Setting the PIN code on iPhone, iPad or iPod touch

Setting the PIN code on iPhone, iPad or iPod touch

Are you afraid that the data on your iPhone into the wrong hands, or someone at your expense will call if someone gets your iPhone in the hands? It is wise to set. PIN or password

To set a PIN, go to Settings> General> Passcode (on the iPhone 5s called the menu option Touch ID and password).

A screen where you have to fill. 4-digit PIN code appears Choose a code that you can remember, well fill it again to confirm and move on to the next screen. Here you have several options. 

                                                                         

                                                                                               

The first two options Turn off and Change access code speak for themselves. The next option Require Passcode is interesting: this allows you to set the interval at which your iPhone asks for the code. You set it to 15 minutes, then the iPhone after 15 minutes of inactivity for the code. This is useful if you regularly iPhone on and off, because it prevents you must enter the code. Again If 15 minutes have passed without you used the iPhone will be requested. Password

It is also possible to set a password. Instead of a 4-digit access code Before you switch the option Simple code. You can also specify that you want to disable. Voice Dialing (voice control), passbook or reply with message when locking

At the bottom of the screen is the "Clear data" option. This can enable to ensure that the contents of the iPhone will be completely erased. After 10 incorrect PIN attempts

Please note that the password is not a foolproof system. It can be detected. Always leak Which have also occurred with the iPhone a few times. So you can better fit on your belongings when you keep secret or sensitive information on the iPhone.