Find my iphone... wipe pending

My phone was stolen which I reported to my network / O2. I attempted to find the handset using find my iphone but was unable to locate it. I tried to wipe the data and that remains pending (5 days now). I also set up a 4 digit key-pass which it appeared to accept. What I want to know is whether or not the phone has been wiped or will it remain pending indefinitely; and will the handset be key-locked? Having read the find my iphone overview I can confirm that I had previously set up find my iphone as I was surprised that it located it three streets away from the address it was actually at, i.e. my home address with me.

My iphone was stolen in Israel recently and I didn't change my password for a few days. Big mistake. The thief wiped all my contacts which then wiped them on me.com and in turn wiped them on my home computer. Nightmare. My fault of course for having settings that allowed it. On the other hand I suppose I could call a few of his contacts that I now have Hebrew in my address book and let them know what a scumbag they have for a friend.
I hadn't realised that you can't wipe the phone unless it still has the original SIM in. Is there any other way of doing it that Apple can do for us?

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Hello rxander21,
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
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TS4006 when using find my iphone after wipping it says no divicer

My iphone 4s is stallen when I try using find my divicer after whipping
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Hi...
Unfortunately you cannot locate your device using Find my iPhone after performing a remote wipe.

Find My iPhone killed by "wipe" - rock and a hard place :-(

Here is a little story that did not end well, but maybe I am not understanding how Find My iPhone works. If I'm not, please let me know.
Last week my wife lost her iPhone and so we went through these steps:-
1. Used Find My iPhone to locate it - but it was switched off or out of range
2. Sent an alert to the phone requesting the finder call my iPhone's number
3. Waited for something to happen, checking Find My iPhone periodically, but it was not located
So here is the tough choice. "Wipe" the phone and destroy the "Find My iPhone" capability OR don't wipe it and maybe expose the data in the phone to unauthorized access. Not much of a choice.
So we decided to "wipe" the data off the iPhone, assuming that AT&T would still be able to locate the phone by its unique ID.
About 24 hours later, MobileMe sent my wife an email to advise that the "wipe was successful".
So somebody turned the phone on. We will never know if that "somebody" was willing to return the phone or planned to keep it, because "wipe" ensured that we could no longer communicate with the finder of the iPhone and we could no longer locate it.
On top of that AT&T told us that they could not use the iPhone's unique ID to help recover it, and that if someone decided to put another SIM card into the phone, then my wife's iPhone was theirs, and AT&T could/would do nothing to stop them.
What's wrong with this picture? Quite a lot, if you think it through!!
Is there anything we could have done better or could do now to get this iPhone back?

The answer to both questions is no, unfortunately.
If someone "finds" an iPhone, all they need to do is wipe it and the true owner cannot use Find my iPhone any more.
Cell phone companies won't track down a missing phone, or help in finding it unless directed so by law enforcement.
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Anyone know if you can rescind a remote wipe request in Find My IPhone?

Anyone know if you can rescind a remote wipe request in Find My IPhone?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
It seems that some users have been able to cancel an impending wipe or lock, simply by removing the device from the 'Find my phone feature', so long as the device is offline.
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Find my iphone... wipe pending

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