I have "find my iphone" installed on my iphone 4, which I lost last weekend. I opened the app once, but do not have an icloud account. Is it possible to find my phone? If so, how?
(I don't think I can set up an iCloud account on my computer because my macbook is too old to update to an operating system that supports iCloud, but could set it up on my brother's computer or something if it would be helpful.) This is just really frustrating because I know my phone is somewhere in either Ridgefield or Danbury, Connecticut, and like I said I do have "find my iphone" installed - just not sure if it's useful at all without already having the iCloud account - but I have no idea where/how to start looking.
The Find My iPhone app does not have to be installed on the device. The app only helps you locate other iOS devices from your device. What has to have happened is for you to have setup iCloud on the device and turn on Find My iPhone there. If that is on, you do not have to worry about installing iCloud on the computer, just open your browser and go to www.icloud.com. From there, log in to your iClooud account and you should be able to locate your device.
If you did not set up iCloud on the iPhone, there is no way for you to track the device. Make sure you change all of your passwords for all accounts you have on the phone, report it to the police and your carrier.
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