I lost my iPhone, I only have the box and serial number can I trace it?

Click here for information; in addition, post notices around where it got lost, and if applicable, contact the Lost & Found department of the facility involved.

The serial number can only be used to tell if an already-found iPhone is yours.

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Follow these instructions:

If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is lost or stolen - Apple Support

Apple does not use the IMEI of your phone.

If your iPhone was set up with your Apple ID, and you had Find My enabled on the iPhone, you may be able to trace the location of the iPhone using Find My. You can also try marking it as Lost. Without a SIM or eSIM, the phone will not be learning of a Lost marking via cellular Internet, but there might be a chance of it learning of the lock via WiFi.

You can use Find My on one of your other Apple devices, connected to the same Apple ID, or log into the iCloud Web interface ( https://www.icloud.com/ ).

NOTE: If you think the phone was stolen, it probably would not be a good idea to travel to any location you may see, in person, to confront the criminals.

If the phone was stolen – or if it was lost, and found by dishonest people – the crooks may contact you, saying that they are from Apple, and wanting to reunite you with your lost phone. Apple will not contact you regarding lost or stolen iPhones. What such crooks are really after is for you to

• Give them your Apple ID, Apple ID password, and passcode information, and/or
• Remove your phone from the list of devices associated with your Apple ID

so that they can bypass Activation Lock, access your personal data, make the phone valuable to themselves (and their fences and their fences' customers), or rip you off in other ways.

Do not bite.

You have posted your personal email address and other personal information on a public forum visited by thousands or people from around the world. NEVER post personal information on a public forum. I have asked the forum hosts to delete your personal information for your safety.

raheel87 Said:

"I lost my iPhone, I only have the box and serial number can I trace it?: I have the IMEI number but it is use less for me as I don't have sim card in it, will you help me to find the location of my iPhone using serial number or any other source, If you can locate it please do help.[...]"

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If you think the phone is merely lost – and not stolen – there is the old-fashioned way of finding it.

Think about where you have been recently – where you might have misplaced it. Go back to those places, look for it, and check with any lost and found departments where an honest person might have turned it in.