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Need to unlock other i phone 11

Hi I want to get into my other phone i phine 11 but I forgot the passcode to into phone but I need to disconnect it from my other i phone so I won’t loose all my photos and info on thr phine thsts locked how do I disconnect the locked from my Apple account so I don’t loose all thr information

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Refer to this support article for various methods that you can use to resolve a forgotten passcode problem. --> If you forgot your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Vision Pro passcode, reset your device without a computer - Apple Support Which one you can use depends upon your equipment configuration. If you can use the iOS15.2+ method you may not need a computer. If you prefer to watch a video about this go to this web site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0ULNMLj8sM


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How to reset your device if you are running iOS 15.2 or later:

Advanced step: If you're using an eSIM on iOS 16 or earlier, contact your carrier before trying these steps and ask for a QR code to set up your eSIM again.

1. From your device's Lock Screen, try to enter your passcode five times until the "[Device] Unavailable" screen appears and your device asks you to try again later.

2. When you're able to, continue to enter your passcode until the "Security Lockout" screen appears and you get the Erase [Device] option in the bottom corner of the screen.
 3. Tap Erase [Device], then tap Erase [Device] again to confirm.

4. Enter your Apple ID password to sign out of your Apple Account on your device.

5. Tap Erase [Device] to permanently delete all of your data and settings.

6. When your device restarts, follow the onscreen instructions to set up your device again, restore your data and settings from a backup, and set a new passcode.




Eileenc79 wrote:
Hi I want to get into my other phone i phine 11 but I forgot the passcode to into phone but I need to disconnect it from my other i phone so I won’t loose all my photos and info on thr phine thsts locked how do I disconnect the locked from my Apple account so I don’t loose all thr information


If do not know the correct passcode – and cannot guess the correct passcode within 10 tries – the iPhone will go into a state where the only way back in is to reset it, wiping all of the data on it.


If Find My is enabled, you will need to know your Apple Account ID and password to successfully carry out a reset.


But in any case, if you don't want to "loose [sic]" all of your photos and information on the phone whose passcode you do not know, you had better hope that you backed up, synchronized, or copied the pictures and information to some other place. Because you won't be able to get them back from the locked phone.

Eileenc79 wrote:
Hi I want to get into my other phone i phine 11 but I forgot the passcode to into phone but I need to disconnect it from my other i phone so I won’t loose all my photos and info on thr phine thsts locked how do I disconnect the locked from my Apple account so I don’t loose all thr information

If you made no backups, and were not using iCloud Photos, then the photos are gone. Permanently.


Resetting the iPhone passcode is feasible, but the passcode is part of how the data on the iPhone — photos and everything else — gets decrypted.


No passcode, no backups, no iCloud Photos or other copies, means no recovery.


If the photos are in iCloud Photos, erasing an iPhone with a forgotten passcode won’t matter to any photos already in iCloud.

You must use the iTunes app to unlock your phone