If you ever have to do this, and it wipes everything and "resets it to factory setting" as described on the Apple website, are you essentially giving someone a free iPhone to re-activate?
Right, I guess it's better than nothing.
There should be a feature that truly locks down the device, making it completely bricked until it's original owner can prove to Apple that its his/her device before they restore it to re-activate. Might help prevent thefts?
Right, I guess it's better than nothing.
There should be a feature that truly locks down the device, making it completely bricked until it's original owner can prove to Apple that its his/her device before they restore it to re-activate. Might help prevent thefts?
Technically possible, but it's not the sort of thing that Apple likes to do.
Find My iPhone has some flaws that could so easily be fixed by Apple:
- It can be turned off without prompting you for your iCloud password
- You can disable it by turning off Location Services
But would taking the SIM out or restoring the phone essentially wipe out your personal info anyway (thus achieving the point of remote wipe)?
And if it doesn't, would choosing remote wipe via iCloud do it once the device is turned back on?
Daveoc64 said:Right, I guess it's better than nothing.
There should be a feature that truly locks down the device, making it completely bricked until it's original owner can prove to Apple that its his/her device before they restore it to re-activate. Might help prevent thefts?
Technically possible, but it's not the sort of thing that Apple likes to do.
Find My iPhone has some flaws that could so easily be fixed by Apple:
- It can be turned off without prompting you for your iCloud password
- You can disable it by turning off Location Services
Call your network and police who will blacklist the device.
Exactly. Stealing an iPhone is one of the dumbest things anyone can do... Unless they're after a glorified iPod touch!
Call your network and police who will blacklist the device.
Stealing a phone these days is pretty pointless. The problem its not the thief that will suffer from the lock it'll be the poor sucker who buys the phone off the thief.
Well then lots of thieves walking around with kick ass iPod touches.All carriers in the UK do it, and as far as I know it blacklists the devices from being used in all of Europe and North America.
Police can't blacklist a phone and as far as I know ATT won't either
All carriers in the UK do it, and as far as I know it blacklists the devices from being used in all of Europe and North America.
You can disable it by popping the sim out or by turning the phone off.
Neither of these will disable the feature.
The next time that the device connects to a network with a suitable data connection (Cellular or Wi-Fi) any pending remote lock, wipe or locate will take place.
There's a difference between disabling the feature completely, and temporarily stopping it.