How to Lock and Unlock Your iPhone Screen

Just switched from Android to iPhone and don’t know how to set a screen lock for your iPhone or unlock your iPhone? Or your iPhone is accidentally lost and you want to lock it in lost mode? Then don’t miss this article, where you can learn how to lock and unlock your iPhone with screen passcode or lost mode.

Basic Preparation Work: Lock and Wake Up Your iPhone

If you want to unlock your phone, you must first learn how to lock your phone and wake it up.

Lock Your iPhone:

Option 1. Press your iPhone’s Side button to lock the device instantly.

Option 2. Ask Siri by saying “Hey Siri, lock screen.”

Option 3. Wait for screen timeout, your iPhone automatically locks after 30s of inactivity.

Tip: To change the default timeout, go to Settings > Display & Brightness > Auto-Lock and select the desired duration.

Wake Up Your iPhone

Wake up means the lock screen lights up. Then enter the passcode to lock the screen, so waking up the iPhone is the only way to unlock it.

Option 1. Press the Side Button

Option 2. Tap to Wake

Tap the screen (not useful on iPhone SE).

Option 3: Raise to Wake

If you feel that always pressing the button next to the phone is damaging to the phone, you can try lifting to wake up.

Tip: To turn on Raise to Wake, go to Settings > Display & Brightness.

Part 1: Unlock iPhone with Passcode

On an iPhone with Face ID, swipe up from the bottom of the lock screen, or press the Home button, and enter your screen lock passcode.

Tip: Set up screen lock passcode – Settings > Face ID & Passcode/Touch ID & Passcode > Turn Passcode On.

Part 2: Unlock iPhone without Passcode

If your iPhone/iPad is locked and you don’t know the password, you can’t access the home screen. If you’re feeling anxious, here’s the tranquilizer you need.

Passixer iPhone Unlocker software to crack the iPhone lock screen without a password. A software dedicated to serving the 100% security of iOS devices. Has helped 6 million users solve puzzles, such as erasing iPhone/iPad lock passwords(4/6-digit passcode, Touch ID or Face ID), bypassing iCloud activation locks, deleting Apple ids, and unblocking screen time.

It also has a powerful ability to remove iTunes backup passwords and remove MDM. With it, your locked phone is no longer an unusable brick.

Here’s how to use Passixer to unlock your iPhone’s lock screen password.

Step 1. Free Download and install Passixer iPhone Unlocker on PC/Mac. Connect the locked iPhone to your computer.

Step 2. When the Passvers detects your iPhone/iPad, select the “Wipe Passcode” function on the home page.

Step 3. Then the information about your iPhone will shown on the screen, check it. Then you can choose the “Start” button to download a firmware package for unlocking the iPhone.

Step 4. After the firmware package is installed, press the “Next” button to enter your locked iPhone again. Passixer iPhone Unlocker will ask you to enter 0000 to confirm the unlock, after which it will immediately help you remove the screen lock added to your iPhone.

Bonus: How to Turn Off iPhone Lock Screen

If you don’t want to use the lock screen and want to go directly to the phone, you can also turn off the lock screen Settings when you can use the phone normally. Here’s how to do it.

Step 1. Go to Settings > Scroll down to locate Face ID & Passcode, and click it.

Step 2. Enter screen passcode.

Step 3. Navigate Turn Passcode Off, tap it, and enter screen passcode again to disable the lock screen.

Part 3: Unlock iPhone with Face ID 

If you have an iPhone equipped with Face ID, all you need to do is wake up your iPhone and look at the screen, and the device will instantly unlock. Once the “unlock” animation is performed, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to reveal the home screen.

Tip: Set up Face ID – Locate to Settings > Face ID & Passcode > Set up Face ID, then follow the instructions.

Part 4: Unlock iPhone with Touch ID

On an iPhone with Touch ID, press the Home button using the finger you registered with Touch ID to wakes and unlocks the device.

Tip: Set up Touch ID – go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode > Turn on the options, then follow the onscreen instructions.

Part 5: Lock iPhone Screen with Lost Mode or Unlock iPhone Lost Mode Screen

iPhone lost mode is an effective way to help prevent the one picking your phone from accessing your device or contacting you via the info you left. To enable the lost mode on your iPhone, Find My feature is required to be on first. If your iPhone is lost unfortunately, you can lock your device screen with lost mode, increasing the possibility of getting it back. Here is how to turn on lost mode for your iOS device.

Step 1: Go to iCloud and sign into it with the Apple ID used on the lost iPhone.

Step 2: Select Find My from iCloud webpage.

Step 3: Expand the list of All Devices option to choose the lost iPhone.

Step 4: Click Lost Mode and follow the onscreen guide to finish the turn-on process. You will need to provide your contact info and set up a screen passcode if there isn’t one on your iPhone before.

To unlock iPhone lost mode screen, simply slide the screen from bottom to top and input the screen passcode.

Conclusion

This article provides a concise but detailed explanation of how to lock and unlock the iPhone screen, listing all the possible methods. From locking and waking up to unlocking your iPhone, if you want to turn off the lock screen or unlock your iPhone without a passcode, we recommend using Passixer iPhone Unlocker to help you do it all.