how do you change lockscreen password without unlocking the phone?

[iMore Question]

my phone is broken and it wont let me enter my password i was wondering if there was anyway to change or deactivate the password without actually unlocking the phone?

 

[HankAZ]

my phone is broken and it wont let me enter my password i was wondering if there was anyway to change or deactivate the password without actually unlocking the phone?

Nope. You have to access the Settings app to change the passcode.

 

[Jaguarr40]

That about sums that up!

 

[Highrisedrifter]

Fortunately there isn't a way to do this. I would consider it a major security breach and a huge glaring design flaw if you could actually do that...

 

[OrbitualNoob]

There is a way, but I'm pretty sure I'm not allowed to share it on here. You should probably look it up yourself.


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