How can I prevent my iPhone 6S from being turned off even if it is locked? If someone steals it, they just need to press the sleep\power button and the "slide to power off" option immediately shows up!!!! Major flaw, Apple!!!!!!! Any solution?
iPhone 6s, iOS 10.2.1
The phone is of no use to a thief if they cannot turn it on. Set the device on Lost Mode and the next time it is turned on it will disable it. If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is lost or stolen - Apple Support
Hi NunGar, if you don't have Find my iPhone enabled I would strongly recommend that you do so. With FMI on you can place the phone in Lost Mode remotely. Please see this link:
If the thief has turned the phone off, the first time they turn it on it will lock it and it will be of no use to them or anyone else.
elcpu, "Lost Mode"??? Never heard of that! can you explain? Or do you mean "Find My Phone"?
All I have for security purposes is restrictions activated and locked for location services and erase all data in case someone fails the security code after 8 or 10 times. Anyway, I think Apple should consider having a security code prompt at shutdown, so no one could turn it off in the first place!
elcpu, I do have FMI activated but never used it before, I searched for Lost Mode and realized it's a feature within FMI... silly me....
Either way, I know there are some tweaks that can prompt the security code if someone tries to turn off the iPhone, but these tweaks only work on iPhones with jailbreak. I've tried jailbreak in the past in a iPhone 4S I had but it was never a stable and secure platform, and besides, I use regularly my bank's app and it doesn't run on jailbroken devices, for safety reasons, so I won't do it. I just think Apple should have a feature that would ask for the unlock code before turning off the device. That would be a good security improvement that would prevent the iPhone from being stolen, in my opinion.
Thank you for the time you took on helping me with this matter!!!!
You are welcome.
The problem with a passcode to lock is that most users do not want this for everyday usage.
Phones that are stolen are hardly ever recovered. The FMI feature just allows you to render it useless for the thief or anyone who tries to buy it.
An after thought. If you want you can send feedback to Apple here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
How to prevent iPhone from being turned off even if locked?
