Find My iPhone

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Find My iPhone is one of those apps you don't need until you need it. When you need it, it's priceless (even though it is free). Find My iPhone works on iOS devices and requires an iCloud account and a valid Apple ID. When turned on, Find My iPhone sends the geolocation data of your device to the servers at regular intervals, allowing you to find your phone from any other device you can log into (including Web browsers). Find My iPhone is installed by default with iOS 5 and 6, but must be turned on to be active.

Find My iPhone can be used to locate a device. Simply start the Find My iPhone app and enter the Apple ID login and password, then the screen shows a map with the last reported location of the devices attached to that account displayed. You can actually watch the device in near real-time, so it's a great tracking app. Even more important, if a device is lost or stolen, as long as it can be found you can lock the device remotely using a four-digit code as well as display a phone number on the device's screen, or you can initiate a wipe of the device if you want to protect its contents. We've used Find My iPhone in real lost phone incidents, logging on from another iDevice and locking the lost iPhone.

Find My iPhone works, as long as the device being tracked reports its position and can receive commands. Fortunately, this means essentially in all cases as long as the device is turned on and not wiped first, you can locate it. Of course, you need to be able to access your iCloud account from another device, but as long as Find My iPhone is turned on this is a great free app from Apple.

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  • All versions:

    3.6 stars

    out of 13 votes

    • 5 star: 7
    • 4 star: 1
    • 3 star: 1
    • 2 star: 1
    • 1 star: 3
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  • 5.0 stars

    "POLICE WERE ABLE TO BRING ME BACK MY STOLEN IPHONE 5!!!"

    March 21, 2013  |   By Lace-O-Base

    Version: Find My iPhone 2.0

    Pros

    This app is absolutely amazing! I was able to track every location the person had been and once they stopped for awhile, I went to the nearest police station and had them go to the door and set off the alarm on my phone. Such an amazing invention - thanks to this app I left the police station my brand new iPhone 5 in my hands!

    Cons

    Not the app's fault - but it sucks that the perp can shut your phone down completely which doesn't allow GPS function to work.

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  • 3.0 stars

    "Good idea but too easy to defeat"

    December 10, 2012  |   By rka74

    Version: Find My iPhone 2.0

    Pros

    great for tracking a lost phone

    Cons

    Not so good for tracking a stolen phone. The thief can just turn off the phone.

    Summary

    should require a password to turn off the phone.

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  • 5.0 stars

    "I had my iphone stolen and the police tracked it down"

    October 9, 2012  |   By batessam

    Version: Find My iPhone 2.0

    Pros

    Worked really well could track it down to a address where it has been stolen.
    nice lost mode which lets you lock your phone and put a message on the screen.
    remote wipe is nice too, never had to use it as the police got it back.

    Cons

    well none for me everything worked gr8

    Summary

    This product works really well i had my phone stolen, when i noticed it was gone i got on the computer and started tracking it. You can lock the phone and put it in lost mode, so gives you peace of mind that nobody can go though your data. After tracking it down to a house i called the police i gave them the address and there went and arrested the guy that had stolen my phone. Got my phone back took it out of lost mode and could sleep easy. A++

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