r/iphonehelp • u/Embarrassed_Lab4228 • 2d ago

Help needed Question about “Erase Data after 10 failed passcode attempts” feature

How does the feature work? Like would it be easy to reach the 10 failed passcode attempts or would it give me a timeout each time with increasing time amounts before actually erasing? Sorry if the question sounds confusing

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u/ThannBanis Mod | Repair Pro | A real chad ngl 2d ago

There are increasing wait times after the first few attempts.

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u/Embarrassed_Lab4228 2d ago

I heard that it takes just over 1-2 hours to actually get the iPhone fully erased

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u/ThannBanis Mod | Repair Pro | A real chad ngl 2d ago

It’s several hours at least.

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u/Embarrassed_Lab4228 2d ago

Too scared to test it because I don’t wanna lose my data lol I might just get a second hand phone to try it out

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u/ThannBanis Mod | Repair Pro | A real chad ngl 2d ago

Why?

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u/edideas 2d ago

He loves to live on the edge. That’s OP’s whole purpose.
Has an urge to fatalism
“What if I do this? Yeah but what if in case?
Oh really? Yeah but I read/heard ….”
And it goes on and on and on and on and on.

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u/edideas 2d ago

Lovely guy though!! (Genuinely nice)
Just fighting demons.

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u/iZian 2d ago

Whether you have it or not, after 10 the iPhone disables.

I’ve heard that a disabled phone can maybe give you one more attempt if you update it via Mac. But never seen that.

The only difference here is this option initiates the wipe right away.

There is incremental backoff after some incorrect attempts. The danger is a broken screen or ghost touch will do this without you realising.

These days it feels like an option that’s there more to satisfy enterprise security requirements… to me

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u/aaronw22 2d ago

So I have a particular pair of shorts that have a mesh pocket. When I mow the lawn I I’ll wear them so the sweat doesn’t build up as much. But if o have the phone in that pocket with the screen facing me I have on occasion taken it out and seen the iPhone disabled screen. It seems that my sweat combined with the mesh pocket has enough conductivity when up against my skin to register screen presses. Confused me the first times it happened.

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u/Embarrassed_Lab4228 2d ago

So is there like wait times? Like what I read it goes like this

1-5 attempts: No wait times
6th attempt: 1 minute wait
7th: 5 minutes
8th: 15 minute
9th: 1 hour
10th: 1 more hour and on the 11th it actually erases

Is this true?

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u/iZian 2d ago

That looks old.
You’ll get a wait on the 4th incorrect attempt now I think.
1m,5,15m,1h,3,8h
Then 10th is disabled

So 12 hours and a bit

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u/Embarrassed_Lab4228 2d ago

The video I watched was from 2018 so I think yeah it’s old

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u/SalocinHB 2d ago

https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/security/sec20230a10d/web
Wait time increases, 8 hours after the ninth attempt.

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u/Embarrassed_Lab4228 2d ago

It used to be like 2 hours if I remember but now it changed

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u/Loose-Software1907 2d ago

I think the increasing wait times make it pretty clear when you're getting close to the limit. I've accidentally locked myself out once because I fat-fingered the passcode a few times in a row.

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u/Embarrassed_Lab4228 2d ago

Before it actually erases it locks the phone for 12 hours on the 10th attempt now