[mrsmith]

I’m confused now.
Does Apple sell and forget it’s “security” as I blame it for doing.
Or not

Can they break through a passcode?
Is this an opt-in feature?

[a fool in paradise]

I didn’t opt in. I think I had ios 9. Did it last year. Now have 12.

I could even connect my phone to my itunes active computer and still grab photos from my ‘locked/bricked’ phone but Apple wouldn’t let me log into my phone (didn’t have my itunes password and they wouldn’t let me reset it my email or reset it at the store).

I had my number code but it didn’t matter to Apple.

I don’t recall at this point if the number code became irrelevant with the reset password or not. The whole thing was transacted online and not through my phone as I recall (through apple’s site).

Apple wouldn’t let texts come into my phone because of the way they bricked it. So stupid and infuriating. Paid for a month of cell service and got half of that.

[a fool in paradise]

I didn’t opt in. I think I had ios 9. Did it last year. Now have 12.

I could even connect my phone to my itunes active computer and still grab photos from my ‘locked/bricked’ phone but Apple wouldn’t let me log into my phone (didn’t have my itunes password and they wouldn’t let me reset it my email or reset it at the store).

I had my number code but it didn’t matter to Apple.

I don’t recall at this point if the number code became irrelevant with the reset password or not. The whole thing was transacted online and not through my phone as I recall (through apple’s site).

Apple wouldn’t let texts come into my phone because of the way they bricked it. So stupid and infuriating. Paid for a month of cell service and got half of that.

[a fool in paradise]

After the reset password (and whatever else Apple had me do) I was able to get into my phone, no lost data. No backup/restore activity.