How to find your iPhone?
Apple offers its userspowerful devices with many functions. No wonder that the production of this American office is very expensive. This is justified by the quality of the product and its effectiveness. Naturally, such a phone can be the target of intruders who will try to steal it. Well, some people just lose them. Today, let's talk about how to find an iPhone that was stolen. And what to do if your favorite phone is lost. So:
They stole an iPhone! How to find?
It's no secret that the developers of Applelabored to the glory, leaving the legacy of Steve Jobs in the hands of his students. The safety of Apple products is the benchmark in the global market for complex digital devices. We will tell you about the functions of the iPhone, which will help you find it in case of theft or loss:
- Go to the Russian site of Apple. That's where you will be offered to use a wonderful service called iCloud. With it, you can determine the last location of your phone or tablet. It should be understood, however, that the phone itself does not run back to the owner. He will have to look. Knowing the geographical position of the phone, it is much easier to do this than to long and painfully remember where you left it after all. Go to the site, click on the "Support" tab. From the menu that appears in the left column select "Find iPhone ..." Follow the instructions. Remember that not only the iPhone has such capabilities. Also with this service you can find iPad, iPod touch and even a Mac computer.
You will not be able to find the iPhone via the computer, if you did not enable this function in advance on your phone. To do this, you need:
- Make sure the operating system version of your phone is iOS 4.2 or higher.
- Go to the "Settings" of the phone and select the "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" tab. You need to add a new account. From the list provided, select the MobileMe application.
- You must create an Apple ID account and enter a login with a password. If you have any, then you do not need to create anything. You can use the old data.
- When you register a new account, a confirmation message will be sent to your e-mail. You need to go to the link and get into your personal account on MobileMe.
- In the MobileMe application, enable the "Find iPhone" feature. Choose "Allow".
- Now you do not have to worry about losing or stealing your phone, because the function is turned on.
This built-in "find iPhone" function (after installation on the above instructions) gives you a number of advantages when using the device. For example:
- The exact geographical location of the phone. The service is organized through me.com
- The ability to send a message to the screen of your device.
- If the phone is lost among the things in your house,you can send a command to beep. He will designate himself even if the phone was in silent mode before. By the way, so you can find and turned off iPhone.
- Remote installation of a four-digit code to protect personal data on the phone.
- Delete personal data on your phone.
How to find an iPhone for imei?
IMEI - international mobile equipment identity. This is the unique number of your device, which is assigned at the factory. It is impossible to forge it. You can find IMEI by typing a combination of keys * # 06 # or look at the back of the box from the phone. You need to apply to the police about stealing your phone with IMEI. After that, the order's guards make a request to the mobile company to monitor the transmission of the signal from this device. Such information they have, and it should be presented to employees of the internal affairs bodies. Is it possible to find an iPhone like this? Statistics show that the effectiveness of the method remains questionable, since fraudsters manage to circumvent this method of protection.