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Hello ! I have an iPhone which have a password 16 words and digits and let's say that my iPhone gets stolen. How i can prevent that the thief do not turn off my device? Is that any way to make that posibile? Like a option in setting or something, because i didn't find anything. Because if the thief can't turn off my phone i can have full acces to the location. (Except if he remove the sim card)

iPhone SE, iOS 11.2.5

Posted on Feb 10, 2018 9:37 AM

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Posted on Feb 10, 2018 9:40 AM

You cannot prevent someone, who physically has your iPhone, from turning it off. Regardless, eventually it would run out of battery and shut itself off.


Your best prevention from another individual from accessing your phone is to enable Find My iPhone on your iCloud account.

Ref: iCloud: Lock and track your device using Lost Mode - Apple Support

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Feb 10, 2018 9:40 AM in response to TheAndreiuTb

You cannot prevent someone, who physically has your iPhone, from turning it off. Regardless, eventually it would run out of battery and shut itself off.


Your best prevention from another individual from accessing your phone is to enable Find My iPhone on your iCloud account.

Ref: iCloud: Lock and track your device using Lost Mode - Apple Support

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