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Your iPhone stores contacts, messages, emails, as well as other important information, such as music, photos, videos. Hence it will cause great trouble and inconvenience when your iPhone gets lost or stolen. If you are reading this article, you may, unfortunately, leave your iPhone in coffee shop, bus, library, restaurant or have it stolen. Whether your iPhone has just been lost or stolen, read this article to track and find the lost iPhone with or without Find My iPhone.
Part 1. How to Locate Lost iPhone with Find My iPhone1. What is Find My iPhoneAs the name implies, Find My iPhone is a free app and service released by Apple Inc. that can be used to locate your lost iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple Watch, AirPods, and Mac on a map. Your device running iOS 9 or later has a built-in Find My iPhone, and for iOS 8 or older, it can be downloaded from the App Store for free. This app comes with three additional features to protect your iPhone.
2. How to Turn on Find My iPhonePlease note that Find My iPhone must be enabled in iCloud settings on your lost or stolen device before you can locate it with this app. In general, the Find My iPhone was already on when you bought your iPhone. But sometimes we need to turn it off, for example, restoring the iPhone. So please always keep Find My iPhone open. You can go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud and tap on Find My iPhone to turn it on. Don’t forget to turn on Send Last Location which is located inside the Find My iPhone settings. It will send the location of the device to the iCloud server before your iPhone is dead or turned off. 3. How to Locate Lost iPhone with Find My iPhoneWith Find My iPhone, you can locate your lost iPhone using other iOS devices, Mac, or PC. Here are the detailed steps.
Part 2. How to Find iPhone without Find My iPhoneIn case you forgot to turn on Find My iPhone, then you cannot locate your lost iPhone with this feature. But don’t fret. It is still possible to find your lost iPhone by other means. 1. Find Lost iPhone Using Google TimelineIf you have enabled Location Services and Location History on your iPhone, Google Timeline can record all the location data of your device. So you may try to use the Google Timeline to find the lost iPhone. However, this way is not viable when your iPhone is turned off or offline.
2. Locate Lost iPhone by GPS Tracking AppsSome GPS Tracking Apps may also help you locate your lost iPhone. Here we list two apps as an example. FoneHomeFoneHome insures to locate iPhone and get lost iPhone back and prevent sensitive data from falling into the wrong hands.
iHoundiHound uses a combination of the significant location GPS, real-time GPS, and WIFI signals built into your devices to determine its location. Besides, it will send your iPhone a push notification with a loud alarm when it got lost or stolen. And this app is not free; you have to pay for $3.99 to install it.
3. Track Lost iPhone with IMEI NumberIn simple terms, IMEI number is a unique 15 digit serial number assigned to iPhone and other mobile phones. Usually, you can see the IMEI number on the original packaging box. You can also find it in iCloud or another iOS device. You may change your SIM card multiple times, but you cannot change the IMEI number even once. It is a feasible way to track the lost iPhone with IMEI number, though it is not as effective as Find My iPhone. When you realize your iPhone has got lost or stolen, you can tell the details to your network service provider and ask them to add your IMEI number to the gray list of the IMEI database so that they can track your lost iPhone even if it is turned off. On top of that, remember to report your IMEI number to the law enforcement official, then they can inform you when they find your lost iPhone. You can also try your luck by uploading your IMEI number to some IMEI databases on the Internet. Part 3. How to Recover Data from Lost/Stolen iPhoneIt is so lucky to find the lost iPhone. But what if you fail to find your iPhone? Maybe you don’t care about the bucks your iPhone cost, yet you must want to get back the data on it. If you have the habit of backing up the iPhone regularly, you can restore the old backup to your other iOS device and get back the lost data. Wait a moment; this will wipe and overwrite the current data on your iOS device. If you don’t want that to happen, you may try an iPhone Backup Extractor to extract and save the data onto your computer.
How do you find someone elses iPhone?Tap People at the bottom of the screen, then tap the name of the person you want to locate. If your friend can be located: They appear on a map so you can see where they are. If your friend can't be located: You see “No location found” below their name.
How can I find the exact location of a lost iPhone?You can see your device's current or last known location in the Find My app. Tap Devices at the bottom of the screen, then tap the name of the device you want to locate. If the device can be located: It appears on the map so you can see where it is.
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