iPhone dumbphone

#1

Post by joshmanders » Mon, Sep 08, 2025, 5:33 PM UTC

Re: iPhone dumbphone

#2

Post by captn3m0 » Mon, Sep 08, 2025, 5:40 PM UTC

afaik installing a configuration profile isn't supported with lockdown mode, so you have to pick one. but neat hack. I've installed hosted-profiles (.mobileconfig) files without factory-reset, curious why didn't you go for that route? Just to make it harder?

Re: iPhone dumbphone

#3

Post by browningstreet » Mon, Sep 08, 2025, 5:54 PM UTC

Would this be good to multi-profile an iPhone for crossing borders? A "travel across borders" blueprint, and a "through the border" blueprint?

Re: iPhone dumbphone

#4

Post by orliesaurus » Mon, Sep 08, 2025, 5:54 PM UTC

I cant believe people have to do this...what a world! nice to have the option I guess!

Re: iPhone dumbphone

#5

Post by nominalprose » Mon, Sep 08, 2025, 5:58 PM UTC

You can achieve the same more easily using Screen Time, and having a trusted friend or partner enter the screen time passcode. Still possible to override with your Apple ID, but this is a significant enough speed bump that it works (for me anyway).

Re: iPhone dumbphone

#6

Post by stopachka » Mon, Sep 08, 2025, 5:58 PM UTC

browningstreet wrote: post #3

Would this be good to multi-profile an iPhone for crossing borders? A "travel across borders" blueprint, and a "through the border" blueprint?

Oh, that's a cool idea! I think that would work. You would still need to connect to your laptop twice, to switch the profiles. Outside of that it could work great! Would have to think about what would make for a good 'travel across borders' blueprint.

Re: iPhone dumbphone

#7

Post by LeoPanthera » Mon, Sep 08, 2025, 6:00 PM UTC

If you disable the App Store, as OP claims to, does that also stop installed apps receiving updates?

Re: iPhone dumbphone

#8

Post by RandallBrown » Mon, Sep 08, 2025, 6:02 PM UTC

I wonder what the author is doing with those 2 extra hours of time he's not using his phone.

I use my phone a lot, but I never feel like it's taking away from me doing anything else.

Re: iPhone dumbphone

#9

Post by HelloUsername » Mon, Sep 08, 2025, 6:02 PM UTC

captn3m0 wrote: post #2

afaik installing a configuration profile isn't supported with lockdown mode, so you have to pick one. but neat hack. I've installed hosted-profiles (.mobileconfig) files without factory-reset, curious why didn't you go for that route? Just to make it harder?

> installing a configuration profile isn't supported with lockdown mode

You can disable lockdown mode, install the .mobileconfig, enable lockdown mode again. Which is what I did with https://apple.nextdns.io

Re: iPhone dumbphone

#10

Post by stopachka » Mon, Sep 08, 2025, 6:04 PM UTC

captn3m0 wrote: post #2

afaik installing a configuration profile isn't supported with lockdown mode, so you have to pick one. but neat hack. I've installed hosted-profiles (.mobileconfig) files without factory-reset, curious why didn't you go for that route? Just to make it harder?

> lockdown mode

That's interesting. I didn't know about lockdown mode. Noting!

> I've installed hosted-profiles (.mobileconfig) files without factory-reset, curious why didn't you go for that route?

Afaik the only way to disable the App Store is to go through this schlep of a factory reset and having Configurator prepare the phone for 'supervision'.