Writing the passcode on the back of the phone negates the purpose of using a passcode in the first place. Using facial or fingerprint recognition if the phone has that capability is a far safer back up. If that option is not available, writing down the passcode and keeping it in a safe place would also work.
I remembered the passcode on the last try before I would have been permantly locked out.
Taking drastic measures to avoid this scenario again.
please share “drastic measures” with other folks with bouts of password amnesia.
This was a phone I no longer use (upgraded) which hadn't been turned on in a while. Even if facial recognition is activated, the passcode is necessary if you turn off the phone and back on.
"Drastic measures" equals a full back up and writing down the passcode (not on the back of the phone).
My spouse knows my passcode, and I know hers. I probably should also put it into our password manager (we use 1Password) -- though for this use case writing it down and keeping that in a secure place would work too.
If you tattoo the passcode backwards on your forehead, you’ll be able to see it in the iPhone screen reflection. Perfect convenience!!
(joan, please tell me you know I was joking about writing it on the back of the phone!)
I spend much of my time working with older adults. Many of them would think this is an excellent idea since being able to remember where they put their phone let alone the password needed to open it is often a struggle.
i use an address book from dollar tree to write down passwords. i don't write the actual password. I have a code to jog my memory. i have a bank of standard words and numbers I use ....i put 3 together in various combinations....and use a unique initial/s to start. for example...if i had an account at ducktape dot com...I would start the password DT, then use my code words..
if you have some place to hide the book, you can write the actual passwords.
some times i would write a 'fake' name. if i had an iphone 14. I would write Ida Paine, 14 Appletree lane Marthas Vineyard...
Dangerous if you have banking or email apps on there.
I do have one banking app on there, but you’d have to have my user name and a password, which live only in my head and would make sense to no one else. My phone tends to live in my purse or my pocket, and I guess maybe I’m just not focused its potential theft, but I just don’t stress about that. So many other things to stress about, I suppose…
Not so much unless you have some sort of automatic sign-in for the apps. Unlikely someone else can login otherwise.
Not so unlikely if you use a browser with a built in password manager that remembers and inserts ID and password when you sign into an app you have used before on that device. Chrome does this and other browsers may do this too,
Not so much unless you have some sort of automatic sign-in for the apps. Unlikely someone else can login otherwise.
Not so unlikely if you use a browser with a built in password manager that remembers and inserts ID and password when you sign into an app you have used before on that device. Chrome does this and other browsers may do this too,
yes. Did you read my post past the word "unless"?
also, browsers only save logins if you tell them to , and browsers don't save logins for apps.
As this is an iphone thread, perhaps someone can identify this item I uncovered by chance today. My iphone 13 mini was purchased back in ’22. What is its purpose? TIA
As this is an iphone thread, perhaps someone can identify this item I uncovered by chance today. My iphone 13 mini was purchased back in ’22. What is its purpose? TIA
That is a key to open the SIM Card port. There's a tiny hole next to where your SIM Card is inside the phone, and you use that to push it open and replace the SIM Card.
Are there any legitimate ways to unlock an iPhone if you have forgotton the passcode, without erasing data on the phone and/or resetting the phone?