Daughters iPhone 6 got stolen...anything I can do?!

[Ramio]

I wasn't calling you immature. No snide remarks at all.

I put my phone in my bag all the time. Among other places, the gym (at my building). It's a calculated risk. I am, generally speaking, within eyesight and 50 feet of it at all times.

But all of this doesn't matter. I repeat, the OP wasn;t asking for parenting advice. He was asking about what some steps might be to get the phone back. Almost nobody provided him that.

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I think that is why he asked, no? He wasn't sure if there were any options that he didn't yet exhaust. So he asked on an Apple forum, where people might know. Instead people took this a completely different direction. I maintain that his mistake was mentioning the circumstances. He gave us but a dot of information ont he timeline that is his life and folks are analyzing the type of parent he is. It's simply ridiculous.

Thank you for being a straight up guy and saying it like it is . I'm sure if I dug into people's lives, there will be many things that are not perfect. I do agree about giving too much info. I was really not feeling good and tend to say too much when I'm like that. Thank you again and hope you have a good weekend.

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Don't beat your self up over this. trying to be a good father to your child is priceless, and my prayers goes out to you and your daughter. I am praying that there will be a happy ending to this unfortunate ordeal. Keep your head up and keep up the good work on being the best father you can be to your child. We need more fathers like you. There are so many children that are without fathers these days. And I will say again being the best father you can be for your child is priceless, good luck to you and your daughter cheers.

Thank you so much for the kind words . I will always try to be that to her even if it means having nothing for me. Cheers!

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OP, I truly hope it turns up.

In 1999 I had my car broken into at my friends house (he lived in the outskirts of the suburbs bordering the country too) and 400 CDs, my CD changer, radar detector, and amp/subwoofer stolen. None of it was in plain sight. I got everything but the CD changer back a month later because crooks are frack'n dumb and I filed a police report. Not saying you'll get it back, but you never know, and I hope you do.

All that being said, is there a reason why Find My iPhone enabled? I'd do it just so I knew where my kid (and their phone) were at that age for piece of mind, not because I wouldn't trust my kid, but because there are too many F'd up people in this world who F with kids. I read through 85% of this thread and didn't see anyone ask that or any answer to that. Sorry if I missed it.

This situation is precisely why Apple builds Find My iPhone into every iOS device and gives it to you for free. It's been one of the most touted features of iOS/iDevices for several years. The moral here is enable it. Every device. Every time.

Good luck

Honestly, I've had iPhones and iPads for years and have never been through something like this so I didn't think it was such a big deal. Man did I learn the hard way. From now on, they will ALL have it enabled. You live and learn!.

 

[lordofthereef]

Thank you for being a straight up guy and saying it like it is . I'm sure if I dug into people's lives, there will be many things that are not perfect. I do agree about giving too much info. I was really not feeling good and tend to say too much when I'm like that. Thank you again and hope you have a good weekend.

But you have the class not to!

best of luck in tracking the phone down. Hoping for a positive outcome.

 

[Ramio]

But you have the class not to!

best of luck in tracking the phone down. Hoping for a positive outcome.

Thats right. Thanks man

 

[cableguy619]

14 years old and an iphone 6...



i didnt even have a cellphone at 14..



good luck buddy..

At 14 pagers were a thing when I was growing up. Having a phone at 14 is nothing. My 3 teenagers all have iPhones. I can track them via find my friends at any moment.

A thief will be a thief at any age.

 

[richwoodrocket]

Daughters iPhone 6 got stolen...anything I can do?!

Get mobile insurance on the next one

I'm thinking there won't be a next one...
Thats gonna be my policy when I have kids.
The phone gets stolen, they owe me the difference.

That being said, I would never let my iphone out of my sight because I know there are people who will steal iPhones and I don't want my iphone stolen.
To the OP, I honestly don't know what kid would want to steal an iphone these days.

 

[biscuitsxluv]

Some of you people are awfully good at being rude and acting all big headed.
If you have nothing constructive to say, get out of here.

OP, I'm so sorry about the lost phone. I hope something else can be done.

 

[pdxmatts]

I'm thinking there won't be a next one...
Thats gonna be my policy when I have kids.
The phone gets stolen, they owe me the difference.

I'm sure she is very upset about it and it was a gift, not a loan Get insurance for it so you won't have to punish your kids for some low life that stole it.

 

[elistan]

I didn't see this posted yet. Apologies if it was.

If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is lost or stolen - Apple Support

Sounds like OP has initiated Lost Mode already, so there's nothing more to be done from a technical angle, besides wait for the phone to possibly reconnect to the network. The only thing that remains is to contact police and possibly the school, cellular company, credit card company and Apple. It might not ever be recovered though.

 

[Bawstun]

I don't buy it.

 

[Ramio]

I don't buy it.

Don't buy what?

 

[4491228]

My daughter had her iPhone 6 stolen from her backpack this evening while she was doing band practice. Come to find out, find my iPhone was off. It was dead when it got stolen. I turned on my find my iPhone on mine and was able to put her phone in lost mode which means it will alert the person who has the phone to call my number once it connects to the Internet. The phone is password protected and has Touch ID so how can the person who took it connect to the net with a passcode?!. What can I do as it really hurts to lose a $800 phone just like that. It was a birthday gift for my daughters 14th birthday. Any ideas?

That sucks mate. Should've told her how much it cost you before you gave it to her I guess :S?

Nah, my second phone was iphone 4 at 13, but I am very tech savvy kid and each kid is different about responsibility especially with expensive equipment/ electronics. At best a lesson is learned sometimes small sometimes big.

 

[Ramio]

That sucks mate. Should've told her how much it cost you before you gave it to her I guess :S?

Nah, my second phone was iphone 4 at 13, but I am very tech savvy kid and each kid is different about responsibility especially with expensive equipment/ electronics. At worst a lesson is learned sometimes small sometimes big.

My kids are also technology savvy. The daughter who lost her iPhone skipped kindergarten and went straight to 1st grade because she played the computer a lot before school and knew way too much for her age. My second daughter who is 6 is also tech savvy because of the iPad and the computer and is way above her level and gets bored in school too easy. Her twin, my boy, is also tech savvy and has learned a whole lot from the iPad. Technology if used right is a good thing!. For sure lesson learned!

 

[The Doctor11]

At our High school, students are not allowed in the main part of the school after hours. They can't go to their lockers to lock up their belongings. The only option for her was to not bring her phone, put it in her pocket or ask the teacher to put her backpack it in a locked safe place. It DOES happen, so the best thing to do is to have Find my iPhone enabled and have carrier insurance that covers Loss/Theft/Damage just for that reason.

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Just wanted to say that my kids aren't interested in a bigger iPhone. They want to put them in their pockets. So, maybe you should think about buying a used 5 or 5S for her instead?

Who the hell stops the students from being in the halls late after school and on saterday? I have swim practice saterday and I know that there is nobody there at all. Once you leave the area of the gym and pool just nothing.

 

[4491228]

My kids are also technology savvy. The daughter who lost her iPhone skipped kindergarten and went straight to 1st grade because she played the computer a lot before school and knew way too much for her age. My second daughter who is 6 is also tech savvy because of the iPad and the computer and is way above her level and gets bored in school too easy. Her twin, my boy, is also tech savvy and has learned a whole lot from the iPad. Technology if used right is a good thing!. For sure lesson learned!

Yep. I had to work last summer for this 6plus $900, if I lost this thing I'd be pretty sad to say the LEAST lol. Sorry for your daughter.

 

[The Doctor11]

To the OP, I honestly don't know what kid would want to steal an iphone these days.

Probaly a jack ass that wants to do a drop test or some ****. I honestly don't know how you could live with yourself knowing you went through someones stuff and took a very pricey item you know means a lot to that person.

 

[Ramio]

Yep. I had to work last summer for this 6plus $900, if I lost this thing I'd be pretty sad to say the LEAST lol. Sorry for your daughter.

Ya man, sad for sure. My advice to you is ALWAYS keep it on you because I can tell you it's a bad feeling

 

[richwoodrocket]

Daughters iPhone 6 got stolen...anything I can do?!

Probaly a jack ass that wants to do a drop test or some ****. I honestly don't know how you could live with yourself knowing you went through someones stuff and took a very pricey item you know means a lot to that person.

I would feel the same way. Also, if you're a parent of a kid that stole a phone, wouldn't you notice your kid had a brand new cellphone that you didn't buy them?

 

[The Doctor11]

Yep. I had to work last summer for this 6plus $900, if I lost this thing I'd be pretty sad to say the LEAST lol. Sorry for your daughter.

Yeah I spent all my savings from birthday money and Christmas money from over the years on the 6. I would be extremly sad and upset. And I feel very bad for OP

 

[YungMoola94]

Thank you so much for the nice words but right now, things are sooooooooo tight, I won't be able to do that. When I got her that phone, it really was all I had. I'm going through some very tough times and sometimes my fault is I tend to follow my heart and not my brain. When I bought it for her birthday, I knew it was going to be very hard on me but knowing how happy she was going to be made it all worth it especially knowing she's been working hard on her school and doing good. Hopefully things will get better.

Cmon man you said you are going through a tough time yet you paid $650 plus tax to get your 14 year old a phone? I'm sure she will be more happy if she has food on the table and light to study under. If you needed to contact her there's gophone and other prepaid services. To be honest, you should be the one blamed for this and I am actually kind of happy that it was stolen because some people need "problem" in their life to understand stupidity. Just follow Dave Ransey and you'll get back on your feet, but until then just cut your losses and get her a gophone.

 

[The Doctor11]

I would feel the same way. Also, if you're a parent of a kid that stole a phone, wouldn't you notice your kid had a brand new cellphone that you didn't buy them?

Haha I wonder that too. They would be like "Um where did you get that?" Response "I don't know found it"

 

[Ramio]

Cmon man you said you are going through a tough time yet you paid $650 plus tax to get your 14 year old a phone? I'm sure she will be more happy if she has food on the table and light to study under. If you needed to contact her there's gophone and other prepaid services. To be honest, you should be the one blamed for this and I am actually kind of happy that it was stolen because some people need "problem" in their life to understand stupidity. Just follow Dave Ransey and you'll get back on your feet, but until then just cut your losses and get her a gophone.

Yes I did. She has food on the table. I'm glad you're happy it happened to me. I graduated college with a 3.85 gpa and stupid I'm not. It's just sometimes I tend to act on emotion. Well thanks for the nice words anyway.

 

[jfyrfytr25]

Thanks man. I totally understand. If I told my parents I wanted something like that at 14, they would have told me to go sleep and dream about it because it's not happening. I like to spoil them in ways I know I could have not been. It makes me feel good.

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Raising a child is not about what makes you feel good. It is about what is best for them. Unfortunately this younger generation has this unbelievable sense of entitlement. We as parents don't help by giving them this stuff. You did not have it so your kids will. When children are "spoiled" with this stuff they grow up thinking they deserve it whether they can afford it or not. Often times it is why young people strap themselves in debt because they feel entitled. With that said, 14 year olds are just not responsible enough yet to have a $800 item. If I were you I would let it go, replace it with a cheap phone and let it be a real hard lesson for her to not leave valuables unattended around strangers.

 

[iolinux333]

The lesson here is about crime. It's good she's learning earlier than I did. I grew up in what was, quite literally, a crime free place. When I moved from home, clueless about the savagery out in the world, I moved to a large east coast city as an adult and within 3 months was savagely beaten by a gang and nearly died. Many crimes, thefts and assaults large and small followed until I trained myself in the ways of taking an attacker down, and protecting my stuff, but that was a burden too. I wised up and took flight before I was put into a situation where I would be left with no choice but to use terrible force against an attacker. So I learned the hard way. It's sad that we let our country become this. I'm lucky now to once again live in a place without crime but it too will be gone soon as the usual suspects are working hard, as usual, to infiltrate and destroy it. My ancestors are ashamed. Hopefully your child is getting a clue. Rock on!

 

[KPOM]

Yeah, the difference is that the adults usually post better excuses like they were drunk and left it at the bar. So, let's see, which ones are less responsible again????

In my case I travel a lot and occasionally take my Mac with me (I use a Windows PC at work). 2 years ago I left a 2 month old MacBook Air underneath the seat on an airplane. I landed around midnight and crashed at my hotel about 30 minutes later. I noticed it the next morning. I called the TSA at both my departure and arrival airports, the airport lost and found departments themselves, and the airline, all to no avail. I did have Find My Mac activated and 2 days later it showed up within the terminal building. But calls to lost and found and the airline still turned up fruitless. I guess the temptation was just too great for someone. Fortunately I had a personal articles policy on it and wound up being reimbursed for all but $250 of it, so it turned out OK. But things happen sometimes. Flight attendants have told me they find iPads in seat pockets all the time. They turn them in but lots of times they go unclaimed.

 

[Ramio]

The lesson here is about crime. It's good she's learning earlier than I did. I grew up in what was, quite literally, a crime free place. When I moved from home, clueless about the savagery out in the world, I moved to a large east coast city as an adult and within 3 months was savagely beaten by a gang and nearly died. Many crimes, thefts and assaults large and small followed until I trained myself in the ways of taking an attacker down, and protecting my stuff, but that was a burden too. I wised up and took flight before I was put into a situation where I would be left with no choice but to use terrible force against an attacker. So I learned the hard way. It's sad that we let our country become this. I'm lucky now to once again live in a place without crime but it too will be gone soon as the usual suspects are working hard, as usual, to infiltrate and destroy it. My ancestors are ashamed. Hopefully your child is getting a clue. Rock on!

Wow, you sure have been through a lot. Glad you made it alright. You can't assume everyone out there is a good person with good intentions. There are a lot of bad people out there and I agree it's sad we rank among the highest countries in crime. This will be a lesson for her for sure. Thanks