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My passcode doesn't work anymore and my iphone has been locked. I see the option erase the iphone. I was wondering if I erase it, would it be possible to restore my pictures since I don't have backup of all of them on my icloud?
iPhone X, iOS 16
No, it’s too late to recover anything from the phone if it is disabled.
There are many ways of preserving photos and videos. Did you do any of these?
A final option is if you synced your photos to iCloud, you have a Mac, and you use Time Machine to back up your Mac automatically, you can open Time Machine and restore the photo library to an earlier date. To do this on your Mac open Finder, then click on Pictures in the sidebar and launch Time Machine. Go to a time before the photos were deleted and restore
Photos Library.photoslibrary. (If you had ever changed the name of the photo library restore that file instead).
If the answer is no to all of the above your photos are gone forever.
No, it’s too late to recover anything from the phone if it is disabled.
There are many ways of preserving photos and videos. Did you do any of these?
A final option is if you synced your photos to iCloud, you have a Mac, and you use Time Machine to back up your Mac automatically, you can open Time Machine and restore the photo library to an earlier date. To do this on your Mac open Finder, then click on Pictures in the sidebar and launch Time Machine. Go to a time before the photos were deleted and restore
Photos Library.photoslibrary. (If you had ever changed the name of the photo library restore that file instead).
If the answer is no to all of the above your photos are gone forever.
Disabled, Unavailable and SOS only are equivalent. The phone must be restored.
If your device has iOS 15.2 or later installed, you can reset it without a computer; check out this link→How to reset your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch when you forgot your passcode - Apple Support. Otherwise you will need a computer:
See this Apple support link→If you forgot the passcode on your iPhone, or your iPhone is disabled - Apple Support
Or watch this companion video ⬇️
After restoring the phone using one of the methods above you can restore your most recent backup.
Thanks for the reply.
It's not disabled.
It's unavailable.
Is that different?
Because you or someone entered the wrong passcode too many times.
It's not disabled. It's unavailable.
Is that different with disabled?
Thank you so much
My iphone has been locked
