Certainly know that inside your smartphone is a good piece of your life, whether in pictures you take with family, friends and colleagues, are the emails you receive from your work, bank or finance. In addition also has information on documents that guard, who takes notes and secrets that only you concern. Your iPhone is properly protected?To help protect yourself, let 5 key tips to keep your iPhone safe.
We leave tips that will block access of any person to your iPhone, tips that can allow the recover in the event of loss or theft and tips to facilitate description and avoid prying eyes.
1. Active iCloud and Find My iPhone
When you first start your iPhone, you are asked to put your Apple ID. At that time, all of the contents is encrypted. This action allows a high level of security, because in addition to "block" the other iPhone also allows encrypt the data on it.
However, it is at this time that the system asks if you want to activate your location using the iCloud. Say yes, enable these two points, this will allow your smartphone is always located and that with the Find app, can identify where the equipment.
In the initial configuration enable iCloud and Find My iPhone
Sure to be found this needs access to data, either via WiFi or GSM, the SIM card, using the 3G or 4G data. This brings us to the next point.
Go to Settings> iCloud> Find My iPhone> enable Find My iPhone option
2. Disable the SIM PIN
The cards of communications operators, its GSM network, require the placement of a PIN, a security code so no one can spend on behalf of its portfolio. But this may not be interested in iPhone.
Turn the SIM PIN
If you lose your phone or if it is stolen, it is more likely that the thief does not connect to the Internet via WiFi, then what will show where the iPhone will be its GSM network, your operator. But for this you must have the PIN turned off so that as soon as the iPhone to connect, then provide the current location to the system Find My iPhone from Apple.
Go to Settings> Phone> SIM PIN> turn off the SIM PIN option
But that's not a bad practice off a security code? In this case not, and that brings us to the next point.
3. Place a security code on the iPhone
This security code is requested as soon as you start the first settings of the iPhone. You can skip this step early on, and can ignore the placement of your fingerprint (if your iPhone or iPad has the Touch ID, the already indispensable fingerprint reader).
They are usually 4 digits, but can compose an access password to the iPhone system, complex preference.
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Always place an access code, is simple is complex
How can I do?
Use a strong password, instead of the 4-digit code
But then you have to see the PIN with the access code to the iPhone?
Now that is "mounted" the almost perfect security system, we can see that if your iPhone is stolen, the more likely the battery run out before the thief turn it on. This will give charge to the iPhone in order to connect. At that time the iPhone connects to the GSM network and is loaded and how has no PIN will soon say where. As the iPhone has a passcode, no one will be able to access it and this is the issue via GSM his whereabouts.
This can help you can find out where and to take other actions, as you can see here.
Go to Settings> Touch and ID code> Activate code
4. Disable the lock screen of the Control Panel
It's a huge failure of Apple. I still do not understand how the "brains" of the Cupertino brand have not seen this blunder.
Remove Control Panel available with lock screen
Using all the procedures described above, we had probably discovered the whereabouts of our phone, without the thief could do whatever (without resorting to a "Hollywood-'imagination). But here Apple put his paw in the puddle, allows with the lock screen anyone can activate the flight mode. Rays ... we lose the ability to detect our iPhone because this mode cuts all communications !!!
Flight mode may not be accessible to the lock screen
Yes, in my opinion is a silly, that just is not complete because Apple allows the settings off access to the Control Panel with the lock screen.
That's what we do, for lack of better, in terms of security do this, you lose some secondary features but it is better to opt for the security in this case.
Go to Settings > Control Center > With switch off the lock screen option .
Thus already the thief can not disconnect from the network that will show where our iPhone is. Now missing only one more tip ... will see that can help.
5. Enable the Touch ID
This option is important, believe me. The fact that the new Apple devices bring this option, access via fingerprint, allows your access code as well as your Apple ID password are kept in the description.
Imagine standing on the street and want to have access to your iPhone. How far has it right in terms of security procedures that will do is dial the access code to the system.
If you have Touch ID on your iPhone, configure multiple fingers
At his side, indiscreet but unfailing, someone saw that marked his code (ex. 7312). Next, the user sits on a terrace and without realizing the iPhone dropped him. Someone who bumped your code was fortunate to notice and take your iPhone fallen. Okay, now is within your system, you have access to your email, your photos and much of his life. Imagine to know your bank account because he saw the extracts in the email.
Using the Touch ID it will never be possible. Even if you buy an excuse application get your password Apple ID that is even worse. If someone discovers your Apple ID ... goodbye iPhone. Come this password can turn off iCloud, format the iPhone and make it disappear (or almost) with its rich iPhone.
Go to Settings > Touch and ID code and sign several fingers that can give access to the system. You can register up to 5 fingers, which is interesting because we can register multiple of each hand, because we use the smartphone with one hand or the other, have access with fingers of each hand is more "skilled".
Do not buy an iPhone that does not know the provenance
But that's not all. Did you know that even if they can find the iPhone to access password and can even shut down your Apple ID, formatting the iPhone there is still a way to block it?
Well, the IMEI can be locked yet. See here for more information .
Never think that buying a stolen iPhone or hypothetically lost it can bring advantages, this only happens if the user who ran out of the equipment does not meet these techniques (so it's not Pplware reader) or do not want to have work (something you do in some minutes). We can try to recover a device in various ways, since the access codes, the Apple ID, IMEI, and even to other actions with the help of Apple.
Be careful, use a stolen iPhone can be "key chain" or synonymous with many problems!!
