OK, great, there are restrictions to some things now. WHAT ABOUT EMAIL?? How do I keep my kid from going into my email when they are on my phone!??!
iPhone 4
You don't, unless you want to use Guided Access, which will lock the phone down to a single app only.
Otherwise, don't let your kid play with your phone.
Thanks for the reply. This might help, but I would like the kid to be able to play games (not just one game). So that I don't have to keep changing the guided access app. Nosy girlfriends also get into my phone's email among other apps. The girlfriend asks to use the phone to call someone since theirs is not working and then one thing leads to another and they are checking your email, etc.
I would like Apple to address this with something other than just allowing one app at a time.
I was told by the sales man when I bought the phone that I could lock down apps. I would be very surprised if I am the only one with this issue.
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The iPhone was never intended to be a multi-user device.
RickThaRullah wrote:
A jailbreak of the phone has saved me thus far...
Good luck with that. You can't get help here. Come back when you have a new un-jailbroken device you need help with.
They why do they have restrictions in the first place for other apps?
Sorry. You can't get help here for your jailbroken phone.
RickThaRullah wrote:
They why do they have restrictions in the first place for other apps?
We don't know why Apple has chosen to offer restrictions on some apps and not others. You can comment to them here, if you wish:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
Otherwise, there is as has been said no way to restrict Mail. You can look for a third-party mail app that offers passwording - there are at least one or two that support multiple users - or you can just use a web interface to your mail.
Regards.
Thanks, I have submitted a complaint to Apple.
It's a feature that I am requesting for a non-jailbroken phone.
Try using safari only to view email. Yes you won't get notifications but you will be forced to login every time. You can save a bookmark to go directly to your email. You can also save the login information that is if whoever you are trying to hide your emails from is not clever enough to go directly to safari to view your emails.
That seems like a lot of work, logging in every time. I can't live without the notifications either. I appreciate the workaround, but it's too slow. I also use the phone for work email and there is no way to get work email in the browser. A simple four digit numerical passcode would solve this. It needs to be quick enough to use and complex enough for someone temporarily using your phone not to be able to guess. The kid and my girlfriend are constantly borrowing my phone for things, it had become a real problem. They would want to look something up online or use the phone to call someone or to play the games, since they were in the IOS, they could access everything, including email.
It's not just hiding the emails, either, the toddler presses lots of stuff on the phone and does things by mistake like deleting my emails.
I would never, ever, let a toddler play with a multi-hundred dollar device. Get them a toy version of a phone or a laptop to play with.
Sorry meant to say "child" 4-12 years. It's contageous, the mother plays with the phone, then the child wants to. It's not the price $ of the phone that is the issue, he has used it hundreds of times without breaking it. It's just that I want peace of mind that I won't get it back with all my emails deleted 🙂.
Then you can also try settings, mail contacts calendars , ask before deleting, then turning this feature on.
The "child" has trouble understanding and reading, nor should he be looking at my email in the first place. A delete button just looks like a "fun" button to press. A second delete button, more "fun buttons".
Which is why you should not allow him to play with your phone. Just get him a toy iPhone and tell him it's his "special one." Yikes.
Restrict access to EMAIL!!!
