MYTH: Do using "emergency numbers" to unlock an iPhone actually work?

No. There's no such trick. What good would the security be if it were bypassed that easily?

And you'll find web sites claiming they can unlock phones. These types of sites exist solely to take your money for nothing in return.

You can try it for yourself and see it does not work. Don't forget the YouTube videos are meant to get users to watch their videos where they are paid whether the information they provide is real or not. As long as you watch, that is all that matters. Other websites that claim to unlock your phone are straight out scams.

Since the phone is locked to Grandma's Apple ID and Password.....(info in your other post)......you will need that information to unlock the phone.

If you don't have this information, the phone remains locked.......no matter what you do.....or waste your money on.

It won't help if you post another duplicate post. It will be ignored.

peptohwillams wrote:

Oh my flipping corn dogs.. That's a COMPLETELY different topic. Why would you mention it in here? I would of mentioned my iPhone if it had something to do with it. Please go back to the other topics and look at the times I posted.

Everyone here is a volunteer, doing the best they can. So, if you can't say anything nice, it's best to say nothing.

Also, Bob's post was relevant. He was explaining that, without the proper credentials, it is not possible to get into the phone, regardless of what nonsense you say on YouTube.

peptohwillams wrote:

No its not in lost mode it's in iTunes Disable

In any case, you now know that using the Emergency Numbers to unlock an iPhone will not work, which is the basis for the question here.

What it will do is get you arrested.

peptohwillams wrote:

No its not in lost mode it's in iTunes Disable

Once again, if the phone is associated with an Apple Account and has Find My turned on, you're not going to be able to erase it successfully without the credentials (or help) of the owner with whom it is associated.

"… as Apple puts it on the Setup screen, “This device cannot be erased and reactivated without your password.”"

The phone doesn't have to be in Lost Mode for that security feature to kick in.

Re: “And they can literally just reboot it with a windows and lose all the data.”

That’s not how it works. If the owner of the phone has logged into their Apple Account, and enabled Find My, you cannot reset the phone without knowing the appropriate credentials.

Or, as Apple puts it on the Setup screen, “This device cannot be erased and reactivated without your password.”

That’s even without the owner having placed a lost or stolen phone into Lost Mode.

peptohwillams wrote:

No its not in lost mode it's in iTunes Disable

Which means the local data — the device contents — is gone.

Reset it.

To regain use, you will also need the Apple Account associated with Activation Lock.

The Apple Account will also have access to whatever data was and remains stored in iCloud.

But with Activation Lock set and no Apple Account access, the iPhone will not be useful.

Is this AL slop, or the latest wrong from TikTok, or is there some other new place for acquiring wrong info?

Adios