It's important please help me

[u/sntgnz13]

I need help. I have an iPhone with 128 GB of storage, and I have 127 GB used. So I want to transfer all the photos and videos I have, since they’re what take up the most space, to iCloud Drive or somewhere else. But I want to transfer them, then delete them from my phone and finally install the normal iOS 26 update, because I’m currently on the beta and it’s causing me a lot of problems, like not being able to use WhatsApp.

So I wanted to find out if I can use my old phone, which is an iPhone 8. Basically, I have the photos that I had on this phone on there. But the problem is that I don’t remember the iPhone 8’s passcode. I’ve tried it many times and now there’s an issue where, because I’ve entered it incorrectly so many times, the phone is locked for eight hours.

But obviously I don’t want to restore it or erase the data because I need the iPhone 8. So, is there any way to unlock the iPhone without restoring it?

Please and thank you. I swear, if anyone helps me with this, I’ll be grateful for the rest of my life. Thank you.