Smart cover unlock passcode

how do u unlock the iPad or iPad mini with the smart cover and a passcode

When you pull back the smart cover, the screen should turn on, and the enter passcode box should appear.
Enter the passcode there to unlock.
The Smart cover merely turns on and off the screen, it does nothing else.
What exactly happens when you do this?

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No smart cover unlock option iPad 3?

I am looking in the "General" setting for my iPad 3 and there is no option for the Smart cover unlock feature? My sisters iPad 2, iOS 5.1, has the feature so why wouldn't the iPad 3 have it?

NyVetteGuy wrote:
Its in General...there are three choices together..
First Auto lock, then Passcode Lock, then ipad cover Lock / Unlock
Oddly enough, I did not have that option until I ran a small magnet along the edge of the iPad. That activated the option in Settings........I didn'tt buy the Smart Cover, but bought a rooCase which was "supposed" to work the lock/unlock function. Sadly, the magnet in the case is just far enough "off" that it does not work. By using the small magnet, I not only activated the option, but was able to determine why the case didn't work. Like the case, just not happy that it doesn't work as advertised. Sellers should never have advertised "works with new iPad" until the iPad was actually out there for them to try it with, imho.

Smart Cover with Passcode?

Hello, I was thinking about purchasing a Smart Cover for my iPad 2. I was wondering if when you open the Smart Cover, if it bypasses the passcode prompt or not?
Thank you for your help!

There is currently a "bug" that allows you to use the Smart Cover get around the passcode and access the home screen, search and/or an open app (if you had an App running in the foreground when you locked the screen).
The exploit goes as follows:
With the screen locked, press and hold the power button until the "slide to power off. . . " screen comes up.
Close the Smart Cover
Open the Smart Cover (it should show the power screen still) and click the Cancel button
If you had no running apps in the foreground, you will see your home screen and can page through your different screens as well as access the search function.You can not launch any apps, but you can see what is installed.
The Search function does return results, and although you can't open the results, there is still data available in the preview lines of the returned results that could be a risk. Such as typing in Contacts returns your contacts list where you can see name/phone/email information, or Calendar shows calendar entries and location, attendees, etc.
If you had a running App in the foreground, you may have some limited capabilities within the App itself available. For example if you had the Mail App open, you would be able to scroll through your inbox list and see some of the information that is there.
The above info is intended to be educational so you are aware of what could happen, but there are a couple easy things that you can do to minimize your risk:
Go into Settings > General and turn the iPad Cover Lock / Unlock to Off . . . at least until the bug is fixed. You will need to lock it with the power button on top instead (quick press of the button) or rely on the screen lock timeout to lock the screen.
Don't let your device go outside of your possession. If it gets lost or stolen remotely wipe it as soon as possible (either from iCloud or if you're using Exchange ActiveSync you can log into your Outlook Web Access page and under Options > Mobile Devices)

Is there a way to have my iPad Mini's Smart Cover open up to the lockscreen instead of unlocking it?

I'm using 32gb iPad mini 1st gen, which is running iOS 8.1.2. I have a Zagg Keyboard Folio Smart Cover.
My "lock/unlock" option in settings is on, and works just fine, but while I want my iPad to lock itself automatically I do not want it to UNlock—just turn the screen on upon opening the device.
I DO NOT want to use a passcode to do this.
I found a thread posted three months ago on Reddit (will link soon) which said this was possible with a "iPad cover unlock" toggle setting in "General," but I cannot find this option in my settings.
Does anyone have any ideas? It bothers me in the most insignificant manner possible, but I would like to change it if I can.
I fully appreciate any and all help! Thank you in advance!

You cannot set it to unlock only. It's both or nothing.

If I buy the smart cover and my iPad have a code, when I open the case will be unlocked?

I would like to buy the iPad mini smart cover, but my iPad have a password, so I don't know if I get it, the cover will auto unlocked my password?

No. When you open the Smart cover, the iPad will be at the Enter Passcode screen waiting for you to enter it. No Autounlock.

Smart Cover doesn't put iPad into Sleep mode in Unlock position after iOS 8.3 update

Prior to the iOS 8.3 update, closing my Smart Cover would put my iPad into Sleep mode when in the Unlock position. Since the update, this function no longer works in the Unlock position. In the Lock position, I hear the click and the iPad does go into Sleep mode. Since I am the only one using my iPad, I don't need it locked when at home. Has anyone else experienced this problem?

hi guys. i'm back.
i solved my problem. i refer my iphone 5 to a local distributor. a repairman checked my iphone and i described my problem. he checked my battery. it was fine! then after an hour excavation around hardware solution he told me that the charging kit crashed because of heavy mobility usage!
yes. i did not covered my phone with any cover. the cpu pressure by ios update crashed the kit! now my phone get back after the kit changed and work finally. i restored my phone to ios 8.2 now.
i'm going to buy new iphone. but i'm really confused if such this issue really happened for iphone 6 too!!!!!
i'm totally disappointed .

Still have to unlock ipad when using smart cover iOS7

Before the update I would just open my ipad cover and it would be unlocked. Now, randomly, my iPad will still be locked when I open it but the screen is lit up. I think its happening when I have a notification sitting there. (i.e. "_______ Has mentioned you on Facebook" or a text message) I've checked the setting where its supposed to unlock when opened. Is this just some new feature?

Hi,
I too have this issue.
Here is the workaround, but is tedious and depends on how many notification apps you have.
Go Settings -> Notification Center -> Under INCLUDE ->
For each app, disable "Show on Lock Screen"
This will allow you to unlock using smart cover without swipe to unlock.
Downside would be you get no alert sound when new notification comes in. Unless its unlocked. Hope they resolve this issue asap.

HT201263 does the smart cover magnet strip affect the ipad screen by making colour lines appear on the screen when opened or unlocked by the cover

Does using the magnetic smart cover affect the ipad by causing stripes of interference lines over the screen, then when opening and shutting would revert to a normal home screen, But repeatedly does this lines on screen effect and then eventually the whole screen goes white!

No. It should not do that.

Smart Cover Functioning IOS7 to IOS8

I'm a 30+ year software professional, and use Windows, Linux, MacOS, and IOS on a daily basis.
I bought my wife a 64 GB iPad Air2 (I'll call it iPad4) with wifi/wireless for Christmas. I bought her an iPad2 many years ago (16GB, no wireless), and she uses it like gangbusters. However, she absolutely hates changes. I backed up the iPad2, which runs the last IOS7 version before the IOS8 release, on iTunes and restored it to the iPad4. The email restore didn't do what I expected, but she got over it.
The issue is the closing of the smart cover. It has really changed between IOS7 and IOS8, and took a turn for the worse. In IOS7, you can close it, hear the click, and it goes off. If you opened it in a little bit it would come one without having to enter the pin. If you left it closed for some time, you would have to reenter the pin. This is the way we like it to work.
The IOS8 does not appear to have that level of control. If you want the iPad to turn off when you close the cover, if you open it immediately you have to enter the pin. If you don't have the lock with pin enabled, when you close the cover the iPad is still on draining the battery. There is no combo of settings that allows you to close the cover to turn it off and not have to enter the pin if you reopen it in a short time.
Looking into this issue on the forums, I see other people have the same complaint. It appears that Apple combined 2 settings into 1 in IOS8 so you no longer have the same amount of control.
I would like to see them restore the settings to how the cover closing/locking worked as it did in IOS7.

Your iPad Air 2 has Touch ID. This is the feature which allows defining fingerprints and using your fingers to unlock the iPad by touching the Home button.
The relevant settings are all in Settings > Touch ID & Passcode - USE TOUCHID FOR:
- iPad Unlock
- Apple Pay
- iTunes & App Stores
if you turn iPad Unlock ON here then the only choice for Require Passcode is Immediately, however, if you turn iPad Unlock OFF the choices for Require Passcode will be Immediately, After 1 minute, After 5 minutes, After 15 minutes, etc. This is what you are used to.
The change in behavior of the iOS is due to the presence of Touch ID not the level number.
No one here knows why Apple made this change, but, perhaps, their thinking was that, since one can unlock the screen simply by touching the Home Button with one or another finger, everyone would, of course, want the more secure Require Passcode=Immediately.
I tend to agree with you that this assumption on their part is unjustified. You can give Apple feedback at http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

Smart Cover bypasses lock screen

Am I going mad?
I'm sure that when I opened my Smart Cover it used to take me to the lock screen? Now it unlocks the ipad and returns me to the last page I was looking at even if I lock it before closing the Smart Cover.
Did ios7 change it or am I doing something else wrong?

Nope. Closing the Smart Cover puts the iPad to sleep and opening it wakes the iPad again. If you have a passcode set to lock at some specific interval and that interval ends while the iPad is sleeping it will, upon opening the Smart Cover present the number pad to unlock the iPad.

Opening Smart Cover and lock screen picture

I Would like to the see the beautiful lock screen picture when opening the Smart Cover (not Apple branded) and then swipe and see the input numbers option or just press Apple's Touch ID. Is it possible? Thanks ;-)

Nope. Closing the Smart Cover puts the iPad to sleep and opening it wakes the iPad again. If you have a passcode set to lock at some specific interval and that interval ends while the iPad is sleeping it will, upon opening the Smart Cover present the number pad to unlock the iPad.

My smart cover is not working on my new iPod 3 ( wifi 4g ) even the smart cover option is not in my setting menu but mIn my wife device it is working good would help me

My smart cover is not working on my new iPod 3 ( wifi 4g ) even the smart cover option is not in my setting menu but mIn my wife device it is working good would help me

The setting for iPad cover lock/unlock is in settings > general for iPad 2.
The iPad 2 and new iPad if both are using iOS 5.x or later the setting exist in settings > general.
So, if you worked at an apple store I think you should have known that the setting exist.
You are right, a hard reset (force restart) should only be used if iOS device is unresponsive or apps crashing...etc.
But, a simple restart helps as well.

Smart cover not working properly with new iPad

My smart cover keeps turning my iPad on when the case is closed. Anyone else have this problem?

Go to Settings > General > Lock / Unlock and turn this ON (Green).

Smart Cover Not Working after update 8.1.2

My smart cover seemed to have died. But it happened after the update 8.1.2 it seems. It is an Apple Smart Cover. It will not turn off the ipad anymore. It's model MD533LL/A iPad (Gen 1). I guess they wear out.

Weird things going on here. I have 3 iPad minis. All are first generation and two of them are running 8.1.2. On one of these the smart cover is no longer functional and the settings item "lock/unlock" is missing. On another running 8.1.2 the item remains in settings and the cover works. On the third I have not upgraded so it's still running 8.1.1 - the cover functions and the setting for "lock/unlock" is there. It seems one of these lost the setting during the upgrade, one did not, and I have not tried it yet on the third. I need this feature so hopefully there will be some communication from Apple on this issue.

Smart cover not working properly after upgrade to iOS7

Since I upgraded my Ipad mini to iOS7 the smart cover stopped working as it was working before. Usually, when I closed the cover the ipad went to sleep and when I opened it the ipad woke up. Is it another problem of iOS7 ? Is there any solution?

Go to Settings > General > Lock / Unlock and turn this ON (Green).

Smart cover unlock passcode

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