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Same in the US. You cannot be compelled to provide a passcode, though. On the iPhone if you tap power five times or hold power and volume up or down for a coupl

Same in the US. You cannot be compelled to provide a passcode, though. On the iPhone if you tap power five times or hold power and volume up or down for a couple of seconds it disables face/touchid until you enter the passcode. The passcode is also required after some number of incorrect face/touchid entries and when powering on.

e40 3y ago
You can also say "Hey, Siri, whose phone is this?" and it will lock the phone and a passcode will be required.
tzs 3y ago
> On the iPhone if you tap power five times or hold power and volume up or down for a couple of seconds it disables face/touchid until you enter the passcode. It should be noted that those two methods are not equivalent. The "tap 5 times" methods starts a countdown to call emergency services, which you will need to cancel if you are just trying to temporarily disable biometrics. It can sometimes be a bit difficult to cancel that call. Once when I used "5 taps" it opened Apple Pay after 2 taps (which is normal), opened the emergency screen and started the countdown after 5, and then switched back to the Apple Pay screen. I managed to get back to the emergency screen in time to cancel the countdown. A couple other times when I've clicking cancel on the emergency screen it has turned on the flashlight. The "hold power and a volume button" on the other hand brings up the emergency screen but down NOT start the countdown. If you keep holding the buttons for a few more seconds it will start the countdown. The phone vibrates when it brings up the emergency screen so it is pretty easy to wait for that and release the buttons so you don't start the countdown. Also note that you can disable starting the countdown on 5 taps and/or on long power/volume hole in the Emergency SOS settings. 5 taps and long power/volume still bring up the emergency screen and still temporarily disable biometrics.
- g_sch 3y ago
  I don't believe this is true on iOS, unless there was a recent change I'm not aware of. Right now, tapping power five times on my phone running iOS 16.1.1 opens an "emergency" mode, which allows anyone to call 911 or see my "Medical ID". It also has an option to "cancel" this mode, which returns the phone to a normal locked state but forces a passcode to unlock (i.e. Face ID will not unlock the phone in this state).
  - tzs 3y ago
    Check your "Emergency SOS" settings. For both "5 taps" and "hold power and volume" there is a setting to control whether they call emergency services. If those are off then they just open the emergency screen. If those are on then they open the emergency screen and start a countdown to automatically call emergency services. On my phone they are on, but I don't remember if I set them to that or they came that way.

e40 3y ago

You can also say "Hey, Siri, whose phone is this?" and it will lock the phone and a passcode will be required.

tzs 3y ago

> On the iPhone if you tap power five times or hold power and volume up or down for a couple of seconds it disables face/touchid until you enter the passcode. It should be noted that those two methods are not equivalent. The "tap 5 times" methods starts a countdown to call emergency services, which you will need to cancel if you are just trying to temporarily disable biometrics. It can sometimes be a bit difficult to cancel that call. Once when I used "5 taps" it opened Apple Pay after 2 taps (which is normal), opened the emergency screen and started the countdown after 5, and then switched back to the Apple Pay screen. I managed to get back to the emergency screen in time to cancel the countdown. A couple other times when I've clicking cancel on the emergency screen it has turned on the flashlight. The "hold power and a volume button" on the other hand brings up the emergency screen but down NOT start the countdown. If you keep holding the buttons for a few more seconds it will start the countdown. The phone vibrates when it brings up the emergency screen so it is pretty easy to wait for that and release the buttons so you don't start the countdown. Also note that you can disable starting the countdown on 5 taps and/or on long power/volume hole in the Emergency SOS settings. 5 taps and long power/volume still bring up the emergency screen and still temporarily disable biometrics.

g_sch 3y ago
I don't believe this is true on iOS, unless there was a recent change I'm not aware of. Right now, tapping power five times on my phone running iOS 16.1.1 opens an "emergency" mode, which allows anyone to call 911 or see my "Medical ID". It also has an option to "cancel" this mode, which returns the phone to a normal locked state but forces a passcode to unlock (i.e. Face ID will not unlock the phone in this state).
- tzs 3y ago
  Check your "Emergency SOS" settings. For both "5 taps" and "hold power and volume" there is a setting to control whether they call emergency services. If those are off then they just open the emergency screen. If those are on then they open the emergency screen and start a countdown to automatically call emergency services. On my phone they are on, but I don't remember if I set them to that or they came that way.