Lost my iPhone and why doesn't find my iPhone work

Lost my iPhone and why doesn't find my iPhone work

A friendly reminder: In order to use Find My IPhone Successfully, you need to 1. Turn on Location Services, 2. Lock Location Services (Using Restrictions in Settings, General, Restrictions) so that if some one else finds your IPhone, they can NOT turn off Find My IPhone And/Or Location Services itself! 3. Add your Mobile Me and/Or ICloud Account to your IPhone. 4. Lock Accounts (Again in Restrictions) from being changed or Deleted so that your Mobile Me And/OR ICloud Account can NOT be Deleted! 5. Look Up the Location of your IPhone Before Suspending Service to the IPhone, NOT after Suspending Service (simple common since applies here as well).

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  • I recently lost my iPhone and tried to use "Find my iPhone" but did not see my phone listed. Why is that?

    I recently lost my iPhone and tried to use "Find my iPhone" but did not see my phone listed. Why is that?

    If it is not turned on and connected to the Internet it will not show up.  If has been restored to factory condition it will not show up.

  • Help i lost my iphone and i have the find my iphone app on my phone but cant seem to figure it out without my iPhone

    help i lost my iphone and i have the find my iphone app on my phone but cant seem to figure it out without my iPhone

    Did you have Find My iPhone enabled on your iPhone in its settings? If so, go to www.icloud.com and use your Apple iCloud ID to use the Find My iPhone app.

  • I recently lost my iPod and ive been using find my iPhone to send messages to it, my email instantly tells me that it had been displayed or it suonded off however it doesn't find it's current location. you guys think this app actually works??

    i recently lost my 3rd Gen iPod and ive been using find my iPhone to send messages to it, my email then instantly tells me that it had been displayed or it suonded off however it doesn't find the iPod's current location. you guys think this app actually works? i feel like my alerts are just bouncing back at me. please help. Thanks!

    ... AFAIC Location Services is a joke.
    With both devices sitting side by side on my kitchen table, Location Services has NEVER shown the devices to be any where close to each other, and at times Location Services has been as much as a 1/4 of a mile off between the two devices.
    Your iPod Touch has no GPS receiver so determining its location relies upon wireless routers whose location is known. Its "location" is actually that of a wireless router. Your iPhone 4 can use GPS, cellular triangulation, and Wi-Fi. One would think GPS would be most accurate but urban areas have a greater density of cells and GPS signals are easily obstructed so cellular triangulation is often more accurate.
    Therefore the two devices' locations can be expected to be different. Differences of a quarter mile are easily explained if you understand how location services works: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1975
    Skyhook Wireless (I think Apple uses its own database now): http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/
    Location Services is not a "joke"; its intended use is for basic navigation and for such applications as determining where the nearest restaurant is. It cannot tell you that your iPod is under the couch cushions and that your iPhone is in the car.

  • I have multiple iphones and want to use find my iphone how do I track more than 1 phone

    How do I set up multiple iPhones on 1 account for "find my iPhone"?

    Find My iPhone is tied to the iCloud account that each device is using.  You can track all your phones without sharing the same iCloud account by going to icloud.com, signing into the account that the phone you want to track is using, and clicking Find My iPhone.  This can also be done from your phone by using the Find My iPhone app (available in the App store).
    Of course, you could track them all using a single ID if you were willing to share the iCloud account across all the phones.  However, there are significant disadvantages to doing this.  They would all share the same 5GB of free iCloud storage, the same iCloud email account, the same photo stream, and all the synced data (contacts, calendars, notes, reminders, etc.) would be merged across all of the phones.  If they belong to different people, you would end up with each other's data on your phones.

  • Why doesn't Find my iPhone work?

    I have set up the Find my iPhone app on my iPod, but it seems to be entirely useless. Perhaps you can help me understand what's going on here and why it's having problems.
    The app is set up on my computer and my iPod. I recently left my iPod in the car, and later found it there, but the app was no help. Here are the details.
    Before finding my iPod (manually), I tried to locate it via the app. I thought it could have still been in the house, where it would have been connected to the internet. (It wasn't.) Before searching the car, I opened Find my iPhone from the computer, where it told me the location of the computer, but not the iPod, which it said was offline. I turned on "lost mode", clicked "play a sound", and checked "notify me when found." Of course, since it was offline, not much could be done about it. I understand what's going on so far.
    Then, I went to the car to search for my iPod, and I found it there. I brought it inside, and it immediately connected to the internet. It downloaded my email, worked perfectly. Except, Find my iPhone still didn't find it. I even opened Find my iPhone from ON the device I wanted it to find, and it still listed the very same device as "offline" -- even when I checked it from that device, which was connected to the internet, logged in, had the app open, downloading other things fine...  I can even eliminate the possibility that it was searching for a different device, because it was labeled "This Device" when I select it on Find my iPhone from the iPod. It listed the pending actions, which "will take effect when this iPod connects to the Internet." It isn't even a case where this app wasn't connecting, while other apps were connecting -- the app was connecting well enough to tell me the location of my computer. But it still said the iPod was offline.
    What is going on here? In this case, I found my iPod on my own and don't need help with that, but the app seems so completely useless I don't know what circumstances would have to be where it WOULD find it. I understand the limitations -- that it can only find a device that is on and connected -- but it should at least be useful for playing a sound on a device that fell behind the dresser or some such, and it doesn't even seem to be doing that properly. What's wrong? Is there some way to fix this?
    Thank you!

    It sounds like the iPod's Find My [Device] feature became disconnected to the service.  This can sometimes happen after a password change or something weird like an update.
    Try this and see if it helps give you some consistency.
    On the iPod, go to Settings > iCloud and turn off Find my iPod (you may be prompted for your iCloud password if you are on iOS 7).  Next Tap Delete Account at the bottom and "Keep on my iPod" for any pop-ups that have this option.
    This action should kick you back to the main Settings screen.  Tap on iCloud again and it should prompt you for your password (don't log in, just make sure it shows that to ensure you are logged out).
    Restart your iPod by holding the Power (Sleep/Wake) Button and sliding to power off.  Wait about 2 - 3 minutes then power it back on.
    Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.
    Go to Settings > Wifi and tap your home network and join it again.
    Go to Settings > iCloud.  Sign in again with your Apple ID and password.  Allow iCloud to use the location of your device (Find my iPod switch is on).
    Check iCloud.com or the Find my iPhone app to see if your ipod is now locatable.
    Also, Go to Settings > Privacy > Locaiton Services and make sure Find my [Device] is turned on.

  • I lost my iPhone and cannot access the " find my iPhone" app. HELP!

    Ok I was sitting in my couch last night, shoved the phone under the couch and left it there. It is the following night, I checked every couch cushion, AND NOTHING!!! I can't get the "Find my iPhone" app on my iTunes on a non-apple computer. I need help!!!!

    Lost or Stolen iOS device  >  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5668
    Also See... locate your iOS device or Mac

  • I lost my ipod and don't have find my iphone app set up on it. is there a way i can still lock it?

    i lost my ipod and don't have the find my iphone app set up on it. is there a way i can still lock it?

    No.

  • Ok why doesn't find my iphone have a selection to turn back on location services? it only makes sense in the case that whoever stole ur ipad will turn it off.

    ok so first off my ipad was stolen, it was all my savings since im a college student attending uci and now the art institutes. my ipad was stolen the other day and the first thing the culprit did was turn of location services. i had find my iphone installed and running and everything but they turned it off. there should be an update for find my iphone to turn location services back on in this case. or is it that apple is so money hungry even after making billions that they wish for me to buy another one as if im made of money? seriously? apple claims to take care of their consumers, yet i get the run around and so do thousands of other apple fans when it comes to stolen property, **** it should be part of ios to take advantage of the gps, wifi signal, cellular signal etc. to trace a apple product yet it's not even on apple's todo list? some customer service.

    Sorry for your loss, but had you put a lock code on you iPad, the theif would not likely have been able to go in and turn off location services to begin with.  The sad truth however is, once an iPad/iPhone/iPod is stolen, it's pretty difficult to stop someone from getting away with it.  It's not Apple's fault and they can't be responsible for theft.  It's just a sad testimony to our society........And while your blaming Apple for your loss, just remember that No, Zero, Nada, electronics manufacturers get involved in theft.  Nor do cellular providers.  Theft is an issue for the police, not the manufacturer or service provider.

  • Lost my iphone4s and tried to use find my iphone app but always saying off line ...any ideas

    lost my iphone 4s tried touse find my iphone app but always saying off line any ideas

    Two possibilities:
    1. Maybe it's not turned on.
    2. Maybe the iPad is wiped (setup as new)

  • I am updating my iPhone and am stuck on Find my iPhone. It won't let me press the next button and continue

    Please help me.  I am stuck on Find My iPhone.  It won't let me press the next button and continue.  I can go back to iCloud Backup and forward to Find My iPhone, but cannot continue, whether I choose Use or Don't Use.

    Make an appointment at the Genius Bar at Apple and have the device checked.

  • I lost my ipod and i didnt have find my iphone on what do i do?

    HElp

    - Yuo do not need any app, if you previously turned on the FIndMyiPod feature and location service is on, and wifi is on and connected go to iCloud, sign in, and go to FindMyiPhone. It the iPod has been restored it will never show up.
    - Report to police and change the passwords fro all accounts used on the iPod.
    - Apple will not help
    Reporting a lost or stolen Apple product

  • Hi, I lost my iPhone 4S and disabled it via find my iPhone app, it didn't have a sim in and was used like an iPod touch, I have since recovered the phone and it displays disabled, any ideas how I can re-activate the phone

    Lost my iPhone and disabled it via find my iPhone app, recently recovered the lost phone and the screen says disabled try again in 22987708 minutes! How do I re activate phone?

    Force it to recovery mode and restore it using iTunes.
    Use iTunes to restore your iOS device to factory settings
    support.apple.com/kb/ht1414 
    Make sure you know your Apple ID password.
    CHEERS !

  • HT1766 i can't sync my iphone and can view my pics on iphone

    my computer can't find the pics in my iphone, and itunes can't find my iphone too

    Are you sure that it doesn't say that itunes is not the latest version?

  • Why Doesn't the XIRR function work?

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    Hi,
    I am receiving that same error when the last item in the array is 0, otherwise all works perfectly.
    When I run the same group of numbers and dates in Excel it returns without issue.
    -265500.00,-690000.00,-570000.00,16814.25,-855000.00,-619500.00,55293.46,30411.40,15183.76,  0.00
    01-25-2007,03-06-2007,05-02-2007,06-29-2007,08-01-2007,08-24-2007,09-17-2007,03-14-2008,05-28-2008,03-31-2010
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    Is there a known bug in Crystal's XIRR function when the last value is 0? 
    Or a hot-fix that will repair this?
    Thanks in advance,
    Gary
    PS. I am using Crystal XI Product Version: 11.0.0.2495

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