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If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is lost or stolen If you lose your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch or think it might be stolen, these steps might help you find it and protect your information. If Find My iPhone is enabled on your missing device You can use Find My iPhone to find your device and take additional actions that can help you recover it and keep your information safe.
Open Find My iPhone, and select a device to view its location on a map. If the device is nearby, you can have it play a sound to help you or someone nearby find it. Turn on Lost Mode. Report your lost or stolen device to local law enforcement. Law enforcement might request the serial number of your device.
Find your device serial number. To prevent anyone else from accessing the data on your missing device, you can erase it remotely.
When you erase your device, all of your information including credit, debit, or prepaid cards for Apple Pay is deleted from the device, and you won't be able to find it using Find My iPhone. After you erase a device, you can't track it. This allows another person to turn on and use your device. Report your lost or stolen device to your wireless carrier, so they can disable your account to prevent calls, texts, and data use.
Your device might be covered under your wireless carrier plan. This method only works if you have location reporting and location history enabled on your iPhone or iPad. Although this is an invasion of your privacy and some people intentionally disable location services on their devices, it can be very helpful when you lose your phone.
Using this tool, you can see where your lost phone was located the last time it sent its location data to Google. In case your iPhone is still on and is connected to the web, it will continue sending its location so you can see exactly where it is and go get it back. Even if it the battery is dead, you can still see its last reported location.
This method is kind of a last resort method and requires several things to actually help you find your device. First, you need to have the Google Photos app installed with automatic photo upload and location sharing enabled.
This means that every photo which is taken with your device is uploaded to your Google Photos account. By default, this only happens if your device is connected to WiFi. Second, someone has to take pictures with your lost iphone. In case your device is actually stolen, then this scenario is not that unlikely to happen.
If you find such pictures, click on them and check on the right sidebar if a location was attached to them. Please be careful in case you were able to find the location of your iPhone this way. Face the facts, someone stole your phone and is using it without being too concerned about being found.
Contact local authorities, tell them what you know and let them do their job. Since I published this article, many people post comments with similar questions. Below you can find answers to the most asked questions. I hope this helps some of you! Let me ask you the following: Same thing applies to tracking your phone.
As soon as it goes back online someone charges and turns it on, for example , Find My iPhone will notify you. Click on Find iPhone in the main menu.
Click the device name for the device you'd like to track. Here is an explanation of what each does: Play sound - Plays an audible tone, even if your device is on vibrate or silent. This is the option you'll want to use if your iPhone or iPad has gone missing around the house. Lost mode - If you use this option, you'll be asked to enter a phone number that will display on the screen of your lost device.
Lost Mode locks your iOS device, Apple Watch, or Mac so that others can’t access your personal information. If you can’t find your device, turn on Lost Mode right away using Find My iPhone on www.narcose.nl For more information, see the Apple Support article If your iPhone, iPad. Find the approximate location of your iOS device, Apple Watch, AirPods, or Mac computer using Find My iPhone on www.narcose.nl You can locate.
Someone can then use this number to call if they find the device. An audible tone will also be played to draw attention to the device. You can then track any device linked to your iCloud account by following these steps: Log in with your iCloud ID.
Tap on the name of the device you'd like to track. Here you have the same 3 options you have in the web view of iCloud: If you aren't sure how, you can follow our guide: How to remotely delete all credit cards from Apple Pay Not using an iPhone?