Can’t turn Stolen Device Protection off

Trying to turn off Stolen Device protection because it is very inconvenient. But it won’t let me turn it off because it says I’m in an “unfamiliar location”. Except I’m at home.

iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 14

Posted on Mar 18, 2024 8:55 AM

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Mar 18, 2024 12:14 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

I had tried to turn it off three times on three different days. Every time it told me I couldn't because I was in an "unfamiliar location"--even though I was at home. I tried to turn it off at night and again in the morning so I had not moved. I had waited out the time period because it was more than an hour between attempts. I was finally successful today when I did it as soon as the hour wait was up. I was actually in an unfamiliar location because I was driving around and doing errands.

Mar 18, 2024 9:26 AM in response to Neonnyt

Hello~ If you will look above the Author’s post you will see that they came from that article. When * ChrisJ4293* responded … they had taken that into consideration. See this in their post “All the information about stolen device protection is in the Related Article that you came to the forum from.” So there was no need to post the thread again. Does that now make sense to you? No need to restate the obvious…


~Katana-San~

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