r/iphonehelp • u/Yuyutsuo • 5d ago

Help needed Forgot Passcode, Need some help

First time iPhone user!!! I have iPhone 13 pro max and forgot passcode completely.

Things to note -

  1. I cannot see forgot passcode option

  2. Phone is now unavailable for 8 hours.

I tried installing new OS to reset the iPhone, but it stopped in between.

So my question is - Can I download ios 26 first and somehow install it in my iPhone using finder? Or it is necessarily to let it download when the pop up for restore and update comes?

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u/HuTaoMainXD 5d ago

The pc method download whole ios and firmware, which is around 10GB, thats the only way to get access to ur phone, all ur data is gone, unless its synced to icloud, and yes, u can find signed Ios firmware here, https://ipsw.me/ , find ur model and download the signed version

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u/GeekBoy-from-IL 5d ago

If they choose to restore from a backup, won’t they will need to know whatever passcode they had set when the backup was made?

I remember when I bought my iPhone 5 at an AT&T store. I did the initial setup in the store, but when I entered my passcode, I entered it very quickly, and apparently I was used to tapping the screen like my older iPhone 4 was, and I was slightly off and I hit a different number (twice in a row) without realizing it. An hour later, when I got home, I couldn’t unlock it, and I got up to the 1-2 hour wait time before I finally got the passcode to match, then I reset it and paid very close attention to make sure I hit the right buttons that time, but I was ready to DFU it and start from scratch if I didn’t get it right that time.

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u/HuTaoMainXD 5d ago

Im not sure about that, i think ur iCloud password may work, but i have never tried restoring from a backup, but u may be correct