Originally Posted by
ajGoes
Enabling airplane mode without authentication would be a great way for a thief to
disable your phone's traceability. But the widget isn't available on a locked phone, so that still doesn't answer the question.
I think that's probably the reason. It is kind of weak though because you could just turn off the phone even if the phone is locked.
And for Samsung Galaxy phones, you could just pop the battery out in about 2 seconds.