If your sole means of entering your passcode is from your iPhone screen, and you move from number to number, it is impossible to enter the passcode with this new beta update. I will submit feedback, but I wanted to post a warning first. I'm using an iPhone 12 mini.
By YEG Derek, 14 January, 2026
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I confirm this with additional comments
It is possible if you explore by touch. It is possible just more difficult. I've already sent feedback.
Developer or public beta?
Sorry, I don't track the full and rather confusing codes for the betas. I'm on beta 2 of the public fork. Is this Beta 3?
I've turned off automatic update just in case.
A bit of a catch 22 here as we need to report it but, it sounds like if we upgrade to experience and report we're going to be in trouble.
I'm guessing this is voiceover specific? Just another example of why Apple Accessibility are dreadful. We're stuck in a nightmarish loop of needing to be part of the beta to point out the issues which Apple Accessibility rarely fix, but to go into it is to risk our main form of communication.
They should be paying a big bunch of blind users to iron these out or, at the very least, send out second phones for us to test. The consequences of our phones not working, or being locked out, are far more severe than they are for sighted customers. This needs to be recognised.
26.3 public beta 2
Is working just fine for me regarding entering passcode using iPhone 15 pro.
Beta 3 impacted
I would advise against updating at this time.
Next week
I think the next update will be on Monday. Thanks, I was going to update my iPad 9 but will hold on. Will wait for letter A to do so. Long live cats.
Do alternative methods work?
Do alternative methods of typing work? I.e, b s i? I know not everyone uses b s i but, i'm wundering if this is a possible workaround?
Not experiencing this
I'm also not having this issue on a 15 Pro Max. To be clear, this is running the latest dev beta released this week. That's kind of bad news. I mean, good that I can unlock my phone, but bad because when these bugs do not show up for all, it makes them more tough to pin down and resolve.
BSI and Explore by Touch
Both of these methods work. I learned how to use explore by touch this sorning after thirteen years of iPad and iPhone use! My thanks to the person who mentioned it.
What's the bug, exactly?
For those who are experiensing the bug, what's exactly what's going on? I.e, you swipe up to enter the passcode then what? The text field doesn't show up at all? I'm trying to see if I can possibly pinpoint the cause of this.