Hello Ronni, I had taken each of the steps suggested by you Ronni. The problem is that the iPhone is not where it says it is. I’m wondering if there is a hack which enables who ever hacks the phone to make it appear it is somewhere other than where “Find my iPhone” says it is.
I’ve gone back to an iPhone 4 pending the recovery of the newer model which I had had for 2 days. Cheers, Michael > On 31 Dec 2017, at 3:59 pm, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > Hello Michael, > > My comments in Situ below. > >> On 31 Dec 2017, at 3:16 pm, Michael Hawkins >> <michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au <mailto:michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au>> >> wrote: >> >> I recently lost an iPhone, and used Find my iPhone to try and find it. > > If your device goes missing, put it in Lost Mode to lock it immediately and > start tracking its location. Find My iPhone will show you where it’s been > over the last 24 hours. >> >> According to the spot on the map, the iPhone was in the middle of the >> closely mown lawn in the neighbour’s front yard across the street. We >> couldn’t find the iPhone nor could we hear any sound from it, nor could we >> hear it ring when we rang it. > > Sounds like the iPhone has ‘silent’ mode turned on, if no sound is heard. >> >> I used f”ind my iPhone” on three different devices over the next three days, >> from a variety of locations up to 20 km away from the neighbour’s place. The >> result was identical on each of them, the location my missing phone less >> than “1 minute ago” as being in the middle of the front lawn. >> >> The battery has now gone flat, but just in case someone recharges the >> battery and turns the phone on, I’d like to know what to do if, yet again, >> the iPhone is reported as being in the middle of the yard. Or what I could >> have done. > > Use the Find My iPhone app or sign in to iCloud.com <http://icloud.com/> to > view your device’s location on a map. Your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch will > also mark its location when its battery is critically low, to help you find > it even if it runs out of power. > > Activation Lock is designed to prevent anyone from using or selling your > device. The moment you turn on Find My iPhone, your Apple ID and password > will be required before anyone can turn off Find My iPhone, erase your > device, or reactivate it. >> >> Each device I used was using the latest iOS. >> >> Happy New Year >> >> Michael > > Happy New year > Cheers, > Ronni > > Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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