After more than 15 years covering everything Apple, it’s with a heavy heart we announce that we will no longer be publishing new content on iMore and the iMore forums will be closing as of November 1st, 2024.
If you can't remember your passcode to open your phone, you will need to put it in DFU Mode and restore it. You will still need your email address used for your iCloud ID. If you do this, you will lose all your data, pictures and etc.