I had my iphone stolen 9 months ago. I had find my iphone set to erase when next connected to the internet. Today I received an email telling me my iphone was erased last May. Why would it take so long to tell me this?
I had my iphone stolen 9 months ago. I'd set up the find my iphone function set to erase all contents when the phone was next connected to the internet. 1 hour ago I had an email telling me my phone was erased last May. Why would it take so long to inform me?
It is unlikely that any of us fellow users would know. Ask Apple. They're not here.
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Stolen iphone - why didn't it notifiy me when it connected to the internet?
I have a couple of questions. First, my son's iphone was stolen a few weeks ago. Within an hour it was noticed and we put it in lost mode. It was no where to be found. We left it on our sprint account, hoping that when it got turned on, it would be locked when it connected to the internet. Last night, evidently it connected because it was no longer activated, and it had my number on the lock screen. Someone, claming they bought it from someone else, said they had my number and they called me. I got it back, and I am ridiculously lucky.
But not really happy with apple.
On my phone, I had my son's icloud email added. CS said that as soon as it gets connected to the internet, I'd get an email notifying me where it was. No such thing happened. In fact, when I went to get the phone out of lost mode, it was deactivated, and location settings were turned off. I got a very unhelpful email that the phone was found, which I was aware of since it was in my hand. Where was that email?
My other question is that the person who gave it to me insisted that they could have wiped it, even with it in lost mode, and she was being super honest and wanted credit for her honesty - which I'm not a theif and I didn't see anyone giving me credit for not stealing anything I see not bolted down. That was particularly annoying, though I remained gracious and thanked her profusely.
Is that really possible? This was the latest update of 7.1.1 . And why didn't we get notified of where it was? I think she thought we could find her, which is why I think she gave it back. Othewise, it might just be lost forever. I'm fairly certain that the person who stole it thought we'd give up and get it off our account, and the internet would never connect to notify us of where it was. Glad I was patient.
So educate me - how is this REALLY supposed to work?
It also was a beast to restore. It forever couldn't connect to the servers through my wifi in my house. I finally gave up and in the morning it did what it was supposed to. It truly was a nightmare, not even counting the whole stress of the phone being stolen in the first place. I wondered if it was possible that there was any kind of a virus put on it (I know, I know - apple is supposed to be virus free) or perhaps it might have been cloned. It was exceptionally frustrating that the phone wasn't working properly. When we updated it, it had wiped itself and we had to start from scratch (6 weeks ago) and it behaved much the same last night.If you did not disable access to control center from the lockscreen, then it is trivially easy to put it in airplane mode in an attempt to prevent it from being wiped or locked.
If Find my iPhone is active, which it apparently was, there is no way the phone could be wiped and used without the password for your Apple ID. It can be wiped, but it can't be activated or used after that. It's a brick without your credentials.
I'm not a trusting person, I would tend to believe that the person who gave you your phone back was a disgruntled thief who realized they had more chance of getting you to cough up a reward than they did of being able to use the phone, or, at best, someone who knowingly purchased a stolen phone from someone and discovered the same thing.
I would have called the police. -
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marilynmonroe9123 wrote:
I lost my iPhone in an airplane, it is in Lost Mode but it needs to be connected to the internet. Is there any possible way to take it out of airplane mode from any other apple device?
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See this https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20131119125513AAtRloc
I just did it. To enter DFU mode, I had to use "method 3" on this post
http://thebigboss.org/guides-iphone-ipod-ipad/dfu-mode
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Hi Suport,
My iphone was stolen yesterday so I decided to delete my device in find my iphone, but the it has not yet been deleted bec the device is not connected to the internet yet. Can I undo my changes before it will be deleted from icloud? I want to undo the changes because I may find my phone when it connects to the internet. Thank you
See image below:
email is [email protected] for questions thank you Apple. I hope you could help me.Sorry, you can't undo your action remotely.
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The SN will only help identify the iPod as yours if it is recovered.
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iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398?viewlocale=en_US
Reset network settings by tapping Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.
Note: This will reset all network settings including
previously connected Wi-Fi networks and passwords
iOS and OS X: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4199
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Why does it take so long to receive an email from find my iphone
Why does it take so long to receive an email from find my iphone
Well, first off, you do not know where your iPhone is..it could be anywhere and on any network with a
ghost network to boot.. Go into your local Police Station, tell them your iPhone has been Stolen & give them All the info you have,, then claim on your house insurance.......If your "Find My iPhone" is On and you still cannot trace it...
What can I say...............
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