I inadvertaintly locked myself out of my I phone 6 plus. How can I get back in?

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I changed my security code on my I phone and I did not write it down. I cannot remember the new code. I kept trying at 60 minute intervills. Now the phone is telling me to connect to Tunes. I cannot connect to tunes becauce I cannot get into the phone. I can prove that this is my phone I do not want to lose all the information that I have in it by erasing it clean. What can I do to rectify this problem?

 

[robbrick]

Unfortunately, the only thing you can do is:
1. remember the code
2. erase the phone and start over

Sorry.

 

[John Colasanti]

Thank you the phone is not giving me the option of remembering the code. It is telling me to connect to I tunes. How can I connect to I tunes if I cant get into the phone?

 

[Just_Me_D]

Thank you the phone is not giving me the option of remembering the code. It is telling me to connect to I tunes. How can I connect to I tunes if I cant get into the phone?

It is not telling you to connect to the iTunes app "on the phone". It is telling you to connect the iPhone to a computer via a USB cable and then initiate the computer's iTunes app to restore it.

 

[robbrick]

It is not telling you to connect to the iTunes app "on the phone". It is telling you to connect the iPhone to a computer via a USB cable and then initiate the computer's iTunes app to restore it.

It will ask you to restore the phone. Nothing you can do anymore.

 

[Just_Me_D]

It will ask you to restore the phone. Nothing you can do anymore.

Am I missing something?

 

[robbrick]

Nope. Just plug in your phone to iTunes, restore and start over.


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[Just_Me_D]

Nope. Just plug in your phone to iTunes, restore and start over.


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I know the process. Your reply to *me* above kinda lost me. I was basically explaining to the OP that the process was in regard to the iTunes app on the computer and not the one on the phone.

 

[robbrick]

Sorry. I got confused. Thought I was talking to the OP. HAHA


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[Just_Me_D]

Sorry. I got confused. Thought I was talking to the OP. HAHA


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(Laughing)...No problem...

 

[John Colasanti]

If I plug the phone into I tunes via computerwill this erase all the information I have in the phone?

 

[Beyond Fire]

If I plug the phone into I tunes via computerwill this erase all the information I have in the phone?

Yup if you can't remember the code there is nothing else you can do but restore it.


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[John Colasanti]

sorry for the confusion guys. This is why im in trouble in the first place Im the one thats confused. My question is will this I tunes process erase my information in the phone .because I think I backed my info up to I Cloud but I could be wrong about that. Or will I get another chance to try to remember the new code I put in?

 

[John Colasanti]

Will I get a chance to remember the code?

 

[Beyond Fire]

sorry for the confusion guys. This is why im in trouble in the first place Im the one thats confused. My question is will this I tunes process erase my information in the phone .because I think I backed my info up to I Cloud but I could be wrong about that. Or will I get another chance to try to remember the new code I put in?

When you restore with iTunes you will lose everything that was not backed up. You will not get a chance to remember your code once you start that process.


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[robbrick]

No. iTunes will restore the phone to its factory state. If you have an iCloud backup, great. If not, there isn't anything you can do anymore.


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[SwitchBeach]

Forgot passcode for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or your device is disabled - Apple Support

 

[Fit24]

sorry for the confusion guys. This is why im in trouble in the first place Im the one thats confused. My question is will this I tunes process erase my information in the phone .because I think I backed my info up to I Cloud but I could be wrong about that. Or will I get another chance to try to remember the new code I put in?

Hopefully you have an iCloud backup or maybe a backup via iTunes on your desktop so that you don't lose all of your data. Good luck.

 

[dimitrist]

I had the same problem back a few months back with my 5s, the passcode stopped working for no reason, I tried so many times that got a timer so I had to wait to try again, I ended up doing a restore.

 

[Robert Sherman2]

I'm lock myself out of my iPhone 6 Plus I cannot do anything to turn it on and off I have to wait a hour to try to put a pass coad that I dont even though I only had it set up with my finger never did a pass coad I'm ****ed