How to Unlock a Locked iPhone

When you forgot PIN code, push the Home button for two seconds to evoke Siri.

Ask Siri to open the Clock app on your iPhone.

In Clock app, switch to World clock on the bottom module area and touch the image for the Weather Channel LLC network.

If the Weather app is deactivated by default, a new restricted browser window will appear with App Store link.

Access to App Store and choose update and open the last app.

Then you can swipe over to other active screen. The lock screen will be bypassed totally.

Unfortunately, this way is only available on iPhone 5, 5S, 6 and 6S. There is no report that this method could unlock a locked iPhone 7 or 7 Plus.

Go to your locked iPhone, swipe upward and open internet connection, no matter Wi-Fi or cellular data.

Turn to an accessible computer and access icloud.com in any browser. Then log in your Apple ID.

Choose Find My iPhone option to go to settings page.

In Find My iPhone page, select All Devices to move on. Then you can choose your locked iPhone in the devices list to continue.

Finally, click on the Erase iPhone button to set your iPhone to factory settings.

When the process is completed, all personal data and settings will be removed and your iPhone is unlocked successfully.

Press and hold down both the Home button and the Sleep/Wake button at the same time.

Hold down for a while until your iPhone shuts down and begin to restart.

Once the Apple logo appears on your iPhone's screen, release the two buttons.

Then you perform a hard reset and unlock a locked iPhone successfully.

When you access to your new iPhone, you can restore personal data and settings from backup or iCloud.

Open iTunes and connect locked iPhone to your computer with USB cable.

When the connection succeeds, iTunes will spend a while to back up your iPhone automatically. If the backup function does not work automatically, you can right-click on the iPhone icon and choose Sync option to evoke it.

Once the backup process finished, click on the Restore iPhone button to start factory reset.

When factory reset process is completed, click on the Restore from iTunes Backup button and choose the recent backup file to restore.

At this time, you can unlock iPhone without passcode.

Part 5. An alternative way to unlock a locked iPhone

If you are looking for an alternative solution to lock your iPhone, you can try Tipard iOS System Recovery. This iPhone unlock tool has many advantages:

• 1. iOS System Recovery could fix the locked iPhone without PIN code or Apple ID.
• 2. Users could choose two modes to unlock a locked iPhone, Recovery Mode and DFU mode.
• 3. This iPhone unlock tool is compatible with all iPhones, including iPhone 4, iPhone 5/5S, iPhone 6/6s and iPhone 7/7 Plu.
• 4. It is not only an iPhone unlock tool, but also an iOS system repairman. After unlock a locked iPhone, iOS System Recovery will recover all your data on iPhone.
• 5. iOS System Recovery is available to Windows and Mac OS.

How to unlock a locked iPhone with Tipard iOS System Recovery

Step 1

Access iOS System Recovery on your computer and plug locked iPhone to the computer with a cable.

Step 2

iOS System Recovery will detect your iPhone and its information spontaneously.

Step 3

Tap on the Start button to continue and check whether the iPhone unlock tool detects the right iPhone.

Step 4

If all the information is correct, tap on Repair to start unlock iPhone.

Step 5

The status bar will show you the process in real time. After a few minute, your locked iPhone will be unlocked.

Then you can go to your iPhone and reset a PIN code. iOS System Recovery is able to unlock a locked iPhone without damaging personal data.

Conclusion

Based on the introductions above, you might discover that there are multiple ways to access an iPhone bypass passcode or unlock a locked iPhone. Using Siri to go to iPhone bypass password is only available on a few iPhones. Find My iPhone could unlock your iPhone, if you remember Apple ID and have open this feature. Hard reset will remove all personal data from a locked iPhone. If you do not have a backup, you'd better not choose hard reset. iTunes could unlock iPhone without PIN code; but you have to back up your iPhone at first. If you need a fast way without data loss, you should try Tipard iOS System Recovery.