All you need to have is a browser and your AppleID details. Activation Lock prevents anyone from disconnecting your device from iCloud, changing Find My iPhone setting or erasing your device, unless they have your AppleID password. You can access iCloud through icloud.
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Once you complete the sign in, you will be able to see your dashboard. Click on Find My iPhone icon First one in second row. Find My iPhone interface opens up, which also includes a map. After the interface opens, click on All Devices drop-down menu and select your stolen or missing device.
Once you have selected the stolen or lost device, the tracking will start.
This might take a while. Once tracking is complete and the map shows the location of your iPhone or iPad on the map. Lost Mode can also activate location services on your device. However, the one drawback is that to track your iPhone or iPad without using tracking app through this method, the device needs to be on and connected to internet through WiFi or mobile data. You can, however, get a notification as soon as your lost device comes online. These steps are all you have to do to track your iPhone or iPad without having a tracking app.
There is another service that can help you track your iPhone or iPad without using tracking app. However, this method works when you have location history enabled on your device. PhotoStream which would have had to be active on your phone in order to retrieve photos to your pc or your mac now that it is lost. However, it is only as good as the last internet connection you were on and only if your were on that connection long enough for the photos to upload to photo stream. Any photo app you may have been using most likely has an online access.
Did you download a photo app? Do you have an itunes account? You can see what apps you have downloaded from there. If you use a mac you can see the photos in photo stream, a sunflower icon. Even if you had registered and jumped through all the hoops keeping app and updates up to par and a security passcode in place on the phone itself, your i phone tracking is not going to work at all unless the user is able to connect to the internet.
This is not going to happen unless they can access the internet by having your passcode. So this tracking system, insurance and protection code is in most all cases a false since of security. The except is possible I know.
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I found two iphones one time and saw the owners request to call them that was sent from the tracking system. I called and returned their phones. The people who have my phone have most likely dismantled it and are using the parts to recreate replications So, it isn't always about your information: Which brings up the next point. In the iphone tracking portion of icloud. I am not sure if this makes it unusable for the new owner of default or if it just clears your crap so they can actually use the phone. I've left my stuff on the phone thinking it is most likely already in pieces.
If you erase you phone via the icloud it seems you are no longer able to track it. So, do not bother with phone carrier insurance on phones: You have to specifically ask this of your agent or it is not a part of your coverage. Phone carrier insurance is a scam from A to Z these days Yes, it was once a useful tool. So, do not fret that you did not have this "service" activated. Do however, check to see if you can download Photo Stream to any computer and access your last uploaded pictures from the phone.
This application was most likely on your phone. Although you would have had to tie it to an account on the phone in order to tap into photo in a cloud of sorts. I am always fascinated by these threads: May 23, Thanks for your post -- as someone who's phone was just stolen in Paris, I appreciate that I was able to find the information out here. As tonefox correctly points out, this thread was from a few months ago, but it was timely for me. I have been trying to decide just how long to keep my information out there before employing the "erase data" option from Find My Phone.
Of course, it is discouraging to see that even employing that option, doesn't mean that anything gets done as nothing happens until my stolen phone gets connected to an internet source. I guess the lesson that I have learned is that it is helpful that I had set up a passcode on my phone for this trip. It seems like there is at least a level of some security at least I'm hoping so from what I have read that stops the thieves from getting access to my information.
If by some chance it does get turned on, then I guess I will have hopes of locating it. Probably very unrealistic to continue to hope, but I can be optimistic for a few more days at least. And if, as you pointed out, the phone has already been dismantled for the hardware parts, then it doesn't matter if I erase the data or not - correct? Jun 15, 2: You know there are actually things you can do to find your phone, lots of pay online sites have a money back guarantee they can locate the GPS pinging the towers on the phone. There are a ton of individual identification numbers for each iPhone.
They phone number is only one. You have your serial, uuid, meid, serial number, etc. Most buyers purchasing parts are repair shops or legit- and will report a flagged assembly , is a redic idea for the average person finding your phone in a PE class won't know how to do this. The systems you want to find this phone are called spy tracking software, they usually are used to see if a spouse is cheating.
And actually, even if you haven't clouded a device registered under your apple ID, should you load it on another apple device and log in- the system may still be able to locate, should the phone have not been wiped.
Try it, apple auto links via your hardware identification info and wifi addy your devices together via your apple ID, not the app installation. There are also a lot of ways to SMS message the phone and locate it. The police can triangulate the cell signal as it pings towers. It's done via GPS- not cell.
What else can the app do?
Without a sim, you have a much better chance if recovering it. They will do this for free.
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I've recovered many devices without the app, if people had a deeper understanding of the systems, it is not about installation- but using access points to find the GPS. You can't utilize the features fully, but you have options. Also be aware, legally, you have leverage, the replacement cost is a felony in most states, so getting a trace on GPS is very feasible. I'm a professional IT Apple Consultant and work a lot with crisis situations - as well as can develop and write advanced iOS which is a lot of languages. But apple has a million backdoors. You'll find the phone, good luck!!!
I just located one in Canada stolen 11 months ago, no app, never clouded. It popped up easily in the list of devices of the owner. Not a chance it's gonna be a cake walk for a hs kid who can't legally sell. Hope that helps- always google. The Mac forums tend to have pro advice, much more so then apple discussion boards. They are IT specialist not Mac users- we have a different understanding of the tech.
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