Find My iPhone is a remarkable innovation that Apple came up with starting in June 2010 for MobileMe subscribers. Now it's been integrated with iCloud. It is a awesome feature that has answered the prayers of those who may have misplaced their iPhones or those who believe they may not be able to stop thieves from accessing their private information. Now, thanks to Find My iPhone on www.icloud.com, there is a way of protecting your information on your lost or stolen phone – and potentially recovering it.
Find My iPhone goes a long way towards helping narrow down where the iPhone might be if it is not already with you in the first place. Thanks to satellite imagery and mapping, it will show where your iPhone is, provided the device does have a signal and is powered on.
Find My iPhone is accessible from any internet-connected computer, tablet or handheld device, thanks to the website www.icloud.com. Logging in to the site gives you the opportunity to access the Find My iPhone screen, which then gives you the option of selecting the exact device you are looking to find. It should be noted here that only those devices, whether they are iPhones, iPods, iPads or Mac computers, with Find My iPhone enabled, it can work. Once you get into the service, you will see something that looks like this:
First of all, Find My iPhone service only works if your iPhone is on and has a signal. If it is not on and does not have a signal, the service will not work, though you should be at least able to see whether or not the phone is on. The service will also not work if your iPhone has been switched to Airplane Mode.
All we have said, you need to focus on when and how Find My iPhone does work. This step of the process is simple. Go to Settings, tap iCloud and hit the slider by Find My iPhone so that it shows green or says "ON", depending on the iOS version you have. You should also ensure that you have Location Services switched on. Without Location Services, you will not be able to see exactly where the device might be.
When your iPhone is missing or lost, you can use your computer to open the website www.icloud.com/#find. Sign in with your iCloud account. From the screen, select your iPhone, then you can locate it, play sound, put it in lost mode or erase all data on your iPhone remotely. For more details about the 4 options, check out the following information.
There are four distinct features in the Find My iPhone service:
Tap Settings > then iCloud. There are a number of options under the iCloud section. Click Find My iPhone. Toggling the slider will allow you to enable the function on your iPhone. To turn off or disable Find My iPhone on iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, just swipe Find My iPhone button to OFF.
Go to Apple Menu > System Preferences > iCloud. This is, of course, quite similar to the screen you might see on your iPhone upon enabling the Find My iPhone functionality. Sign in with your iCloud account.
some people don't know how to add multiple or other people's iPhone, iPad, or iPod to Find My iPhone. It's very simple, just use their iPhone to login in with your Apple ID and enable Find My iPhone(Settings > iCloud > log in with your Apple ID > enable Find My iPhone).
It is a good way to recover your missing devices using the functionality of an app like Find My iPhone. If the missing device is somewhere within the vicinity, hearing the "ping" of the Play Sound function of Find My iPhone is remarkably reassuring.
Of course, Find My Mac has the same sort of options as Find My iPhone, where you can enter into Lost Mode and ensure that no one can get into the machine without knowing what the right password is.
To use the functionality of Find My iPhone – particularly with the option to erase your iPhone remotely, you should ensure that the iPhone has been stolen, because once you erase all data, they can't be recovered.
Why we need to use this function of Find My iPhone is that we want to locate our iphone. If the iPhone is lost, you can set to keep the data safe. In case if your iPhone is stolen, how to restore the files or data from the iPhone? So it is very important to backup iPhone. With TunesGo, you can backup easily and quickly. It can transfer musci, photos, videos, and contacts to iTunes, PC or other iDevice or Andorid seamlessly.
Step 1Download and install TunesGo and launch it. After you connect your iPhone with the computer, you will see a screenshot as screenshot. Click "Rebuild iTunes Library" to backup your iPhone.
Step 2After you click the button, you can select the type of the files and transfer to iTunes. If you don't want to transfer the whole files, you can select and transfer any music or any video as you like. The files are selective with TunesGo which better than iTunes.
Nov 17,2016 16:55 pm / Posted by Christine Smith to iPhone Tips