How to Locate iPhone Without Find My iPhone App

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. Frequently asked questions about finding your iPhone Since I published this article, many people have posted comments with similar questions. Below you can find answers to the most asked questions.

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I hope this helps some of you! This feature alone makes stealing iPhones even harder than it was before. In this case, we recommend trying to locate your phone using Google Timeline, which is explained above. This activates location services on your iPhone remotely and immediately tries to locate it. It will stay activated as long as no one unlocks your device.

The whole sense behind erasing a phone is to delete everything, including personal data, images, user settings and all logins including iCloud. I recommend that you try to use your Google Maps Timeline covered above to get the last recorded location of your phone. How do I get my password back? Apple makes it fairly easy to reset your Apple ID password same one as on iCloud. All you need is your backup email account.

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Below you find the steps you need to follow: In your browser visit appleid. Either by sending a reset link to your backup email address or by answering the security questions you set up while creating your Apple ID account. Maybe you checked the wrong one and not the actual backup account you chose back when you first created your Apple ID. In the email, click the password reset link and follow the upcoming instructions. After that, you can enter a new password and confirm the password reset.

That way, even if the battery dies, you can find out where your iPhone is as long as no one moves it! Location Services should be enabled for Find My iPhone. Scroll through the list of apps until you get to Find iPhone. This should be set to While Using the App.

Find My iPhone from a computer only works if the iPhone is online. You can set up the program to tell you the next time your missing iPhone goes online. Just click the All Devices drop down menu, and choose your iPhone. Now there should be a box in the upper right-hand corner of the browser window.

If your iPhone is offline, you can check the box next to where it says Notify me when found. That same box has a few other fun options. You can set off an alarm on your iPhone from the web browser page. Just choose Play Sound. Just choose Erase iPhone. Next time your best digital friend goes missing, I hope this tutorial helps! Have you misplaced your iPhone before? Did using Find My iPhone from a computer save the day? Tell us about it in the comments section below.

On the web, click on "All Devices" and find the missing device in the list.

On iOS, scroll down to the missing device and tap it. On the web, a menu will pop up with the option to play a sound, erase the phone, or enable Lost Mode.

Choose Lost Mode. If activating Lost Mode on a device without a passcode, you will be prompted to create one. You'll be asked to enter a phone number where you can be contacted. Enter the number or choose "Next" to skip the option. If it's offline and later located, you will get an email when it connects to the Internet and can convey its location.

What's Accessible on a Lost iPhone? Some of the information a stranger can learn about you before Lost Mode is enabled on a lost device. Tag: Find My iPhone. Android or anything like that can't be installed.

Score: 4 Votes Like Disagree. Additionally, we need digital SIM cards, as thieves can just pop out the SIM card to prevent the phone from sending its location. Score: 2 Votes Like Disagree. A few months ago my iPhone fell out of my pocket after sitting in a chair at a gym, then it was stolen a few minutes later when I stepped away.

I saw it's 'last gasp' ping going down the road opposite way I drove on iCloud about 15 minutes later. Security cameras were "just out of view" of the chair. Pretty sure I saw it on Craigslist the next day, seller wouldn't respond, but his listing said he "had to sell it fast because he was going out of state" so??!!

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A few weeks later, I get a call from a lady who thinks she has my phone. The guy had reset it so the screen showed "Welcome to iPhone. So her husband connected to their wifi at home during the setup screens and then saw my lost phone message with my wife's cell. Happy to say it's back in my hands now!!! Morals of the story, turn ON find my iPhone, keep it locked, keep data backed up in real-time, and don't buy a phone without verifying it's not blacklisted! Score: 1 Votes Like Disagree. Nice summary of the features.

I sent a link out to all my family members who I am the tech support for. I did find it humorous that the author says that "Play Sound" and "Erase iPhone" are self-explanatory and then explains them :D. With Find My iPhone, you can locate lost devices, disable them, and even fully erase them, but unless you've been in a situation where you've needed these services, you may not know exactly how they work, what they do, or what information someone can access when they have your device. This guide covers the ins and outs of losing your iPhone or iPad , including settings that should be enabled beforehand for security purposes, how to use Apple's tools to look for your device, and what happens when it's in someone else's hands.

Click here to read more Apple cannot remotely activate the feature. If the feature is not turned on before its lost or stolen, you're out of luck.