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agffth

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Jan 25, 2014
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Does the iPhone lock when attached to a MagSafe charger? I recently asked AppleSupport if there was a feature that would leave the iPhone unlocked while attached to a MagSafe charger. They said this should be working already and ran me through some troubleshooting that didn't help. They eventually setup a call. Someone from Apple called me and they said they were not aware of this feature. After a couple times on hold they came back and said they couldn't find anything on the website that said this was a feature.

So was the first person wrong? Can you leave your iPhone unlocked as long as it's attached to a MagSafe or is that not a feature?
 

agffth

macrumors regular
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Jan 25, 2014
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The phone stays locked when connected to a MagSafe charger. The person you spoke with gave you bad intel.
Thanks! This is a feature I wish they would add. That's what I originally was trying to ask for but someone said it was already there.
 

agffth

macrumors regular
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Jan 25, 2014
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It is a security risk to leave it unlocked when charging, in my opinion.
Yeah it is. They could simply add a switch to turn the feature on or off. When the phone is mounted to my dash I want it to stay unlocked. Otherwise, yeah it should lock.
 

Wolfpup

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You can of course change how long it takes to lock to never, though obviously you have to go in to a menu.
 
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