One of the new features of iOS 17.3 is “stolen device protection”. You find it in Settings > Face Id and Passcode. I actually fell victim to it yesterday as I decided that the iOS 17.3 update might be a good time to do a complete reset of my iPhone and to set up as a new device completely from scratch. I felt lately my battery performance and a few other things weren’t what they should be and it’s been many years isnce I did this. One thing I must say is that nowadays for most iPhone users who use their phone for things like email, banking, home automation, as a trusted device for 2-factor authentication and more doing this is a real pain in the you know where and it involves hours and hours of time. Anyhow, after I wiped my phone, went through the setup process and all that I upgraded to iOS 17.3 and after the update it asked me if I wanted to turn stolen device protection on. I did so since I was actually running the iOS 17.3 Beta prior to this and already had it on. Then came the surprise. I wanted to set my work email which is an Exchange account. When I started I was informed that in order to do this I had to temporarily turn off stolen device protection. So over to Settings I went, but when I tried to turn it off I was informed that I wasn’t in a known location hence a 1 hour delay would be put in place before I could turn it off and there was a button to proceed and start the 1 hour countdown. This of course was because I had wiped my iPhone and it had not yet build up a history of my usual locations like my home and work. I then received a notification when the hour was up, but I was doing other stuff so I ignored it for a while, not sure how long, but probably another hour or so and then when I went back to turn off stolen device protection I guess too much time had passed and I had to do it all over again. Next time I went back maybe 15 minutes after receiving the notification and I then was able to turn it off. The other thing one should remember is that if you don’t have any other trusted devices things can get complicated with 2-factor authentication. Even for some Apple stuff I had to go through 2-factor authentication and enter the 6-digit code, fortunately we also have an iPad where I was able to receive said code. As for setting up my Microsoft and some other accounts, I use the Microsoft Authenticator app and of course you need to authenticate to set up the authenticator app. Fortunately this was possible with a combination of getting a code at one of my emails and text, but I tell you it can get complicated and hopefully it will be many years until I wish to do this again.
Best regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Dan Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 3:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: iOS 17.3, Anyone? Yep, I installed it and have seen nothing new either. I have had no problems with it at all. Dan Beaver (KA4DAN) USA On 1/24/2024 5:51 PM, M. Taylor wrote: Hello All, I see that iOS 17.3 is now available. Has anyone installed it yet? If so, are there any new bugs to report? Or any issues that we should know? All replies greatly appreciated. Mark -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/c5e7b354-6181-4655-a97f-7ec166e86b41%40gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/c5e7b354-6181-4655-a97f-7ec166e86b41%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/PH7PR12MB5656E709FDEA445812DBFB3AC77A2%40PH7PR12MB5656.namprd12.prod.outlook.com.
