Lost iPhone

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by MattyC

As an update for those that care, bomba's advice turned out to be the winner. Called my phone, guy picked up and we met up. It may seem odd that I didnt try this before, but it was 3 am when I realized my phone was missing and I tried that so I guess I figured that was good enough haha. Thanks for the help everyone, and I will definitely be downloading findmyiphone now.

Good of humanity wins again (here is to hoping the winning streak continues!)

[getbak]

I upgraded to iOS5 last week and was trying to figure out the Find My iPhone app.

From what I was able to find, it seems like you can only run it from another iOS device. Is this true? I have Windows computers at work and home and don't own an iPad, so if I lost my iPhone, the only way I'd be able to find it is with the Find My iPhone app on my iPhone...That doesn't seem like a useful product.

If I look on Apple's site regarding setting it up, it goes to instructions on setting up iCloud, but there's nothing in there related to finding the phone.

There has to be some way to run it from a Windows PC, right? Right?

[silentsim]

Originally Posted by getbak

I upgraded to iOS5 last week and was trying to figure out the Find My iPhone app.

From what I was able to find, it seems like you can only run it from another iOS device. Is this true? I have Windows computers at work and home and don't own an iPad, so if I lost my iPhone, the only way I'd be able to find it is with the Find My iPhone app on my iPhone...That doesn't seem like a useful product.

If I look on Apple's site regarding setting it up, it goes to instructions on setting up iCloud, but there's nothing in there related to finding the phone.

There has to be some way to run it from a Windows PC, right? Right?

iCloud.com has find my iPhone, log in with the AppleID that you set up find my iPhone with

[getbak]

Originally Posted by silentsim

iCloud.com has find my iPhone, log in with the AppleID that you set up find my iPhone with

Well, there you go. Thanks. I'm not sure why Apple doesn't make that information a little easier to find on their site.


Just tried it out, and it works perfectly. If you get it play a sound, it will even do so if you have the phone ringer turned off, which is good.

I'm sure you all already knew that, but I was curious.

[Russic]

Apple is doing a much better job of making people aware of it than they used to. It's now part of the setup screen when you upgrade to iOS 5 or start up a new device. Your right, they should mention the site a little more prominently.

Very happy to hear the lost iPhone has been located. Very lucky... upgrade your phone or get that damn app!

[puckluck]

Originally Posted by Russic

Everybody without Find My Phone activated should probably go do that right now. If you've updated your phone it's as simple as signing into the cloud and toggling the switch to on. You're carrying a computer worth several hundred dollars around in your pocket and this is basically free insurance.

Thanks for the tutorial.

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by pylon

What is the first thing you do when you find a phone? Check for dirty pronz on someones camera right?

Browser history probably has way more nasty stuff in it than any pictures!