PIN on SIM Card…

Final tip in case your phone gets stolen… Put a PIN on your Phone’s SIM card. 

Then whenever you reboot your phone or move your SIM card to a different device you have to put that PIN in.

Why do this?  

When a thief nicks your phone the first thing they do is take your SIM card out and put it into their own unlocked phone - that way they’ll be able to unlock your online & bank accounts because they would receive your SMS notifications to their unlocked criminal phone. They also could download your WhatsApp messages as these follow your telephone number. 

So lock your SIM.  Just use a simple four digit code.  

On an iPhone's SIM card with a PIN, you do the following:

Go to Settings

Select Mobile or Mobile Data

Select SIM PIN

Enter your SIM PIN

Tap Done

There might be an existing default PIN on it already (mine was 0000) so check with your operator first. 

The default SIM PINs for some UK mobile networks are:

O2: 0000

EE: 1111

3: 0000

T-Mobile: 1210

Virgin Mobile: 7890

iD Mobile: 0000

SMARTY: 0000

giffgaff: 5555