iPhones come with a plethora of security features to protect your data and privacy. This includes protection against intruders by implementing restrictions on the number of times an incorrect passcode can be entered on your iPhone. This helps protect your data in case you lose your iPhone or someone gains temporary access to it. When such an incident occurs and your iPhone passcode is entered incorrectly multiple times, you may see the error message “iPhone is disabled, connect to iTunes”. Let’s find out more about this and how to fix it on your iPhone.

This error appears when your iPhone passcode is entered incorrectly while your phone is locked. The error is usually followed by the phrase “try after N minutes,” where N is the number of minutes you have to wait before trying to enter the correct passcode again. However, when you see the error “iPhone is disabled, connect to iTunes,” it means that the incorrect passcode has been entered the maximum number of times allowed. In such cases, you will not be able to unlock your iPhone by entering the correct passcode. Your best course of action at this point is to restore your iPhone using iTunes. This is how much time you have to wait when you have entered your iPhone passcode incorrectly.

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If you’re lucky, chances are that your iPhone is temporarily disabled. This can happen if the passcode has been entered incorrectly 9 times or less on your device. In such cases, you’ll have the option to enter the correct passcode when the set time period expires, allowing you to unlock your iPhone and reset the timer for the incorrect passcode.