Do You Know

Losing your phone is an ugly experience that no one would wish to pass through, especially when you have lots of important data on it and you didn’t even budget on getting a new one. But unfortunately, it’s something that is bound to happen to anyone at any time, that’s why you have to know what to do when it happens. Note: tracking your phone immediately after you notice it missing gives you a 80% chance of finding it.

Discovered Idea

Apple added a tracking feature called “Find My Phone” in the year 2010, and it has hugely improved over the years to help show you the precise location of your iPhone when it gets missing. The great news is, this feature is 100% free of charge, and you can easily track your lost iPhone from the convenience of your PC or by using any internet-enabled smartphone.

How To Plugin Revealed Idea

As an iPhone user, you are required to sign in iCloud account on your iPhone and activate the Find My Phone feature to enable you to locate it anytime.

To begin the tracking process, visit icloud.com/find and Fill in the iCloud information that was signed in on your lost iPhone.

Wait for some seconds for Apple to locate and list your iDevices.

Click on All Devices to select the iPhone you wish to track

Then, watch as your lost iPhone’s location gets revealed on the map.

Key TakeAways

Inside the Find My Phone dashboard, you will see other options to 

Play a Sound; this will make your iPhone play a loud sound to help you hear the direction it’s located.

Lost Mode; this option will lock the iPhone and show any message you want to display on the screen.

Erase iPhone; this option will completely wipe every data on your lost iPhone and place it in iCloud lock.