Access and Ethics: Is This Your Device?
Before we start, understand that this information is intended to help people access information on their own devices. Passcodes are an important iPhone safeguard in preventing other people from accessing our private information. More importantly, unlocking a cellular device grants access to social media accounts, email accounts, and messaging apps that should only be used by the owner. Unlocking someone else’s phone without their permission may also be illegal, depending on where you live. Regardless of any lack of legal ramifications, unlocking someone else’s device is an invasion of privacy and is unethical.
How to Unlock Your iPhone Without Siri or Passcode Using iTunes
When using iTunes to unlock your phone, you’ll be wiping out the passcode of your device, which also wipes out the data. To use iTunes to unlock your phone, use any computer, including a non-Mac computer, as long as the computer has the latest version of iTunes. However, when restoring your device using iTunes from a backup, you must use a computer you’ve previously used to sync your phone. Otherwise, your data will not be there.
How to Unlock iPhone Without Siri or Passcode Using Find My iPhone
Find my iPhone isn’t only useful for helping you locate a lost device, but can also be used to help you access a locked iPhone.
Unlock iPhone After Entering Wrong Passcode Too Many Times
If you or someone else have entered the wrong password too many times, your Apple ID automatically locks, as a security measure. Here’s how to unlock your Apple ID.
After Your iPhone Is Unlocked
By following one of the methods above, your iPhone will unlock and you can set a new passcode. You can also restore the iPhone using an existing backup from iTunes or iCloud.
