Lost iPhone
Can you find my iphone?
Lost Fri., 5/21/21
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Thank you Elcpu. I’ve tried this. It only tells me where my ipad is which is what I am using to locate my iphone. I spoke with a technician at a local repair shop (CPR) and he said that my iphone is not connected to my ipad cloud. But according to utube I should still be able to locate my iphone using my ipad. Thank you for responding though. Let me know if you think of anything else.
ThePrincessBookClub
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If the phone is not signed into your iCloud account, then you cannot use Find My to locate it as that service requires the device be associated with your AppleID and iCloud. It doesn’t matter what other device you use, or just a web browser (www.iCloud.com/find). The lost or missing device must be associated with your iCloud account, be on, have location services on and Find My enabled in the iCloud account settings in order to be tracked.
Apple doesn’t take any action at all regarding people’s lost or stolen personal property. They don’t even take reports your device is missing.
Thank you for your response Michael. I just don’t understand why it is not showing up under my devices when I included my cellphone number during the initial set-up of my ipad. 🤷🏽♀️ Oh well. Thanks anyway. Maybe the local PD can help me.
Including your cell phone number has nothing to do with iCloud and Find My. It is the act of signing your AppleID into iCloud on that device that ties that device to your iCloud account. Then, as long as Find My is enabled in that device’s iCloud account settings, and location services is on, remote tracking is possible using www.iCloud.com/find.
Your cell phone number has nothing to do with Find My and Apple device remote tracking. Nor does anything you did on the iPad make the iPhone trackable with Find My if your AppleID wasn’t signed into iCloud on the iPhone itself.
Dang-it ☹️ Well, I have filed a Police Report. Hopefully, they can ping it.
Lost iPhone