If you're paying the tab and you feel he needs a phone then take it back and switch it for a basic flip phone. When he can pay the tab, then he can do with it as he wants. As a parent, is it not your responsibility to provide him a social media device, just give him something he needs for basic communication.
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iPhone XS Max Help me secure my teen’s iphone
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I absolutely agree 100%. I almost didn't even post based on that. But go back and read what the kid did. Even if he just followed a YouTube video, that's still quite a daunting thing to search through a backup looking for a password. Even with instructions, that shows a level of skill some kids just don't have. At no point did I assume he's some sort of genius since we've not been given that level of information. But still, this isn't an "anyone can do it" type of thing either in my opinion. So I'm giving the kid some credit. Maybe too much, maybe not.
I was actually going to agree with you and then was like now im curious how its done and did a quick google search of "iphone backup restriction usb" and this was like the fourth hit.
https://www.groovypost.com/howto/howto/recover-your-iphone-restrictions-pin-backup/
It's a free program that walks you right through it in like 3 steps lol. All they have to be is smart enough to use google, download program and follow simple instructions. I'm not downing you or anything. When I went to look I actually expected it to be at least a little intensive with the pc knowledge I have but was honestly surprised its that easy. Creating a bootable USB drive is actually more difficult lol.
Well, there you have it then. I too was curious, but not enough to look it up.
And probably the reason why OP referred to his son this way "I have tried using restrictions but being the sneaky ****** he is, he found a way around that" instead of praising him lol =)
Like spoofing a Mac address when you have been blocked on a router's network. That was one of the best tricks I learned as a teen. Don't tell my parents. Haha.
[doublepost=1552436167][/doublepost]A lot of y'all are saying that the kid should be forced to use a flip phone. While I agree that that might be a good suggestion, you may want to check with your cellular provider first. A number of cellular networks, Verizon included, have discontinued support for basic phones in many areas making it impossible for these phones to get service.
What Apple should do is put a restriction on changing the setting for USB accessories and provide for an option to lock down that setting in Content And Privacy so it can't be turned on no matter what. That would stop this entire issue of hacking the encrypted backup.
and you don't think that ignoring parents rules etc is a mistake. and the learn is you lose your smart phone
We had this issue with my daughter a few years back (she is now a computer engineering/systems software engineer major in college), and we had to set rules time and time again before we got sick of giving her chances. We took her phone away and told her that she would have to earn the privilege of using it by completing tasks. Each task earned her 15 minutes of phone usage every day. If she screwed up, we started again. Took a month for her to understand that WE paid for the phone. WE paid for the service. And WE were not obligated to supply her with a phone to communicate with her friends. She did not need a phone at school, regardless of what other parents tried to tell us at the time. Only you know what's best for your situation, but the last thing you should do is let your son walk all over you while talking on a phone YOU paid for. JM2C