they MUST deactivate their apple account on any device s given to them, else monies etc is withheld as they are in breach of contract.
This ensures this never happens, and we make them do it in front of a member of IT Security or Operations as confirmation
I would go with the suggestion above in case they used their work email, else you can take it to apple store with proof of purchase and box etc to prove it belongs to the company and get them to do something with it, a cost but cheaper than buying a new device
The OP said they had left the company, and I was just stating what we have in place when a user leaves NOT when the above happens as that would be either death in service or critical illness. Other policies are in place for that.
What you have said I have actually had to deal with as my boss and VERY close friend died in a scuba incident. He had locked his phone to his account and we could not unlock it until his wife had dealt with all the issues and finally we had a death certificate and so we could get apple to send a password reset so we could then unlock it, more for photos for her of her children rather than any work related stuff as we would just wipe the phone.
First option - if the email address it is registered to is in your company domain you can just recreate, grab the password reset email, and remove it from there.
Second option - contact Apple with your proof of purchase and be prepared to jump through some hoops.
Third option - if you find one let me know.
I'm seeing the same problem, as well as an issue where the phone orientation will occasionally cause only part of the widgit to be visible. Killing the app that was playing music (or video) has no impact on this.
Not only do i see this but when i connect my iPhone to my car via the USB it doesn't display all of the playlists i created and will not let me skip forward through the tracks using the car's controls.
Hard reset seems to be the only thing that works, but then it comes back. I am to the fu**ing boiling point now with this effing bug. Please Apple, fix it. I don't want to have to restart my GD phone 5 times a day because the music widget is on the lock screen.
Yes hard reset seems to be only fix, and that only works until the next time you open podcasts, Pandora, etc., anything that plays audio, then you are back to the same problem. I hope Apple sees this as the annoying bug that it is and not an unwanted "benefit" of the OS.
Having the same issue. It comes on when I turn off my car so I think it might be a bluetooth issue. I rebooted the phone, didn't play any media, and it still appeared on the lock screen. Hope Apple fixes this soon!
Update: I reset my phone and went to a meeting. When I came out, the music player was on my lock screen. No bluetooth, no media was played. It just appeared. My next step is to delete the music app and reinstall it. But I think I'll lose all my playlists. ?
If you are unable to unlock your passcode locked iPhone you can sell the device through BankMyCell as long as it is legally yours. If the smartphone is flagged lost and found or stolen you must follow the legal and ethical rules before selling. Follow these steps to sell your Locked iPhone:
When unable to unlock screen passcode on your device, a factory reset becomes necessary. This action, however, will erase any data not recently backed up. There are four ways to factory reset an iPhone:
Another little tidbit in iOS 15.2 is that Apple has finally added the ability to erase and reset a locked iPhone or iPad, without first needing to connect it to a PC or Mac. This new feature is thanks to a new capability when the iOS device is in Security Lockout mode, after too many failed passcode attempts.
However, up to now, doing the same when the device is in a locked state has required the use of a computer. This meant if you forgot your iPhone passcode, you would have to put your iPhone into DFU recovery mode and then connect to a PC or Mac to restore via the classic iTunes process.
If the device cannot connect to Wi-Fi or cellular, then the Apple ID authorization step will fail and the device will not be able to be erased. In that case, you will still have to resort to the traditional DFU->PC method.
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