• tomkatt@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    For instance, you can’t factory reset an iPhone without connecting it to either an OSX computer, or a PC running their special program.

    This is patently untrue. Settings -> General -> Transfer or Reset iPhone. You have the option from there to wipe all data, do a full factory reset, or transfer the phone’s data to another device.

    I’ve no idea where you’re getting your info from.

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      5 months ago

      I got an old iPhone I can’t remember the pin on. Was my wife’s phone and the screen started getting flakey around the area where some of the digits in her usual pin. She changed it a couple days before we replaced it and now we can’t remember the pin to reset it.

      Would really like to know how to reset it at this point so I could sell it to Best buy or something.

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        5 months ago

        Try entering the pin wrong repeatedly. May not work, but there’s a setting to force a wipe if it’s entered incorrectly 10 times. Will only work if that was enabled that at some point, but it’s worth a shot.

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        5 months ago

        Stop trying to reset stolen iPhones then, IDK what to tell you