stolen iphone

Hello,

That idea has been discussed many times and it was always determined to be a bad idea. I think that it was something about needing to turn off to save the battery.

Anyway, your options for a lost phone are included in this link:

If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is lost or stolen

Good luck.

any thief worth their salt would learn a quick way of disconnecting the battery

and placing the phone in a metal box which would block reception.

but all the people calling for aid because they forgot their passcode and needs to restore their phone would be in a pickle