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Viewing notifications on the lock screen

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Manzanas

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Oct 24, 2011
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So I've heard a lot of people say that one of the big downfalls of the iPhone 4S is that you can't see your notifications on the lock screen. I am referring to the pull down notification screen. I guess this is one of the things that fuels the future jailbreak. But is anybody concerned with privacy? I mean, the point of the lock screen is that nobody can see you what's on your phone right? My lock screen is password protected, and the reason for that is that if I lose my phone nobody else can get to my information. And hopefully I would wipe the phone before they can break the password. Notifications on the lock screen would be able to be seen by anybody who gets a hold of my phone, including your new messages, appointments, etc.

Any thoughts?
 
Manzanas said:
So I've heard a lot of people say that one of the big downfalls of the iPhone 4S is that you can't see your notifications on the lock screen. I am referring to the pull down notification screen. I guess this is one of the things that fuels the future jailbreak. But is anybody concerned with privacy? I mean, the point of the lock screen is that nobody can see you what's on your phone right? My lock screen is password protected, and the reason for that is that if I lose my phone nobody else can get to my information. And hopefully I would wipe the phone before they can break the password. Notifications on the lock screen would be able to be seen by anybody who gets a hold of my phone, including your new messages, appointments, etc.

Any thoughts?
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Not sure what you're looking for here in terms of "thoughts" but, while I am concerned with privacy and have my passcode lock set to "Immediate", I have most of my notifications set to appear on the lock screen. The only notification that can be accessed without the passcode is the missed call notification and, in my opinion, it wouldn't make sense for someone who stole my phone to call someone who called me whose call I missed.
 
r2shyyou said:
Not sure what you're looking for here in terms of "thoughts" but, while I am concerned with privacy and have my passcode lock set to "Immediate", I have most of my notifications set to appear on the lock screen. The only notification that can be accessed without the passcode is the missed call notification and, in my opinion, it wouldn't make sense for someone who stole my phone to call someone who called me whose call I missed.
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through the notifications you can still get to the missed call screen, but it auto dials when you swype the notification.
 
Heck, I wish you could turn off the Notification Screen altogether. I have nothing in my Notification Center yet the screen still slides down. I find myself at times accidently swiping it down when accessing a folder I have in the top row.

At the very least I wish you could close the Notification screen simply by swipning back up ANYWHERE in the screen, not just that spot in the botton-center of it. Then it would not be as annoying when accidently swiping it down.

Mike
 
I like the notification screen, I just wish we could customize it a little more. Adding a newsfeed would be nice.
 
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