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Lost Phone - Can't Locate on MobileMe
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probably the person who found the iPhones knows about MobileMe and drained the battery before you could use the MobileMe service.
I just had my first iPhone 4 "being lost" scare. Couldn't find it in the car. Thought I'd dropped it on a street in ATL. But I got home and used MobileMe to locate it, said it was at my house, and played the sound until I found it under the front passengers seat. I've never used a passcode before, but I'm using it now for sure from now on.
But I just noticed, even with the passcode feature on - you can still turn the phone off without entering the passcode. So if I did lose it, or someone stole it, they could just turn the damn thing off. How useless is that?
But I just noticed, even with the passcode feature on - you can still turn the phone off without entering the passcode. So if I did lose it, or someone stole it, they could just turn the damn thing off. How useless is that?
Find My iPhone is, practically speaking, a pretty useless tool. Unless you lose your phone at home a lot and need help finding it that way, it isn't a really good program. First thing most phone thieves do these days is turn the phone off.
'Find my Phone' is a loss-recovery feature. Not a theft-recovery feature.
I mean, it would be nice if the phone was magical, but there's no real way for that to work. (Unless you're willing to give up the ability to turn the phone off.)
