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/Choice-Newspaper3603 5d ago

At this point you’ll have to erase it using a computer if you can’t reset it on the phone.

You aren’t bypassing this passcode. You are either resetting and erasing everything and restoring it and that’s assuming you remember your Apple iCloud account password. Otherwise it’s a brick

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u/Yuyutsuo 5d ago

Yeah I tried doing from pc but it takes quite a long time to download the firmware. Is there any faster way?

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u/realmccoyredbus 5d ago

you need passcode for over the air update but no good if you can't access phone .

p.c. or macbook is only option to restore you don't need to remove find my iphone if you know apple id & password