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Find My iPone WAY WRONG!

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DotCom2

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In testing the new Apple "Find My iPhone" App, it says my phone is 200 miles away from where it actually is!
I could see if it just couldn't find my phone at all but 200 miles OFF!
What if I really did lose my phone and I was given this totally wrong info? :eek:
 
DotCom2 said:
In testing the new Apple "Find My iPhone" App, it says my phone is 200 miles away from where it actually is!
I could see if it just couldn't find my phone at all but 200 miles OFF!
What if I really did lose my phone and I was given this totally wrong info? :eek:
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thennnn you'd be out of luck lol, maybe the gps reception where you are is just weak to none existent? Does google maps find your phone with exact coords?
 
I tried this out this afternoon and it found all of my devices that have been active in the last week. The 3G iPhone took a little while, but my wife's 3GS pulled up in seconds. Great feature for keeping tabs on her! :D
 
When I tried it, it was locating for a few minutes before I closed it. What is the point of it if I can not even locate it?!
 
Just tested the 3GS and it showed it the same 200 miles wrong as the 3G.
The iPad 3G came up right away and was right on!
This is just great! I certainly have a lot more chance of losing an iPhone than an iPad.:mad:
 
steemax said:
thennnn you'd be out of luck lol, maybe the gps reception where you are is just weak to none existent? Does google maps find your phone with exact coords?
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YES!
Google Maps found me just fine!
This App SUCKS!
 
I showed the app to someone this morning and he was amazed it pinpointed our location to the right part of his house. An hour later, I was still there and it said my phone was 2 towns away.
 
Works fine for me. It was within 20 feet or so on both my wife's 3GS and mine in about 30 seconds.

Also please go to Edit > Go Advanced on your first post and edit your title to fix your spelling error and remove the all-caps.
 
I actually read about this somewhere else...not sure where, but it might help.

Are you connected to a wifi router? The other story I read (it was a year or so ago, and the problem was with where the phone was showing up in google maps) but the A-GPS in the iPhone was using data about the GPS location of the Router, which the owner had moved from his house to his work. So when he was at work, the gps was showing him at home because it was going off information from the router which still thought it was at home.

Again, take it with a grain of salt - memory of the post is sketchy.
 
timmypv15 said:
I actually read about this somewhere else...not sure where, but it might help.

Are you connected to a wifi router? The other story I read (it was a year or so ago, and the problem was with where the phone was showing up in google maps) but the A-GPS in the iPhone was using data about the GPS location of the Router, which the owner had moved from his house to his work. So when he was at work, the gps was showing him at home because it was going off information from the router which still thought it was at home.

Again, take it with a grain of salt - memory of the post is sketchy.
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OK well that could make sense since I am on wifi except I've not been to where it says I am.
 
I just tried it from MM from the web and it worked just fine on all devices but the iPhone App...not so much! :(
 
My 3G service isn't activated on my iPad, and it wouldn't even show ANYTHING for my iPad at all. It keeps saying that it encounters an error after trying for 10 minutes to find it. Again, my 3G service is not activated on iPad, maybe this is why.
 
WardC said:
My 3G service isn't activated on my iPad, and it wouldn't even show ANYTHING for my iPad at all. It keeps saying that it encounters an error after trying for 10 minutes to find it. Again, my 3G service is not activated on iPad, maybe this is why.
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Check to see if you have "Location Services" set to "ON" because I don't have the 3G service activated yet either and mine works fine.
 
Mine has been showing me in Charlotte NC for months now, even after it says location complete. I am in Charleston SC. Tried turning location off then back on. Maps finds me just fine and GPS works for navigation.
 
Mine Was Accurate

Tested on my 3GS and iPad (with Wi-Fi activated on both), and it was exact.

I like the alarm, ability to lock and send a message. Maybe it did that before, but I'd never tried it.

However, the alert is too friendly :rolleyes:
 
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