iPhone4s Locked for 10 Years Finally Unlocked The Whole Story and Its Implications
TapTechNews September 23rd news, today the topic of 'the iPhone4s that has been locked for ten years finally unlocked' rushed to the hot search on Weibo. Previously, a blogger in Jiangsu released a video on social media, saying that the iPhone4S that had been locked for ten years by her was finally unlocked.
The blogger said in the video: 'This is my iPhone4S phone. In 2015, it was locked by someone and it showed that it would unlock after more than 80,000 hours, and then I thought that wasn't it 10 years? Anyway, I changed the phone at that time and then went to school. I suddenly remembered this thing these days.' She introduced that after charging and turning on the machine this time, it was found that it only took 288 minutes to unlock this phone that had been locked for ten years.
Four hours later, the blogger released another video again, showing the scene of successfully unlocking. After she input the password, she successfully unlocked the phone.
In response to the question raised by netizens why not flash the machine, the blogger responded that flashing the machine would erase all the data in the phone and showed the process of retrieving the video of her deceased cat.
TapTechNews needs to point out that currently it is impossible to confirm the authenticity of the story told by this blogger.
The lock screen password is a security mechanism of Apple phones. Entering the wrong password continuously for many times will cause the phone to automatically lock to protect data security.
According to the report of The Paper, an Apple official technical consultant said that the longest unlock waiting time under the current iOS18 system is 8 hours, and then the phone will be permanently locked.
It is introduced that currently the iPhone lock screen password has ten unlock opportunities. If the user enters the wrong password continuously for three times, the fourth time will trigger a 1-minute lock screen, and then gradually increase to 5 minutes, 1 hour, etc. The longest lock time is 8 hours. If the wrong password is still entered for the tenth time, the phone will be permanently locked.
For the permanently locked phone, the Apple technical consultant said that the user can use a computer and account to 'flash the machine' according to the official guidance to restore the normal use of the phone, but all the data will be erased and the official cannot restore the data.
Apple emphasized that this move is to safeguard the privacy and security of customers and prevent others from maliciously attempting to unlock. Therefore, it is recommended that users backup the phone data in time just in case.