The secured iPhone...

Have you been worried what your phone might be used for if it got stolen or lost? On my trip to Stockholm this weekend I managed to secure the iPhone so I only could receive phone calls and short SMS. No more worries that someone might call some expensive overseas calls with my phone or that someone should grab my contacts.

The problem with securing the phone to this level is that I was unable to call, check my contacts, get the details about my hotel reservation or do anything else except receiving phone calls and SMS, but that is a small price to pay for the ultimate security - right?

It might not have been my intention to secure the phone while I was traveling but if you like to try for yourself here is what I did.

1) Ensure you have a bunch of programs from the AppStore and some bookmarks and other icons (Cydia perhaps?)

2) Get a train ride or other transport medium which cannot provide a reliable internet connection.

3) Ensure that you can update one of your AppStore applications.

4) Update the application and ensure that the internet connection is interrupted during the process.

5) If you are lucky all of your icons except your bookmarks should have disappeared.

6) Just to sweeten the deal further, neither the bookmarks or the media player should now work, and once someone calls you you should not be able to hang up either.

7) Congratulations you have an iReceiver!