I decided to test Find My iPhone in iCloud. Send Last Location is turned on.
I used my phone until it powered itself off due to the battery draining. I am looking at Find My iPhone in iCloud. iCloud just tells me my iPhone is offline. I even put the phone into Lost Mode in case that is necessary and it doesn't help. The screen just says the phone will go into Lost Mode when it connects to the internet.
I was using Google Maps all day on my phone so I know it had a data connection and GPS location was working. I was on a data connection when the phone powered itself off.
Apple website indicates that if Find My iPhone just says offline, it means it has been over 24 hours since a location was logged.
1. I thought iCloud is supposed to show the last known location for 24 hours. Why can't I see where my phone was before it powered off a few minutes ago? Why don't I see any location at all even from earlier in the day?
2. Why don't I see the last location that should have been sent when the battery drained since Send Last Location is on? Does Send Last Location really work?
After recharging the phone a little and turning it back on, I can see its location in my house when I refresh iCloud.
I then drove down the street and turned off the phone. iCloud showed it as offline but with the last location at my house (from several minutes earlier) instead of down the street where I turned it off.
Is the phone supposed to send its location to iCloud or does iCloud just poll the phone for a location when you are in iCloud?
I used my phone until it powered itself off due to the battery draining. I am looking at Find My iPhone in iCloud. iCloud just tells me my iPhone is offline. I even put the phone into Lost Mode in case that is necessary and it doesn't help. The screen just says the phone will go into Lost Mode when it connects to the internet.
I was using Google Maps all day on my phone so I know it had a data connection and GPS location was working. I was on a data connection when the phone powered itself off.
Apple website indicates that if Find My iPhone just says offline, it means it has been over 24 hours since a location was logged.
1. I thought iCloud is supposed to show the last known location for 24 hours. Why can't I see where my phone was before it powered off a few minutes ago? Why don't I see any location at all even from earlier in the day?
2. Why don't I see the last location that should have been sent when the battery drained since Send Last Location is on? Does Send Last Location really work?
After recharging the phone a little and turning it back on, I can see its location in my house when I refresh iCloud.
I then drove down the street and turned off the phone. iCloud showed it as offline but with the last location at my house (from several minutes earlier) instead of down the street where I turned it off.
Is the phone supposed to send its location to iCloud or does iCloud just poll the phone for a location when you are in iCloud?