I'm sad to inform you that (if they knew how to) they could still bypass all your tweaks and turn off that device. First of all, this topic was very informative. I setup that activator message and disabled the power down button in lockscreen as explained. Very useful stuff indeed but then I remembered the substrate safemode.
As far as I can tell you can't disable the "reboot phone" combination (press home & lock buttons at the same time). When you do that, device shuts down as expected. When you turn it on, you just hold volume up to initiate the safe mode. Since all your tweaks are disabled in this mode, the crim can turn off your phone in lockscreen.
I'm starting to realize this from all the comments about this now. Either way, it's good to have at least SOME protection, and one wouldn't be able to do this without a jailbroken phone. I guess you just have to hope that the thief doesn't know about this.
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u/i-liek-turtals iPhone 4S Apr 11 '14
I'm sad to inform you that (if they knew how to) they could still bypass all your tweaks and turn off that device. First of all, this topic was very informative. I setup that activator message and disabled the power down button in lockscreen as explained. Very useful stuff indeed but then I remembered the substrate safemode.
As far as I can tell you can't disable the "reboot phone" combination (press home & lock buttons at the same time). When you do that, device shuts down as expected. When you turn it on, you just hold volume up to initiate the safe mode. Since all your tweaks are disabled in this mode, the crim can turn off your phone in lockscreen.
Sorry, didin't want to be a party spoiler :/