How To Add Iphone To Find My Iphone App

App and service provided by Apple Inc.

Detect My iPhone

Find My iPhone beingness used on an iPhone 4S running iOS 9
Programmer(south)	Apple Inc.
Initial release	June 15, 2010; 11 years ago (2010-06-fifteen)
Operating organisation	iOS 5 to iOS 12
Successor	Notice 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 immune remote of iOS devices, Mac computers, Apple Watch, and AirPods. Both Find My iPhone and Observe My Friends were combined into the app Find My in iOS 13 and iPadOS xiii in 2019.

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 complimentary of charge. Starting with iOS ix, the app has been bundled with the operating system.^[one]

For the app to work, both the tracker device and the device being located had to exist supported devices with the Notice My iPhone app installed and Location Services turned on, and both must have been connected to the same iCloud account.^[2]

Features [edit]

Find My iPhone immune users to locate their iOS devices using either the iOS app or iCloud on a figurer (such as a desktop). In addition to locating a device, the service provided three additional options:

Play sound – makes the device play a audio 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 telephone.
Lost mode (iOS 6 or later) – flags the device as lost or stolen, assuasive the user to lock information technology 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 exist located after this activity is performed. Starting with iOS 7 or later, afterwards the erase is complete, the bulletin tin still be displayed and the device volition be activation locked. This makes it hard for someone to use or sell the device. An Apple ID countersign will be required to plow off Find My iPhone, sign out of iCloud, erase the device, or reactivate a device after a remote wipe.

The update with iOS half-dozen added the ability to bank check the device'south battery level.^[1]

Since the release of iOS vii, users complained about the link betwixt 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]

For the Detect My iPhone app to work, the user must take to ready an iCloud account to create the user's Apple ID. Each device to exist tracked must have been linked to the same Apple ID, and the Location Services feature must also accept been exist turned on on each device to be tracked. Location was determined using GPS in the iOS device when Location Services are turned on, only the location of the iOS device was only estimate. To turn Location Services on, users needed to go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services, and then selecting the Find My iPhone app in the list and selecting the "While Using the App" pick. To deactivate the app, selecting the "Never" option instead. The user could also rails the device past signing in to iCloud.com.

As of January 2013^[update], Find My iPhone was supported on iPhone, iPad, iPod Bear on, and Mac computers running OS X 10.7.5 "Lion" or later.^[6] In improver to a compatible device, a free iCloud business relationship was required to apply Find My iPhone.^[2] Users too tin runway their Detect My iPhone enabled devices through iCloud on Windows, but cannot use it the other mode around to track their PC.

History [edit]

Find My iPhone was released initially as an app in June 2010 for users of MobileMe. In Nov 2010 with iOS 4.2, Observe My iPhone was available for free for such devices.^[7] ^[eight] With the release of iCloud in October 2011, the service became gratuitous for all iCloud users. Also, the service was made available as "Find My Mac"^[9] for Mac computers running OS 10 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 July 2011, a Zurich woman had her backpack including an iPhone stolen. Constabulary were able to recover it the same day after matching the GPS location with the address of a police-known little criminal.
In November 2011, police in Los Angeles, California were able to notice an armed robbery doubtable past using Discover My iPhone on the victim's stolen iPhone.^[ten]
On September xiv, 2012, two suspects were arrested in Atlanta, Georgia for robbing five women at gunpoint. Police were able to locate the suspects by using Discover My iPhone to find i of the stolen iPhones.^[11]
Since early 2011, some Dart users who used the app to find their lost device were sent to a 59-year-old man's firm in Las Vegas, Nevada. Multiple people insisted that he had their device and the police were called multiple times. The human being eventually had to put up a sign past his door saying that he had "no lost cell phones".^[12]
On Jan 16, 2015, a Langley, British Columbia adult female had her iMac stolen during a burglary at her home. Nearly a month later, she received a notification on her phone and then contacted police who institute and arrested two men just as they were attempting to escape out a dorsum door.^[13]
In November 2016, the husband of Sherri Papini located her cell phone and ear buds on a street corner, where his married woman was kidnapped.

References [edit]

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^ Winton, Richard (November 22, 2011). "'Notice My Telephone' iPhone app leads constabulary to armed robbery suspect". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved January 28, 2013.
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