iPhone OS 4 have an option for password and/or 4 digit pin lock for SETTINGS only?

[tuna]

I was reading a long list of new OS 4 features that was separated into sections, and under the "Settings" section it had two features of great interest to me:

(1) password lock
(2) 4 digit pin lock

Does this mean that we'll be able to set up passwords/pins to protect the settings menu only?

I would love this feature. I pay for MobileMe so I always feel like I'm wasting the Find My iPhone security if someone can take my phone and simply turn it off to turn off my ability to find and wipe the phone. However, I also hate having to enter a 4 digit pin every time I want to use the phone at all.

Pin protection of the settings menu and maybe of (un)installing apps and syncing the phone with iTunes would be all that I could want.

 

[RonHC]

I was reading a long list of new OS 4 features that was separated into sections, and under the "Settings" section it had two features of great interest to me:

(1) password lock
(2) 4 digit pin lock

Does this mean that we'll be able to set up passwords/pins to protect the settings menu only?

I would love this feature. I pay for MobileMe so I always feel like I'm wasting the Find My iPhone security if someone can take my phone and simply turn it off to turn off my ability to find and wipe the phone. However, I also hate having to enter a 4 digit pin every time I want to use the phone at all.

Pin protection of the settings menu and maybe of (un)installing apps and syncing the phone with iTunes would be all that I could want.

Thats why i use AndroidLock from Cydia, and yes you can use a password lock in the beta but i dont know about the Settings
Thats why i use Lockdown from Cydia to lock the Settings App

 

[TSX]

Iprotect let's you put a password on any app.

 

[Surrix]

It's not for the settings menu only. You'd have to jailbreak.

 

[tuna]

Thats why i use AndroidLock from Cydia, and yes you can use a password lock in the beta but i dont know about the Settings
Thats why i use Lockdown from Cydia to lock the Settings App

So OS 4 adds the option to password lock the whole phone, but not just the settings menu?

that sucks

 

[rkswat]

Iprotect let's you put a password on any app.

Thanks for the heads up, just picked it up.

 

[tuna]

Thanks for the heads up, just picked it up.

I'm guessing its for jailbroken iphones only?

 

[Surrix]

So OS 4 adds the option to password lock the whole phone, but not just the settings menu?

that sucks

Yeah. I think the new feature is the fact that it can have a password rather than a 4-digit PIN. It locks the whole phone as before.

 

[brand]

I think the new feature is the fact that it can have a password rather than a 4-digit PIN.

All iDevices have had the option of being locked with either a password or the standard 4 digit PIN.

 

[JDee]

All iDevices have had the option of being locked with either a password or the standard 4 digit PIN.

Nope - all 'i' devices had support for 4 digit PINs only.

 

[TSX]

I'm guessing its for jailbroken iphones only?

Yep

 

[TSX]

Nope - all 'i' devices had support for 4 digit PINs only.

Nope-- your wrong, the can have letters or numbers.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080828054130498

 

[brand]

Nope - all 'i' devices had support for 4 digit PINs only.

Wrong, try again. When using the iPhone Configuration Utility it gives you the ability to use a password.