iOS 10: How do you unlock a phone with no passcode set?

[manu chao]

How does unlock work in iOS 10 on devices without a TouchID sensor? All information I can find always describes the different options that exist with a TouchID sensor.

 

[chabig]

How does unlock work in iOS 10 on devices without a TouchID sensor? All information I can find always describes the different options that exist with a TouchID sensor.

Without a passcode, press the home button.

 

[C DM]

How does unlock work in iOS 10 on devices without a TouchID sensor? All information I can find always describes the different options that exist with a TouchID sensor.

Press the home button.
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Swipe from left to right, then enter the passcode.

There's no swiping to unlock anymore in iOS 10. And the question is also about how it works without a passcode. So basically neither of those things really apply.

 

[manu chao]

Press the home button.

So, with all versions of iOS up to version 9, if you accidentally pressed the home button while the phone was in your pocket, it wouldn't unlock, it required an additional swipe to do so. But with iOS 10, if, eg, a key accidentally pressed the home button, the phone would unlock in your pocket?

 

[Rok73]

Why don't you add a code? What happens (knocking on wood) if your iPhone gets lost or stolen? Just add a code.

 

[stooovie]

So, with all versions of iOS up to version 9, if you accidentally pressed the home button while the phone was in your pocket, it wouldn't unlock, it required an additional swipe to do so. But with iOS 10, if, eg, a key accidentally pressed the home button, the phone would unlock in your pocket?

Yes. But the button would have to be accidentally pressed twice, which is quite unlikely.

 

[C DM]

So, with all versions of iOS up to version 9, if you accidentally pressed the home button while the phone was in your pocket, it wouldn't unlock, it required an additional swipe to do so. But with iOS 10, if, eg, a key accidentally pressed the home button, the phone would unlock in your pocket?

That sounds about right. It certainly makes the likelihood of that type of thing happening higher compared to a swipe.
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Yes. But the button would have to be accidentally pressed twice, which is quite unlikely.

Somewhat unlikely, but certainly not nearly as unlikely as swiping on the screen, which is extremely unlikely.

 

[GreyOS]

Worth noting that a simple double click also unlocks for people with passcode when it's within the timeout period where you don't have to re-enter it

 

[stooovie]

That sounds about right. It certainly makes the likelihood of that type of thing happening higher compared to a swipe.
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Somewhat unlikely, but certainly not nearly as unlikely as swiping on the screen, which is extremely unlikely.

Yes, definitely, but it's not a big issue.

 

[KUguardgrl13]

Press the home button.
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There's no swiping to unlock anymore in iOS 10. And the question is also about how it works without a passcode. So basically neither of those things really apply.

Can confirm this on an iPhone 5. I assume it would be the same for the 5c. Not sure about the 5s and later if Touch ID or a passcode are not used.

Pocket unlocking hasn't been an issue yet, but as a women my phone is usually in my purse or front pants pocket when I'm out and about. I never sit with it in my back pocket.