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Tenacious iPhone user finally unlocks phone locked for almost a decade (www.gizmochina.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I did this with a suitcase lock once, luckily only 3 digits. The code was 587. I remembered the code at around 540.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yeah, four digits probably wouldn't take 10 years. Eight digits, I could see depending on how fast you're allowed to try again. I was just being lazy about typing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

It would if the lockout time got longer with every failed attempt