I don't see my device in Find My iPhone
Oct 05, 2020 The Find My option on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac is incredibly useful for locating your device when it gets misplaced, lost, or stolen. It lets you view your device’s location, remotely lock it, or erase the data, and more.
Don't see your device on iCloud.com or in the Find My iPhone app? After each of the following instructions, check again:
- See it on a map. Open the Find My app. Choose the Devices tab. Select the device to see its location.
- See all your devices on a map. Is your iPad at home or back at the office? Use the map to get a full.
- Check that you signed in to iCloud on your device: For iOS 10.3 or later, tap Settings. If you see 'Sign in to your [device],' tap it and enter your Apple ID and password. For earlier versions of iOS, tap Settings > iCloud and enter your Apple ID and password.
- Tap Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Find My iPhone. If Find My iPhone is off, turn it on. Then tap Allow.
- Check which Apple ID you signed in with. Maybe you signed in to iCloud.com or Find My iPhone with a different Apple ID than on the device that you don't see listed. To check, sign in to Find My iPhone or iCloud.com with your other Apple ID accounts and look for your device.
- Check that your device has a cellular or Wi-Fi network connection. For example, to locate your Mac or Apple Watch, it must connect to Internet through a known Wi-Fi network (not Ethernet). If you can access your device and see that it has an active Internet connection, turn Airplane Mode on and back off. Still need help? Turn your device off and back on.
- Tap Settings > General > Date & Time. Check that Set Automatically is on, which automatically sets your date and time based on your time zone.
With the same Apple ID, you can register up to 100 devices for Find My iPhone. If you need to add a device after you registered 100 others, remove a device first.
Find the approximate location of your iOS device, Apple Watch, AirPods, or Mac using Find My iPhone on iCloud.com. You can locate your device if:
- Find My iPhone is set up on the iOS device or Mac you want to locate.
- Apple Watch is paired with an iPhone.
- The iOS device, Apple Watch, or Mac is online.
- AirPods are out of their case and near one of your iOS devices. Any of your iOS devices can find the AirPods, but they must be paired with at least one of your iOS devices.
If you have Family Sharing set up, you can also locate a family member’s device. For more information, see the Apple Support article Share your location with your family.
- Click All Devices. In the list, the dot next to the device indicates its status:
- A green dot means it’s online. If the device can be located, you also see the time it was last located.
- A gray dot means it’s offline (turned off or not connected to a network). AirPods are offline if they’re out of battery life, in their case, or out of range of any of your iOS devices. If the device was recently online, you see the time it was last located. If the device has been offline for over 24 hours, you see “Offline.”
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Find My iPhone being used on an iPhone 4S running iOS 9 | |
Developer(s) | Apple Inc. |
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Initial release | June 15, 2010; 10 years ago |
Operating system | iOS 5 to iOS 12 |
Successor | Find My |
Size | 5.9 MB |
Type | Asset tracking |
License | Freeware |
Website | apple.com/icloud/find-my-iphone/ |
Find My iPhone (known as Find My Mac in macOS) was an app and service provided by Apple Inc. that allowed remote location tracking of iOS devices, Mac computers, Apple Watch, and AirPods. It was replaced by the app Find My in iOS 13.
The service itself was integrated into iOS and macOS, while enabled devices could be tracked using either an iOS app or the iCloud website. On iOS 8 and older, the app could be downloaded from the App Store free of charge. Starting with iOS 9, the app has been bundled with the operating system.[1]
For the app to work, both the tracker device and the device being located had to be supported devices with the Find My iPhone app installed and Location Services turned on, and both must have been connected to the same iCloud account.[2]
Features[edit]
Apple Find My Iphone Icloud
Find My iPhone allowed users to locate their iOS devices using either the iOS app or iCloud on a computer (such as a desktop). In addition to locating a device, the service provided three additional options:
Apple Find My Iphone Mac
- Play sound – makes the device play a sound at maximum volume, makes flashing on screen even if it is muted. This feature is useful if the device has been mislaid,[2] and is equivalent to finding a mislaid phone by calling it using another phone.
- Lost mode (iOS 6 or later) – flags the device as lost or stolen, allowing the user to lock it with a passcode. If the device is an iPhone and someone finds the device, they can call the user directly on the device.[3][4][5]
- Erase iPhone – completely erases all content and settings, which is useful if the device contains sensitive information, but the device cannot be located after this action is performed. Starting with iOS 7 or later, after the erase is complete, the message can still be displayed and the device will be activation locked. This makes it hard for someone to use or sell the device. An Apple ID password will be required to turn off Find My iPhone, sign out of iCloud, erase the device, or reactivate a device after a remote wipe.
The update with iOS 6 added the ability to check the device's battery level.[1]
Since the release of iOS 7, users complained about the link between GPS, WiFi, and the app itself. Some handset owners had noted the app enables and disables itself when passing between cellular protocol bandwidths.[citation needed]
Requirements[edit]
Apple Find My Iphone
For the Find My iPhone app to work, the user must have to set up an iCloud account to create the user's Apple ID. Each device to be tracked must have been linked to the same Apple ID, and the Location Services feature must also have been be turned on on each device to be tracked. Location was determined using GPS in the iOS device when Location Services are turned on, but the location of the iOS device was only approximate. To turn Location Services on, users needed to go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services, then selecting the Find My iPhone app in the list and selecting the 'While Using the App' option. To deactivate the app, selecting the 'Never' option instead. The user could also track the device by signing in to iCloud.com.
As of January 2013, Find My iPhone was supported on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Mac computers running OS X 10.7.5 'Lion' or later.[6] In addition to a compatible device, a free iCloud account was required to use Find My iPhone.[2] Users also can track their Find My iPhone enabled devices through iCloud on Windows, but cannot use it the other way around to track their PC.
Apple Find My Iphone App Login
History[edit]
Find My iPhone was released initially as an app in June 2010 for users of MobileMe. In November 2010 with iOS 4.2, Find My iPhone was available for free for such devices.[7][8] With the release of iCloud in October 2011, the service became free for all iCloud users. Also, the service was made available as 'Find My Mac'[9] for Mac computers running OS X 10.7.2 'Lion' or later using iCloud. With the release of MacOS Catalina, the Find My Mac app was combined with the Find My Friends app to create the new Find My app.
Incidents[edit]
- In November 2011, police in Los Angeles, California were able to find an armed robbery suspect by using Find My iPhone on the victim's stolen iPhone.[10]
- On September 14, 2012, two suspects were arrested in Atlanta, Georgia for robbing five women at gunpoint. Police were able to locate the suspects by using Find My iPhone to find one of the stolen iPhones.[11]
- Since early 2011, some Sprint users who used the app to find their lost device were sent to a 59-year-old man's house in Las Vegas, Nevada. Multiple people insisted that he had their device and the police were called multiple times. The man eventually had to put up a sign by his door saying that he had 'no lost cell phones'.[12]
- On January 16, 2015, a Langley, British Columbia woman had her iMac stolen during a break-in at her home. Nearly a month later, she received a notification on her phone then contacted police who found and arrested two men just as they were attempting to escape out a back door.[13]
- In November 2016, the husband of Sherri Papini located her cell phone and ear buds on a street corner, where his wife was kidnapped.
- In July 2011, a Zurich woman had her backpack including an iPhone stolen. Police were able to recover it the same day after matching the GPS location with the address of a police-known petty criminal.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ ab'Find My iPhone – iOS App Store'. Apple Inc. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
- ^ abcGilbert, Jason (October 13, 2011). 'Find My iPhone – Huffington Post'. Huffington Post. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^'iCloud – Find My iPhone'. Apple Inc. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^'Mac World – Find My iPhone update'. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^Benjamin, Jeff. 'Find My iPhone Lost Mode'. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^'iCloud: Find My iPhone'. Apple Inc. January 17, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^'Find My iPhone is now free.. – 9to5Mac'. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^Aamoth, Doug (November 23, 2010). 'Find My iPhone 'App of the Week' – Techland – Time'. Time. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^'Find My Mac Coming in OS X Lion – 9to5Mac'. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^Winton, Richard (November 22, 2011). ''Find My Phone' iPhone app leads police to armed robbery suspect'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^Etherington, Darrell (September 14, 2012). 'Find My iPhone Leads To Arrest Of Suspects In Atlanta Armed Robbery Case'. TechCrunch. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^'If you lose your cellphone, don't blame Wayne Dobson'. Las Vegas Review-Journal. January 13, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^'iGotcha: Police recover stolen computer thanks to 'Find My iPhone' app'. CTV.ca. February 11, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
External links[edit]
- 'Find My iPhone'. iTunes. App Store. Apple.
- 'Find My iPhone, iPad and Mac'. Features. iCloud. Apple.