I've locked myself out of my iPhone XR because I forgot both my phone password and my iCloud/Apple ID. Now it's showing an "iPhone Unavailable, try again in 15 minutes" message. I'm in a bit of a bind here and really need help! I can't afford to pay a technician to unlock it for me, so I'm hoping someone here can guide me through this process without costing me anything.
4 Answers
The only real options are to either remember your Apple ID or fully reset your device. If you're okay with losing all your data, a full reset can solve the problem.
Here's what you can do: remember your iCloud password first—check out the official instructions [here](https://support.apple.com/en-us/102656). Once you have that, you can reset your iPhone. Just note that resetting it will erase everything on your device. You can find the steps for that [here](https://support.apple.com/en-us/118430?iphone-authentication-type=iphone-with-face-id). Just be prepared to lose all data.
To unlock your iPhone, you'll first need to remember your iCloud account. Unfortunately, if you can't recall that, you're kinda stuck. It's not possible to proceed without it. Just a heads up: spamming passwords isn't a good idea since iPhones get bricked if you go beyond a certain number of failed attempts.
You can use iCloud to unlock your phone, but keep in mind that it will erase all your data, so make sure you're okay with that.
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