Comments on: Enable “Kid Mode” on iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch with Guided Access in iOS

By: Ali

Ali — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:39:01 +0000

This is awesome!! Fantastic to now know how to use this for my 14 month old loves hitting the home button on the iPhone and iPad, closing her Fisher Price Apps.
THANK YOU!!!!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:04:15 +0000

this is what happened to me! So what can I do? My iPad is not usable now!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:03:21 +0000

OMG I did this and now it is stuck! It says to triple click the home button to get out, but when I do nothing happens! My iPad is stuck on the Sprout app and I can’t turn it off or anything! WTF do I do???

By: kareem

kareem — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:59:29 +0000

what i can do? i lost the password

By: Venryx

Venryx — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:08:15 +0000

Yes, the bug is very annoying. Note to readers that it’s a genuine bug: in some apps, sometimes, triple clicking the home button and power button fails to do anything, while in Guided Access, so you cannot even enter the password.

By: Peter Abrahams

Peter Abrahams — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:58:16 +0000

I hit this problem when I was testing the feature with iOS Notes app, so it is not just 3rd party apps. However having hit the problem and use the reboot work around I have not been able to recreate the problem.
Can anyone recreate the problem consistently if so can it be reported to Apple?

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:35:23 +0000

Yup we noticed that too. Here’s a solution until it’s resolved officially:

http://osxdaily.com/2012/09/26/stuck-in-guided-access-with-ios-6-heres-how-to-escape/

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:04:16 +0000

Well there are some bugs with this, some apps are getting stuck in Guided Access and you can’t get out. Great. Apparently not enough beta testing with third party apps!

By: Pixle

Pixle — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 07:53:01 +0000

Our 7 months old “Kid Mode Concept” – http://dribbble.com/shots/433707-iOS-Kid-Mode-Concept/attachments/26094

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:29:52 +0000

Yes this is true, but if you use screen orientation lock it won’t be a problem. Most of the time you just put a game or book with a kid and they stay in landscape mode.

The only potential issue I noticed is you can still reboot the iPad/iPhone by holding Home + Power for 15 seconds, though that probably must stay in place for a variety of reasons.

By: Tarsier

Tarsier — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:16:36 +0000

It should be noted that sometimes, changing the orientation of the device is enough to place buttons in an unprotected area of the screen, thereby allowing the user to escape a lot of restrictions. Until Apple fixes this, it is much too easy for children to snap out of the reserved screen or feature(s), even completely by accident.

By: Dr Hicks

Dr Hicks — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:45:10 +0000

Reminds me of Atease