How to disable ‘Voice Dialing’ on an iPhone? Fix iOS 6.1.3 Lockscreen bug

Updated on September 1, 2017

Are you running iOS 6.1.3 on your iPhone? Do you know that new iOS 6.1.3 has a Lock screen bug that lets unauthorized users to gain access to phone’s address book and photos? YouTube user found a way to enter the locked iPhone by pulling out the SIM card and making use of Voice dial to make an emergency call and cancelling it. Once the call is cancelled, he was able to gain access to address book and photos on a locked iPhone. Currently the bug is seen only on non-siri iPhone and it will not work on iPhone 4S and 5.

Ok! Wanna secure your iPhone against the new Lockscreen bug? It’s simple, just disable the ‘Voice Dialing’ option until Apple comes out with an official fix.

Disable Voice Dial on iPhone

Here’s how you can disable “Voice Dialing” on an iPhone,

Step 1: Go to Settings

Step 2: Enter “General” tab

Step 3: Tap Passcode Lock 

Step 4: Disable Voice Dial

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