https://community.sony.rs/t5/xz-series/device-not-asking-for-unlock-pattern-code-and-can-be-easily/m-p/3633510#M50678 <P>Hi&nbsp;<A href="https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1260561">@LeGoodUser</A>, welcome to our forum!<BR /><BR />I totally agree with you and these days phone thefts are unfortunately&nbsp;becoming more and more common.<BR /><BR />What you have to keep in mind is that even if such a protection was added, you still have the possible to restart/power off the device using the volume up and power button and this is very needed if the device hangs up and the screen is black and it doesn't charge.<BR /><BR />I will of course forward your feedback regarding this, but as far as I know, all manufacturers have a key combination to shut the device down and having to use your screen lock to turn the device off will not be the ultimate solution.<BR /><BR />Thank you! <IMG class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.rs/html/images/smilies/011.png" alt="Slightly_smiling_Face" title="Slightly_smiling_Face" /></P> Wed, 11 Sep 2019 08:57:15 GMT Jonas 2019-09-11T08:57:15Z https://community.sony.rs/t5/xz-series/device-not-asking-for-unlock-pattern-code-and-can-be-easily/m-p/3633509#M50677 <P>Hello good day.<BR /><BR />I have owned sony devices for over 10 years and I know 100% of their capacity and interface on smartphones, but I am intrigued by an action that is inevitable and worrying for the still owners of the XZ PREMIUM.</P><P>It turns out that having a lock pattern, of any kind, does not exempt the device from silencing it or even turning it off WITHOUT requesting the code or pattern.<BR />This is obviously a point to correct or make a patch because of the risk to be easily stolen and give the thief the option to silence or turn off the equipment WITHOUT REQUESTING A PATTERN.</P><P>It is an issue that has already been mentioned on the network and does not seem to be taken seriously by the company.<BR /><BR />I mean, of course there's a tracking device option in hand, but let's thinks one step ahead.<BR /><BR /></P><P>Thank you.</P> Tue, 10 Sep 2019 21:31:49 GMT https://community.sony.rs/t5/xz-series/device-not-asking-for-unlock-pattern-code-and-can-be-easily/m-p/3633509#M50677 LeGoodUser 2019-09-10T21:31:49Z https://community.sony.rs/t5/xz-series/device-not-asking-for-unlock-pattern-code-and-can-be-easily/m-p/3633510#M50678 <P>Hi&nbsp;<A href="https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1260561">@LeGoodUser</A>, welcome to our forum!<BR /><BR />I totally agree with you and these days phone thefts are unfortunately&nbsp;becoming more and more common.<BR /><BR />What you have to keep in mind is that even if such a protection was added, you still have the possible to restart/power off the device using the volume up and power button and this is very needed if the device hangs up and the screen is black and it doesn't charge.<BR /><BR />I will of course forward your feedback regarding this, but as far as I know, all manufacturers have a key combination to shut the device down and having to use your screen lock to turn the device off will not be the ultimate solution.<BR /><BR />Thank you! <IMG class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.rs/html/images/smilies/011.png" alt="Slightly_smiling_Face" title="Slightly_smiling_Face" /></P> Wed, 11 Sep 2019 08:57:15 GMT https://community.sony.rs/t5/xz-series/device-not-asking-for-unlock-pattern-code-and-can-be-easily/m-p/3633510#M50678 Jonas 2019-09-11T08:57:15Z