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'Find My iPhone' App Updated With Driving Directions to Device Location
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They didn't steal an iPhone just to use it as a paperweight.
It'll come on again.
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How about windage/elevation adjustments for a given caliber and grain?
How difficult would it be that once you report the device lost/stolen that it becomes impossible to completely turn it off or silence it? It could look like its off with no display but it would still be on transmitting its position.
When you get close you can call it and it will ring indicating where it is.
Sounds like a no brainer to me!
When you get close you can call it and it will ring indicating where it is.
Sounds like a no brainer to me!
Can't wait to hear the first story about someone innocent being accused of stealing someone's iPhone, because Siri pointed to the wrong house.
"I have called the cops. Now give me back my iPhone!"
"But... But... This really is -my- iPhone!"
"I have called the cops. Now give me back my iPhone!"
"But... But... This really is -my- iPhone!"
GREAT....so not only does your iPhone get stolen, you get beat up by the same guy that stole it.
LOL!
LOL!
You call the police, before you do that.
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If you are stupid enough, yes.
Well not everywhere is high-density housing. A friend recovered his in Panama because the houses were so widely spaced the police could identify it clearly.
Directions would not be helpful unless your iphone was on the floor of a bar you forgot you went to.
The new driving directions are awesome, hahaha. But I just noticed today how I can look for all my devices, and the pins will be slightly in different directions. So now I can figure out which room I left my Mac/iPad in or whatever.
Actually, I think the iPhone still maintains a small connection even when turned off so Find My iPhone still works. This is the advantage of having a built-in battery since the thieves cannot remove it easily. Afaik, the only way to disable Find My iPhone is to turn on airplane mode, so you should be safe as long as you have a passcode.
Can't wait to hear the first story about someone innocent being accused of stealing someone's iPhone, because Siri pointed to the wrong house.
"I have called the cops. Now give me back my iPhone!"
"But... But... This really is -my- iPhone!"
That's where registering your apple device comes in handy.
Only in the USA.
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Probably a smaller number than american tourists in australia.
The people who live here generally know their way around their home.
Is that really the case? If the phone is off, everything about it should be off. On the other hand, if the phone has Find My iPhone enabled and is put into airplane mode, then I would actually think (or at least hope) that Find My iPhone would still function despite the mode.
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It's not like people often have more than one iOS device, right? Or often have other family members or friends with an iOS device that they could use for something like this when they need to find their device.
My only source for this is the Today in iOs podcast. I couldn't find the exact episode but it was somewhere between 235 and 245. They said that the iPhone still maintains some connection even when turned off as long as the battery is not dead. Regarding airplane mode, there is no connection at all (to not interfere with the airplane) and therefore Find My iPhone won't work. There was a user that called in (ep 245 around the 30 min mark) and said he forgot to turn off airplane mode after a flight and lost his phone in a taxi from the airport and there was no way to find it.
Than the person who did something is responsible. Not the company behind some navigation software.
Was aimed at the judge in his country, but yes i understand personal responsability
So on airplanes when they often say just to turn off your phone rather than even simply have it in airplane mode (as they sometimes do, and/or at least certainly used to do) that would make it actually worse than having it airplane mode since it would supposedly still be transmitting/receiving a signal somehow. Seems at least a little strange.
It's a pity that I can't find the episode to hear what exactly was said. I did some searching around and I found this thread. According to the user Mike a bid down the page, the battery doesn't completely die when it reaches 0% but instead keeps about 3-5% of its energy which would allow for location services to continue working after the phone dies. The question is if this also happens when the phone is turned off. Nevertheless, don't expect to find logic behind the airplane electronics rule because it's more of a "we don't know but just in case"-rule.