Originally Posted by
Dubai Stu
I can't believe that Apple was so naive as to put this better security into iOS7 (stopping reformatting) and then allowing the thief to put the phone into airplane mode from the lock screen.
Does anyone know whether they have cracked the scheme and allow the phones to be reinitialized fromt he lock screen.
I think either iOS 7.01 or 7.02 disabled Siri putting the phone in airplane mode from the lock screen (she just tells you to unlock your phone first). But the control center will still do it - that's why I disabled control center from the lock screen. Apple should really just remove the airplane mode button from the control center if it's accessed from the lock screen, because it's handy to get the control center from the lock screen.
Still - ldsant, have you tried going to icloud.com on a computer and using Find My Iphone? You should at least put it in lost mode even if you can't find it.