How to Remove Passcode from iPhone? How to Recover Videos/Photos?
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1 April 2021 Technology Manager of Test Dept.
Summary
When using iPhone, we meet with some problems. For example, we forgot the passcode, or deleted the photos and videos. How to solve these problems? In this article, we will talk about how to remove passcode from iPhone and how to recover videos and photos from iPhone.
When using iPhone, we meet with some passcode problems. For example, we forgot the screen lock, the backup passcode or the Apple ID. That may cause many troubles. Sometimes, we can retrieve the password, but we usually remove the password and set a new one. How to remove the passcode from iPhone?
iPhone screen lock can protect private data well and prevent our device from being viewed by the other people. When you type the wrong password for several times, your phone will be disabled. What should you do in such situation? Next, we will tell you how to remove passcode from iPhone in two ways.
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Steps:
① First, download and install Renee iPassFix. Then, open the software.
② Connect iPhone to the computer with the cable. Then, select [Remove Device Passcode].
③ Select the iOS version and click on [UNLOCK ME].
④ After that, disconnect iPhone from the computer. The screen passcode has been removed at that time.
Method 2: Remove iPhone Passcode with iTunes
Generally, iPhone should be unlocked when connected to iTunes. However, in the computer ever connected to your iPhone, you don’t need to unlock the screen. Then, you can remove the passcode from iPhone with iTunes.
Steps:
① Connect iPhone to the computer with the cable. Open iTunes. If you use the version macOS Catalina 10.15, please open [Finder].
② Sync your phone with iTunes and back up.
③ After that, click on [Restore iPhone].
④ Finally, recover iPhone with the iTunes backup. The screen passcode will be removed from iPhone at that time.
Both of iCloud and iTunes can be used to back up iPhone. You don’t need to build up the iCloud backup with a passcode while an iTunes backup can be encrypted. If you unfortunately forgot the iTunes backup passcode, you can try these 3 ways to remove the passcode from iTunes backup for your iPhone.
Method 1: Check macOS keychain
If you are a Mac user, you can check the option [Remember this password in my keychain] when encrypting to back up your iPhone. After that, you can find out the password in [Keychain Access].
Steps:
① On Mac, open [Applications] > [Utility] > [Keychain Access].
② Under [Category] – [All Items], search [iPhone] and navigate to [iPhone Backup].
③ Double click at [iPhone Backup] and enter the Mac OS password. After that, you will see the backup passcode.
Method 2: Remove backup passcode in iPhone settings
If your iPhone is iOS 11 or the later versions, you can use an easier way to remove the backup passcode. That is iPhone settings. You can remove the iPhone backup passcode in Settings and delete the backup file at the same time.
Steps:
① On iPhone, tap [Settings] > [General] > [Reset].
② Tap on [Reset All Settings] and enter the Apple passcode.
Method 3: Delete iTunes backup to remove passcode
If the backup file is useless, you can directly delete the file and then the passcode will be removed from iPhone at the same time.
How to delete the iPhone backup file:
① Connect iPhone to the computer with the cable. Then, launch iTunes.
② At the top menu, click on [Edit] > [Preferences] > [Devices]. Then, delete the useless backup file.
Apple ID is the account used to get the Apple services, such as App Store, Apple Music, iCloud, iMessage and FaceTime. If you forgot the Apple ID, you cannot use these services anymore. Before the following steps, you should confirm the account of the Apple ID, namely the registered email address. Try these ways to change the Apple ID password
Method 1: Reset password with two-factor authentication
If you have had two-factor authentication enabled for you Apple ID, you can reset the password from any trusted iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Mac. This method is feasible in iOS 10 and the latter versions.
Steps:
① Go to [Settings] on iPhone.
② Tap [your name] > [Password & Security] > [Change Password]. Then, follow the tips to change the password. If your phone is below iOS 10.2, please tap [iCloud] > [your name] > [Password & Security] > [Change Password].
Note: If you don’t sign into iCloud, please go to [Settings] > [Sign in to your iPhone] > [Don’t have an Apple ID or forgot it?]. Follow the onscreen steps to sign in your Apple ID. In iOS 10.2 and the earlier versions, please tap [iCloud] > [Don’t have an Apple ID or forgot it?] and then follow the steps to do.
Method 2: Reset password with or without security questions
If you don’t access to your iPhone, you can reset password online with the computer or the tablet computer.
Steps:
① Open the website and navigate to your Apple ID account page (link: https://appleid.apple.com/)
② Click [Forgot Apple ID or password].
③ Select the option to reset your password, then choose [Continue].
④ Choose how to reset your password:
● If you have an account with security questions set up, you can select [Answer security question] and follow the rest of the steps.
● To get email instead, select [Get an email].
As the password is reset, you will be prompted to create a new password and to update the password in [Settings] on iPhone.
Method 3: Reset password under two-factor authentication
Steps:
① Open the browser and navigate to the webpage of Apple ID (link: https://appleid.apple.com/?language=US-EN)
② Click on [Forgot Apple ID or password?]. If you are asked to confirm the phone number, please follow the steps of two-factor authentication.
③ Enter your Apple ID and select to reset the password. Then, click on [Continue].
④ Enter the recovery key of the two-factor authentication and select the trusted device. Then, receive the verification code in the device.
⑤ Enter the verification code and create a new password to reset.
When a new password is set, you will be asked to log in your Apple ID with the new password. Besides, you need to update the password on your phone.
If you improperly use iPhone, the data will be lost. The iPhone photos and videos can be recovered in the album [Recently deleted] within 30 days. If you want to retrieve the photos or videos out of the album, you should try the other ways. Next, we will introduce 3 ways to recover iPhone data. You can select a suitable one for your phone.
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Steps:
① Click on [Free Trail] above and install the software in the computer.
② Connect iPhone to the computer and select [Recover Lost Data]. If you connect multiple iOS devices at a time, please pull down the menu to select the target device.
③ Select [Recover From iOS Device] at the left pane and click [Start Scan].
④ Finally, select the photos, videos or the other files and click on [Recover].
You can recover the lost backup files from iCloud. Before restoring the backup files to iPhone, you should erase iPhone and reset to the original status.
Note: If you want to erase iPhone, please follow to tap [Settings] > [General] > [Reset] > [Reset All Contents and Settings].
Steps:
① Turn on the phone that has been reset.
② Follow the prompts on the screen until you get into [App & Data]. Then, tap on [Recover from iCloud backup] and follow the prompts to log in iCloud with Apple ID.
③ Finally, select the backup file and wait for the process.
In addition to iCloud backup files, you can restore the data from iTunes backup files.
Steps:
① On macOS Catalina 10.15, open [Finder]. But, on macOS Mojave 10.14 and the earlier versions, or on Windows OS, open iTunes.
② Connect iPhone to the computer with the USB cable.
③ Click on [Restore Backup].
④ View the date of the file and select the latest one. Click on [Restore] and enter the passcode of the file if necessary.
⑤ Wait for the process and disconnect the phone as it is finished.
If you don’t want to suddenly lose your phone data, you should use iTunes or iCloud to back up your phone regularly.
TipsiTunes and iCloud are the backup ways provided by Apple. But they are not identical. ● Media: iTunes is the software developed by Apple and it saves data in the computer. iCloud is a kind of network disk which saves data in the cloud through the Internet. ● Content: They don’t support to back up Touch ID, the settings of Apple Pay and App Store. Besides, iCloud cannot back up the contents saved in the cloud services and iTunes cannot back up the data synced from iTunes and the photos saved in the iCloud. ● Storage: Of course, the iCloud backups are saved in the cloud and the iTunes backup files are stored in the computer. ● Encryption: Backup encryption is optional within iTunes while it is default setting for iCloud.
Steps:
① On macOS Catalina 10.15, open [Finder]. On macOS Mojave 10.14 and the earlier versions, or Windows OS, open iTunes.
② Connect iPhone to the computer with the USB cable; unlock iPhone; follow the tips to tap on the device if you are asked to trust the computer.
③ After that, select your iPhone within iTunes. If you want to extract the Health data from iPhone or Apple Watch, you should check the option [Encrypt iPhone backup] and set a password for the backup. If you don’t need to back up the personal data, please check [Back Up Now].
④ Finally, wait for the backup process.
Steps:
① Turn on the WiFi network connection and the power supply for iPhone.
② Tap [Settings] > the name of your Apple account > [iCloud].
③ Enable [iCloud Backup] and tap [Back Up Now]. Remember not to disconnect the network during the process.
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