"Find my IPhone" useless in No Wifi No Signal environment.

I found IPhone 5 got a new function, "Find my IPhone", but I always feel a little doubt about it.
Recently I travelled abroad to Honduras. Without communication service and no wifi, and also no international communication service due to high fees, I found the function is quite vulnerable in this situation. My friend's IPhone5 was robbed from hand in Honduras, and the thief escaped in no time, all of us have no way to do about that.
I thought of "Find my IPhone" function, but the place where accident happened is nearly no wifi and no signal where this function becomes useless. Also, suppose a situation that IPhone5 is closed by the thief, then we still cannot trace IPhone through this function.
Hopefully further improvement be added to this function, maybe.

i did not download anything just went in to settings> Mail,Contacts,Calenders> Add account> Mobileme > login with itunes ID.
i had to change my Itunes ID from a ID to my email address in itunes of this to work. i done this by going https://appleid.apple.com/en_US/signin and logged in and changed my Apple ID by clicking on the button that said "Apple ID and Primary Email Address"
this then made my apple ID "MY" email address that i used to sign up itunes with.
I am guessing apple are going to fix the issue where if u dont have an email user name at some point. but i will just change my user email ID back to my old ID when they fix this

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How can I set up find my iPhone so that my wife can find it from her phone

Find my iPhone is tied to the iCloud account set up on the device. If you set up your iCloud account on your device, the only way for her to track it on her phone would be to use the free Find My iPhone app and login with your AppleID and password.

Does Find My Iphone Connect To Random Wifi Networks In Attempts To Locate Ones Apple Product ?

I am and though i have my music backed up was wondering how efficent is this service ? Does It Connect To All Every Or Any Wifi Networks In Range To Help Find Product ?

The device must be connected to a wifi network (unless it's an iPhone, which can also connect using cellular data) in order to be located with Find My iPhone. This means that it must be ibe a known wifi network (one that it has connected to before) in order to be located, not a random one.

Find My iPhone useless without SIM?

My brand new iPad 3 (wifi+cellular) has been stolen, and I had yet purchased a SIM card for it......
Even though it has GPS, the fact that it cannot connect to a network basically means that I am out of luck getting its location?
Thanks

If it connected to a network via Wifi, Find My iPhone could work. The GPS chip in a Cellular iPad does not require Cellular service. But the reality is most thieves are well versed in how to restore a stolen iPad as a new device, so it's probably lost for good.
Reporting it to Apple will not help you as Apple does not get involved in lost or stolen devices.
Reporting it to the police is the first thing you should do.
Next, change your Apple ID password. Then change your Mail Account(s) passwords and the passwords of any apps in which you have a credit card tied to it. For example, the Starbucks App.
Very sorry for your loss, but most stolen devices are never recovered.

HT201472 I press lost mode to find my iPhone 4s but my wife find it but it look like is blanck and donot do anything what ca i do

I lost my iPhone 4s I press Vito find my iPhone but wife find it but is look like is lock the screen is blue

Hello Eltitiramirez,
It sounds like you are unable to unlock your phone after putting it into Lost mode, because the screen is blue. I would reset the phone with this:
To reset, press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for at least 10 seconds, until you see the Apple logo.
From: Turn your iOS device off and on (restart) and reset
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
That should force the phone to restart, so you can enter the passcode to get the phone out of Lost mode.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
All the very best,
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ITunes does not find my iPhone or iPad on wifi

I am constantly having problems syncing my iPhone or iPad to iTunes. Somedays it works fine and other days iTunes does not even know I have any other devices...... very very very irritating. What can I do to resolve this? I have rebooted all machines. I have synced with a cable. Once back on wifi woooops device gone no sync no find iTunes does not even want to know about this device no more.....
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Hi Springbk,
If you've tried all of the troubleshooting in the previous article, including making sure the required ports are not being blocked, then I suggest you reach out for additional support by using another one of Apple's support resources - https://getsupport.apple.com/GetproductgroupList.action
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My iPhone 4S is showing as offline on "find my iPhone" even though it has full signal and wifi and all settings activated?

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When iPad is off and not connected to internet, you'll will not be able to track, lock or wipe the iPad.
Apple do not track iPad.

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Did you try to reset the phone by holding the sleep and home button until the Apple logo comes back again?
If this does not work, try to set it up as new device, without using the latest backup, in case it contains corrupt data. How to back up your data and set up as a new device
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Why is my phone suddenly not showing up in Find my iPhone?

I live overseas and use a pre-paid/pay-as-you-go set up with my iPhone 5. I recently returned to the US for vacation, and bought a one-month t-mobile plan for my phone, meaning I switched to a new SIM card and phone number for the month. Yesterday my phone came up missing. I looked for it in the Find my iPhone app on my wife's phone, and the device is not listed. Is that because I switched the phone number/SIM card, or because someone has stolen it and disabled this function?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

If the iPhone is offline (powered off, out of coverage area, in airplane mode) it won't be detectible by find my iPhone. If the new owner has already erased/restored the software well, it's just not your iPhone anymore.

Does the ipod touch itself need wifi in order to use find my iphone??

My ipod touch 4g got stolen and i have find my iphone turned on but my question is does the ipod itself need wifi to track it down?? I've tried so many times i played sound, i have a passcode lock on it, i even sent a message to my ipod... But i try to locate it, it says it's offline.it down?? if so there's no way to point to try to find it Right??

Change your iTunes (Apple ID) password along with any other password that was stored in the iPod. If any passwords are associated with credit cards, contact the CC company and get your card replaced (with a new number). If any passwords are associated with a bank or any other savings institution, contact them also and discuss approprate action with them.
The "Find my..." function is pretty much useless if the device is in the hands of a thief. All that is necessary is for the thief to connect to any computer with iTunes and "Restore as new."
The only real protection you have is with the personal information on the device rather than the physical device itself. This requires action before the device is lost/stolen. If the device has significant personal information, it should have a strong 8-digit (or longer) password AND be configured for automatic wipe in the event of ten consecutive incorrect password entries.

I lost my iPod and I've been using the app find my iPhone. But when I would use it it would tell me, my iPod has been offline like (no wifi). Is there a way for you guys to turn it online?

I lost my iPod it's almost been a week now , but I've been using find my iPhone to track it. Recently it showed that my IPod has been offline (wifi) now so I've been wondering if there's a way for Apple to turn it back online (wifi)

- If you previously turned on FIndMyiPod on the iPod in Settings>iCloud and wifi is on and connected go to iCloud: Find My iPhone, sign in and go to FIndMyiPhone. If the iPod has been restored it will never show up.
iCloud: Find My iPhone
- You can also wipe/erase the iPod and have the iPod play a sound via iCloud.
- If not shown, then you will have to use the old fashioned way, like if you lost a wallet or purse.
- Change the passwords for all accounts used on the iPod and report to police
- There is no way to prevent someone from restoring the iPod (it erases it) using it unless you had iOS 7 on the device. With iOS 7, one has to enter the Apple ID and password to restore the device.
- Apple will do nothing without a court order
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Lost Ipad today and erased on find my Iphone then later i found it before it was able to erase via wifi how can I reverse the request for erasing to keep all my current content the same

Today I lost my IPad and was FREAKING OUT !!!!! When a couple of store attendants told me to use the ICLOUD find my Iphone option in order to erase all the content just in case it fell into wrong hands. Within an hour via survelance video we located the ipad prior to being able to connect to internet and erase everything.
Now I am keeping the power off keeping it untouched or unerased, QUESTION TO COMMUNITY???? Is there a way for me to successfully avoid the erase process that is due to occurr once I power up and hit the WIFI???? Appreciate any input up front, BRfromGR

You cannot prevent it from being erased now. But surely you backup with iCloud or iTunes and/or sync with iTunes so when you get the iPad up and running again, just restore from your iCloud backup, or your iTunes backup and then sync with iTunes again and you will be OK.
If you don't backup or sync .... Well then you should probably think about doing so in the future. Out of the mouth of a Apple ......
If you erase then find your iOS device, you can restore the information on the device using iCloud Backup (if backup was turned on before you erased it) or iTunes. For more information, see iCloud storage and backup overview, or your device’s user guide in Safari bookmarks or on the Apple Support website.

Forgot password.Tried to wipe by using Find my iPhone but won't connect to wifi even though it is turned on in the lock screen.Then tried to restore through iTunes but couldn't because Find my iPad on. Removed the iPad but iTunes still not working. Help!

My daughter stopped using her iPad when she got an iPhone for Christmas. It has been over one month and she has forgotten her passcode. I tried to wipe it via Find my iPhone but it won't connect to the wifi even though wifi is switched on on the lock screen. I then tried to restore it through iTunes but was unable to becuase Find my iPhine was switched on so I removed the iPad from the device list only to find that it didn't solve anything with the iTunes situation and it still won't connect to the wifi. I ahve tried turning wifi on and off, tried leaving the house and re-entering all to no avail. Is there any other way to restore the iPad????

FORCE IPAD INTO RECOVERY MODE
1. Turn off iPad
2. Turn on computer and launch iTune (make sure you have the latest version of iTune)
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4. Hold Home button down and plug the other end of cable into docking port. Do not release button until you see picture of iTune and plug (very important)
5. Release Home button.
ON COMPUTER
6. iTune has detected iPad in recovery mode. You must restore this iPad before it can be used with iTune.
7. Select "Restore iPad"...
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One of my friend stole my iphone 5 and he knows my password for the phone but he's not using wifi or the sim network cause he knows that I enabled find my iphone and I wanna lock it or burn the phone he is using my pictures

one of my friend stole my iphone 5 and he knows my password for the phone but he's not using wifi or the sim network cause he knows that I enabled find my iphone and I wanna lock it or burn the phone he is using my pictures and he has shared most of my pictures and the find my phone says it will erase the phone once it will be contact to the internet
what about if he didn't? what to do pls I need to lock the phone as soon as possible am living in saudi arabia and we dont have apple store here to support me I need to contact anyone in apple store so I can give him the serial numbere and IMEI so they lock the phone with out waiting him to contact to the internet
I made a report but the problem is it was stolen from of my best friends and I dont know which one we were 4 persons in my house so I dont know which one exactly but it seems I was unlucky to chose them as best friends and trusted them for 2 years and now he's shairing my privte pictures which has dameged my life and if the goverment saw my pictures they will but me in jail for those pictures which is noraml gay pictures but our country difficutl pls any one help me

What To Do If Your iDevice Is Lost Or Stolen
If you activated Find My Phone before it was lost or stolen, you can track it only if Wi-Fi is enabled on the device. What you cannot do is track your device using a serial number or other identifying number. You cannot expect Apple or anyone else to find your device for you. You cannot recover your loss unless you insure your device for such loss. It is not covered by your warranty.
If your iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch, or iPad is lost or stolen what do you do? There are things you should have done in advance - before you lost it or it was stolen - and some things to do after the fact. Here are some suggestions:
This link, Re: Help! I misplaced / lost my iPhone 5 today morning in delta Chelsea hotel downtown an I am not able to track it. Please help!, has some good advice regarding your options when your iDevice is lost or stolen.
1. Reporting a lost or stolen Apple product
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7. Find My iPhone
8. Report Stolen iPad | Stolen Lost Found Online
It pays to be proactive by following the advice on using Find My Phone before you lose your device:
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2. Setup your iDevice on iCloud
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I've lost my iphone with passcode lock and find my iphone lock on but the wifi n cellular data was turned off so no way i can trace it so the only question remains is will the person who finds it be able to unlock it and use it as his own ?

i've lost my iphone with passcode lock and find my iphone lock on but the wifi n cellular data was turned off so no way i can trace it so the only question remains is will the person who finds it be able to unlock it and use it as his own ?
is it possible to change imei number?
i've tried for so many times n still the phone is offline so i've set it to offline mode with my message but it never shows the last location why?

If the device is found, nobody can use it without knowing your Apple ID and password.
The phone will only show it's location if it is connected to cellular network or Wi-Fi. If those options are switched off, you can't locate the phone.
With iOS 7, Find My iPhone includes a new feature called Activation Lock, which is designed to prevent anyone else from using your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch if you ever lose it. It starts working the moment you turn on Find My iPhone in iOS 7. With Activation Lock, your Apple ID and password will be required before anyone can:
Turn off Find My iPhone on your device
Erase your device
Reactivate and use your device
This can help you keep your device secure, even if it is in the wrong hands, and can improve your chances of recovering it. Even if you erase your device remotely, Activation Lock can continue to deter anyone from reactivating your device without your permission. All you need to do is keep Find My iPhone turned on, andremember your Apple ID and password.
What steps should I take if I misplace my device?
If you ever misplace your device—whether it’s just lost or you think it may have been stolen—you should put it into Lost Mode immediately using Find My iPhone.
Lost Mode locks your screen with a four-digit passcode and lets you display a custom message with your phone number to help you get it back. You can also remotely erase your device if needed, and your custom message will continue to display even after the device is erased.
While Activation Lock works in the background to make it more difficult for someone to use or sell your missing device, Lost Mode clearly indicates to anyone who finds your device that it still belongs to you and can’t be reactivated without your password.
To put a device into Lost Mode, sign in to icloud.com/find from a Mac or PC or use the Find My iPhone iOS app.
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copied from iCloud: Find My iPhone Activation Lock in iOS 7

"Find my IPhone" useless in No Wifi No Signal environment.

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