Passcode requirement to power-off iphone

I've never heard of an iPhone requiring a passcode to turn the power off. My guess is that what you are seeing in the AI summary is gibberish – garbage in, garbage out. The AI model skimmed posts on some site where people were asking for that feature, and incorrectly regurgitated the request as being an accomplished "fact".

• The first problem is believing what AI is telling you. It simply makes stuff up and even has a name for it called AI Hallucinations.
• The second is thinking that requiring a Password to power would help in any way. There is no benefit as the iPhone is findable even if it is powered off.

Don't you think this feature can save iPhone being getting stolen ?

Absolutely no.

Even if a code were required to power off a phone that a thief has stolen, any iPhone thief knows how to work around the code requirement in about 10 seconds to prevent the phone from ever being tracked by the iPhone owner.

So, requiring a code to power off the phone would be completely useless as far as a thief would be concerned.

If you do not understand how a thief....or anyone else for that matter.....can do this, post back and we will explain.

In addition.....a code requirement would be an absolute nightmare for technicians if service were required on a phone and the owner could not remember the power off code. Or, there were a software problem on the phone that would not allow the power off code to be implemented.

Sometimes AI isn't very "I".

There is not and never has been any such feature in iOS.

This is never going to happen. For one, if your phone locks up you would not be able to power cycle the phone to get it working again if the screen was frozen and you needed to input a password.

There are many ways a thief can block the phone from being detected such as using a Faraday bag or wrapping the phone in aluminum foil.

Nope.

Prakhar7291 wrote:

Don't you think this feature can save iPhone being getting stolen ?

No. Requiring a passcode won't in any way prevent a phone from being stolen. And once an iPhone is stolen, whoever has stolen it will need the passcode to open it, which they won't have or know. People have suggested this over the years and it really wouldn't help or honestly be a good idea.