How to keep stolen phone in Lost mode
Hi,
So sadly some jerk have stolen my gfs phone. And we have tracked it all the way to his house and all that jazz. Sadly cops won't do anything about it, despite us knowing the exact location of the phone (he also stole her wallet).
So we have put the phone in lost mode, and the theif is trying to wait us out we believe.
Next step is getting a replacement phone for her, but how do we do that and keep the one in lost mode? I mean the least we can do is keeping the idiot from using it.
If we just do a restore of the backup it will override the old one in icloud devices, wont it?
//C
If the stolen iPhone had iOS 7 on it, then the Activation Lock will block attempts by the thief to restore the iPhone. If it had iOS 6 or earlier on it, there's nothing anyone can do to prevent the thief from restoring the iPhone. Setting up a new iPhone and restoring it from a backup of your old one will have no effect on the stolen iPhone.
Regards.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2700
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iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad
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.
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