The biggest fail of "Find My iPhone"
Last night, I had my iPhone stolen by a cab driver. Without retelling the whole story, understand that the iPhone was left in the cab, and when I tried to call it within minutes of the cab departing, the iPhone was turned off. The cab driver was well aware that I had left my phone and chose to turn it off, rather than help me located it. It has now been over 24 hours and although I have continuously keep checking the icloud website, the iPhone remains offline. I'm 100% sure that "Find My iPhone" was activated on my phone. This is the second time I've had and iPhone stolen from me, and even with "Find My iPhone" app, I have not recovered either. I know that once the phone is turned on and connected to WIFI, that the message should come up and the phone should be locked, but here's the first prevention suggestion. You should have to punch in your passcode (or fingerprint) to turn OFF your phone. Most people leave their phones on 24 hours a day. There isn't a constant need to manually turn your phone OFF. It's been about 4 years separating both times I've had my iPhone stolen. In both instances, the perp immediately turned OFF the phone and it never came "online" again. If they were not able to turn the phone OFF, I could have located the phone using "Find My iPhone" I believe this is such a simple fix and only adds to the chances of recovering the stolen property. This issue needs to be fixed immediately. I write this post, not the complain and demand my phone back, but in hopes that someone from Apple will pass along this idea to the right people and make it happen.
iPhone 6, iOS 8.2
