iPhone
X,8,7,6 user are facing issue after upgrading to iOS 12 they have never setup
screen time passcode, yet it is enabled after they the upgrade to iOS 12. And
it seem to be a 4 digit password when iPhone turns on with iOS 12. Normal
iPhone lock password is six digit but this Screen Time Passcode is 4 digits
only.
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This
passcode is separate to a lock screen passcode and iPhone user is not able to
understand what this Screen Time Passcode means. But if they try to remove some
feature like Clock from the home screen the Screen Time Passcode restricts the
actions. This seems to be a new behavior as the in iOS 11 the Screen Time passcode
was never there.
What is Screen Time feature in iOS 12 :
If you
are using the your phone too much and want to control the use and have stats of
iPhone app wise usage along with alert. With Screen time feature in iOS 12 iPhone
or iPad will remind you that you’ve used an app for X hours (you can set the
limit) per day. It is just a warning message to put down the phone and do other
stuff. This feature is called Screen Time and it’s fairly easy to use.
What is Screen Time passcode in iPhone/ iOS 12:
If you
ever had a passcode for Restrictions in iOS 11/10 then that passcode is now set
up as Screen Time passcode in iOS 12. Many iPhone user don't remember setting a
Restrictions passcode especially if they have set it up accidently while just
playing around with what options the Restrictions had and then never went into
them again.
How to get Screen Time passcode in iPhone/iPad in iOS 12 :
Fix 1: Reset the iPhone as new
One way
to remove the Screen Time passcode is to erase the device and set it up as new.
(Setting-General-Reset->reset as new). Please ensure to take backup before
resetting the iPhone/iPad. Please note that reset will make iPhone to again
load with the iOS 12 even though the
backup was from before that. Setting it up as new prevents all hassles. In case
you do not want to go in resetting the device please go to next fix.
Fix 2: Remove restriction passcode from iOS
11 and upgrade to iOS 12
Other
way is to remove the restriction passcode from setting in iOS 11 itself and
then take iPhone backup. Now upgrade to iOS 12. Now load the back up to iPhone
and you shouldn't have any problems upgrading to iOS 12 on the iPhone ad iPad
and there won't be a passcode for Screen Time as you have removed the screen
passcode.
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