Lost Mode

iCloud has a lost mode right now. When putting your phone in lost mode iCloud asked you to make a passcode.

All they would have to do is log back into iCloud and turn off Lost mode and the phone will be unlocked to the setting the had previously

and since iCloud uses the Apple ID to log in if the forget the Apple Id password the can just reset it using email.

The Feature will only be a extra Add In if the user thinks his/her phone has been stolen, instead of just lost.

When Turing on Lost mode in iCloud it will be a command that get sent to your phone that automatically wakes the phone up.

That way it should work, unless your phone is battery is dead. The phone will be able to Wake from Sleep mode.

If you think about the battery life on iPhone if you leave them on standby its pretty long. that shouldn't be a problem if you have your location apps on all the time anyways. your phone should last a few days.

You just made me think of a new feature! the Thief wouldn't even know the phone was on. The phone will just look like its off (but its really on) and then when you try to turn it "on" need you to enter a pass code to get pass the locked screen like it is now.

You make a fine point. Maybe in the newer model phone they could implement a sleep mode instead of an completely off. like PC Hibernate instead of completely shutting now, then the Lost mode and be use the way i suggested. Or allow the phone to be switch on over the network like some computers are able to do.

The passcode would only be activated by you when you put the phone in lost mode. you make the passcode on iCloud, and then you can just turn off Lost mode on iCloud if you forgot you Passcode.

the button on your iPhone that turns it off is called the sleep/wake button.

but the same deal change sleep to off