iPhone 4 stolen. Will thief get access to my photo album when connected to a PC?

[The Doctor11]

When they plug it it they will need to unlock te phone to press a button that says "Trust this computer"

 

[gnasher729]

I just tried it with my wife's phone on my son's laptop running windows. Popped right up and I could access photos without unlocking the phone. iTunes isn't even installed on the laptop. The phone only syncs with one computer, and that's at home.

What phone? We are talking about iPhones, not about phones in general.

 

[Shanghaichica]

My Iphone was stolen 5 days ago. In that day, after missing for an hour, I turned on Find My Iphone on my laptop and set Erase Device. But until now it still appears Offline and the Erase Device is still pending (waiting for Iphone to connected to the internet).
I remember I turned on Find My Iphone on device's Icloud settings, but not on Locations.

The problem is, I put a sensitive pictures of me in that iPhone Camera Roll right before it was stollen.
I'm okay with the lost iPhone, I just want the device to erase every data in it.

I put a Lock Screen, but the passcode is really easy (The thief might find it). I hadn't set the erase all the data after 10 failed passcode attempts.


Would you help me to explain whether the Iphone's thief has a chance to transfer my pictures in Camera Roll to any other devices?




-thank you so much-

Sorry to hear about your phone. I know what it feels like to have a phone stolen. My iPhone 4 was stolen 2 years ago. After getting over the fact that the phone was gone I became more upset about the fact that the thief had access to all my information. Stupidly I did not have a pass code on it. I think one of the best things apple have ever done is to make a pass code compulsory. I've always used one on all my devices after that but it it's good for people who don't realise what could happend if they lose their phone of it's stolen.

I hope you are able to erase your phone. The same thing happend to me. It never appeared on online so I was never able to erase the data.

 

[I7guy]

Tried connecting my partners phone to a Windows computer that it has never been connected to.

The phone was locked. When the charging cable was connected the computer asked me what it wanted to me to do; import, do nothing etc.

I opened windows explorer to the apple connection, the photos folder were blank. After logging in to the phone there was the trust this computer message, I said no and checked the photos. The photos folder was blank.

My take you need the password in order to be able to see the photos.

What a security risk it would be otherwise.

 

[S.B.G]

Mod note:

Please keep PRSI content in the appropriate forum.

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[NadaJasmine]

Sorry to hear about your phone. I know what it feels like to have a phone stolen. My iPhone 4 was stolen 2 years ago. After getting over the fact that the phone was gone I became more upset about the fact that the thief had access to all my information. Stupidly I did not have a pass code on it. I think one of the best things apple have ever done is to make a pass code compulsory. I've always used one on all my devices after that but it it's good for people who don't realise what could happend if they lose their phone of it's stolen.

I hope you are able to erase your phone. The same thing happend to me. It never appeared on online so I was never able to erase the data.

Did you use your find my iPhone, and the erase device is still pending for two years?

I'm so sorry to hear about your experience with your phone too..
I use the pass code, but stupidly I use an easy code. now I just hope the thief reset my phone..

 

[NadaJasmine]

I tried to send you a PM but you disabled it on here. The dirtbag essentially would need to disable all internet access to prevent Find My iPhone from kicking in. If you own a GSM phone (AT&T, T-Mobile, etc.) they would need to turn off Wi-Fi and pull the SIM card. If they want to transfer pictures they only need the lock screen pass code, but in order to disable Find My iPhone they need your Apple ID password.

The thief immediately pull out my sim card cause my number is off until now.
Can the thief reset my iphone to factory settings without unlocking the passcode?

thank you for helping..

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Tried connecting my partners phone to a Windows computer that it has never been connected to.

The phone was locked. When the charging cable was connected the computer asked me what it wanted to me to do; import, do nothing etc.

I opened windows explorer to the apple connection, the photos folder were blank. After logging in to the phone there was the trust this computer message, I said no and checked the photos. The photos folder was blank.

My take you need the password in order to be able to see the photos.

What a security risk it would be otherwise.

Thank you for telling me that.. Really, thank you..

Stupid me, I use an easy code and didn't turn on the wipe service from passcode settings. Now, I just hope the thief reset my iphone to factory settings without transfer my pictures first..

 

[Altemose]

The thief immediately pull out my sim card cause my number is off until now.

Can the thief reset my iphone to factory settings without unlocking the passcode?



thank you for helping..

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Thank you for telling me that.. Really, thank you..



Stupid me, I use an easy code and didn't turn on the wipe service from passcode settings. Now, I just hope the thief reset my iphone to factory settings without transfer my pictures first..

The dirtbag could wipe it in DFU or Recovery Mode but would meet the Find My iPhone lock.

 

[Umer Dar]

no, no one can get access to your photos until you have synced iphone with the same computer or tap "trust this computer" on some other laptop. i just checked it personally by connecting my iPhone 5s ios 8.2 on a laptop without unlocking the screen. and it showed "no content found" on computer.
but this is all possible if you have a passcode enabled on your iPhone.

 

[Newtons Apple]

no, no one can get access to your photos until you have synced iphone with the same computer or tap "trust this computer" on some other laptop. i just checked it personally by connecting my iPhone 5s ios 8.2 on a laptop without unlocking the screen. and it showed "no content found" on computer.
but this is all possible if you have a passcode enabled on your iPhone.

I think the OP found his answers as this happened over 1.5 years ago.