iPhone Unavailable No Erase Option | How to Get Out of Unavailable or Security Lockout Screen

Published: 04 September 2022
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Don’t have an Erase iPhone button when your get iPhone unavailable or Security Lockout screen? Worry not. This video will show you how to fix iPhone unavailable no erase option. It doesn’t matter why your iPhone become unavailable or get stuck in Security Lockout screen. Maybe you forgot lock screen passcode. Maybe you get the unavailable message when charging. Or perhaps your iPhone says iPhone unavailable or Security Lockout message with no erase option after updating the iOS software. We’ll help you out in this video. Let’s start!

-------- Where is Erase iPhone option on an unavailable iPhone? --------
When you get the iPhone unavailable message on the lock screen and you forgot the passcode, Apple will give you an Erase iPhone button to quickly get out of the unavailable mode and unlock your phone. Normally, if you keep entering the wrong passcode on your phone in a row more than 7 times, you will see an Erase iPhone button appearing on the bottom right corner of your iPhone unavailable screen or Security Lockout screen. It’s just located next to the Emergency button.


----- Why do you have no Erase option on iPhone unavailable screen? -----
If you still get iPhone unavailable screen no erase option even after typing the passcode wrong continuously more than 7 times, here are a few possible reasons. First, your iPhone isn’t running the latest iOS 15.2 or later versions. Second, there is no SIM card inserted into your unavailable iPhone, so you don’t get the Erase iPhone option. Third, you suffer an unknown system bug. This could happen if you get iPhone unavailable screen without entering the wrong passcode. Instead, the unavailable error shows up suddenly after charging, updating, or resetting your device.

----- How to fix iPhone unavailable with no erase option? ------
There are mainly three solutions. Please note that no matter which solution you take, you can’t unlock and remove iPhone unavailable message without erasing all the content and data on your device. If you have a backup of your phone, you can restore the backup after erasing your phone. If not, you’ll lose everything on your phone, including photos, messages, contacts, etc.

Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
0:31 What causes iPhone unavailable no erase option
2:15 Way 1 - Erase iPhone via iTunes or Finder
4:31 Way 2 - Erase iPhone via iCloud.com
5:46 Way 3 - Erase iPhone via Find My app

Hope this video can help you fix iPhone unavailable no erase option issue, and finally unlock and regain access to your phone again.

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