iPhone 3.1: Remotely Lock Your iPhone With MobileMe

Michael Johnston · September 10th, 2009, 08:52 PM

Among the myriad of tiny improvements included in iPhone 3.1, Apple introduced a new feature to their "Find My iPhone" service. Introduced with 3.0, Find My iPhone allows users with MobileMe accounts to find and remotely wipe a lost or stolen iPhone. In 3.1, you can now remotely lock your iPhone with a four-digit passcode. Jump down for the how-to!

To use the feature, you must have a MobileMe account. If you haven't already, add your MobileMe account in "Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Add Account...".

If you haven't enabled Find My iPhone, go to "Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > your MobileMe account name" and flip the switch under "Find My iPhone" to "On." This will enable you to see your iPhone on a map from any MobileMe compatible web browser.

For those of you who already have Find My iPhone all set up, simply update your iPhone to 3.1, and head to Me.com. Log in, click "Account Settings" (the little, silver gear icon), and click the "Find My iPhone" tab. For each device running iPhone 3.1 you will see an option called "Remote Lock..." which will allow you to remotely lock your iPhone with a four-digit passcode. If you already have a passcode set, this will override that code.

This new feature, in my opinion, seems to answer the question of "can't a savvy thief just disable Find My iPhone when he steals it?" This way users who prefer to not use a passcode can continue doing so but lock their iPhone if and when they lose it.

imagine engine · September 13th, 2009, 01:58 PM #2

This will help those people that were either to dumb or to lazy to set-up a 4 digit lock code on their iPhone. Though it will also mean that the same people would have to be smart enough to also subscribe to the MobileMe service through Apple.

Jerry M · September 24th, 2009, 09:36 AM

I went through the process and it worked great. Now, how do I delete the requirement to enter the passcode everytime I energize the phone?
Thanks,

Jerry M · September 24th, 2009, 09:40 AM #4

Okay, I figured it out........go to settings and turn off the passcode reqmt.

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Michael Johnston This is my fricken site, durrrr Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Rockford, IL Posts: 2,691 Thanks: 11 Thanked 45 Times in 40 Posts	iPhone 3.1: Remotely Lock Your iPhone With MobileMe - September 10th, 2009, 08:52 PM #1
	<script language="JavaScript" src="http://adserver1.backbeatmedia.com/servlet/ajrotator/13894/222/viewJScript?pool=13886&type=3158&pos=20&zone=5000"></script> Among the myriad of tiny improvements included in iPhone 3.1, Apple introduced a new feature to their "Find My iPhone" service. Introduced with 3.0, Find My iPhone allows users with MobileMe accounts to find and remotely wipe a lost or stolen iPhone. In 3.1, you can now remotely lock your iPhone with a four-digit passcode. Jump down for the how-to! To use the feature, you must have a MobileMe account. If you haven't already, add your MobileMe account in "Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Add Account...". If you haven't enabled Find My iPhone, go to "Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > your MobileMe account name" and flip the switch under "Find My iPhone" to "On." This will enable you to see your iPhone on a map from any MobileMe compatible web browser. For those of you who already have Find My iPhone all set up, simply update your iPhone to 3.1, and head to Me.com. Log in, click "Account Settings" (the little, silver gear icon), and click the "Find My iPhone" tab. For each device running iPhone 3.1 you will see an option called "Remote Lock..." which will allow you to remotely lock your iPhone with a four-digit passcode. If you already have a passcode set, this will override that code. This new feature, in my opinion, seems to answer the question of "can't a savvy thief just disable Find My iPhone when he steals it?" This way users who prefer to not use a passcode can continue doing so but lock their iPhone if and when they lose it. __________________ About my iPhone: iPhone & Color: White 32GB iPhone 3GS iPhone Version: Whatever the latest is because I'm crazy like that. Computer & OS: 15" Unibody MacBook Pro + OS X Leopard 10.5 AIM: iPhoneAlley twitter: MichaelJohnston

imagine engine Rocks the Board Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 184 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	September 13th, 2009, 01:58 PM #2
	This will help those people that were either to dumb or to lazy to set-up a 4 digit lock code on their iPhone. Though it will also mean that the same people would have to be smart enough to also subscribe to the MobileMe service through Apple. __________________ SOHO: Maya, Mudbox, Toxik, FCS 3, iLife 09, iWork 09, Office, TC 1TB, iPhone 3G.

Jerry M Forum Lurker Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	How do I unlock it now? - September 24th, 2009, 09:36 AM #3
	I went through the process and it worked great. Now, how do I delete the requirement to enter the passcode everytime I energize the phone? Thanks,

Jerry M Forum Lurker Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	September 24th, 2009, 09:40 AM #4
	Okay, I figured it out........go to settings and turn off the passcode reqmt.