Require PIN to turn phone off?

avanpelt · Dec 17, 2012, 02:07 PM

Is it possible in iOS Restrictions to require a PIN in order to turn the phone off? If it's not currently possible, I think this would be a fantastic way to keep the phone pingable when it's lost/stolen since the battery can't be pulled. I've enabled the Location Services restriction so Location Services can't be turned off, but if the phone is turned off, the Location Services restrictions are meaningless.

Applejuiced · Dec 17, 2012, 02:23 PM

Cannot be done on stock firmware.
On JB iphone yes, you can enable a feature like that.
But even if they cant turn it off they can pop out the sim and then the phone wont be able to report back its location with find my iphone.
I dont think you can put a pin number on the sim tray

avanpelt · Dec 17, 2012, 05:43 PM

Hadn't considered that. I guess that just goes to show that there's always a way around security measures if somebody wants something badly enough. . .

wordoflife · Dec 17, 2012, 09:52 PM

Yep. Unfortunately it's not a complete anti theft solution however it's better than nothing

Tea-Aholic · Dec 17, 2012, 09:55 PM

Not saying this is always true, but a lot of thieves are quite dumb and a switch off PIN could be viable.

Applejuiced · Dec 17, 2012, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tea-Aholic

Not saying this is always true, but a lot of thieves are quite dumb and a switch off PIN could be viable.

Well said.
Not everyone knows all the ins and outs of the iphone and find my iphone features like most of us do on this forum.

Dec 17, 2012, 02:07 PM	#1
avanpelt macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2010	Require PIN to turn phone off? Is it possible in iOS Restrictions to require a PIN in order to turn the phone off? If it's not currently possible, I think this would be a fantastic way to keep the phone pingable when it's lost/stolen since the battery can't be pulled. I've enabled the Location Services restriction so Location Services can't be turned off, but if the phone is turned off, the Location Services restrictions are meaningless.
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Dec 17, 2012, 09:52 PM	#4
wordoflife macrumors 604 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Republic City, URN.	Yep. Unfortunately it's not a complete anti theft solution however it's better than nothing __________________ "When we hit our lowest point, we are open to the greatest change."
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Tea-Aholic macrumors 6502 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Not saying this is always true, but a lot of thieves are quite dumb and a switch off PIN could be viable. __________________ MacBook Pro with Retina display (returned) MacBook Air, 11.6-inch, 1.7 GHz/4 GB/128 GB Samsung Galaxy Note II LTE GT-N7105, White, 16 GB iPad 2, Wi-Fi+3G, White, 64 GB
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Dec 17, 2012, 02:23 PM	#2
Applejuiced macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: At the iPhone hacks section.	Cannot be done on stock firmware. On JB iphone yes, you can enable a feature like that. But even if they cant turn it off they can pop out the sim and then the phone wont be able to report back its location with find my iphone. I dont think you can put a pin number on the sim tray
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Dec 17, 2012, 05:43 PM	#3
avanpelt Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2010	Hadn't considered that. I guess that just goes to show that there's always a way around security measures if somebody wants something badly enough. . .
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