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iPhone stolen and tracked...
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I've done location tracking on mine just to see how well it works. Never got an email sent to mine.
I actually sent (54) alerts; and yes, every single one went to my @me.com email address. I don't think the thief was too tech savvy, though he did have an older 3GS with a purple case that threw us off, b/c at one point he was using the 3GS and standing right in front of us as I was saying "The signal/icon is RIGHT here!" As it turned out, b/c he started walking away from us, I sent (5) alerts causing him to take my iPhone 4 out of his pocket and attempt to shutoff the alert. This entire process was about (20) minutes total...
Didn't realize there were that many alerts (54) but the cops had sent a couple alerts while they were holding my iPad....lol
Didn't realize there were that many alerts (54) but the cops had sent a couple alerts while they were holding my iPad....lol
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guessing for it to work location services has to be on? thats why i don't think i would download find my iphone as i never have locations on
I thought you only got an e mail when you have sent a message to the fone or locked/wiped it.
Tracking the iphone on the map in my case does not result in an e mail saying something like we are tracking your iphone 4 !
Nope i get them when i do a search for my iphone. I don't get it all the though but i do get them.
passcode lock airplane mode. it wouldn't really be a hassle anyways since you're not turning it on every day.
most criminals are dumb... there's a reason why they're criminals.
by the time the idiot figures out how to take out a sim, your phone could be traced.
I've never posted a FAKE anything; and I posted to help others that might find themselves in a similar situation. Sounds like someone needs a timeout....
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Maybe where you're from. In Africa they know once they've stolen the phone to switch it off and throw away the sim.
I know someone who did that, just to see if it worked, and found out his wife was cheating on him. He had no idea. Be careful, u might not like what u find.
We all hate when someone steals from us but when you can steal from a carrier or someone else, it seems to be OK and people in these forums ask how to do it all the time!
App is only good when you can locate the theif in an open and public area. It does no good if you can pin point the house its in because the police are not going to enter there since they have no authority to do so. The person can be waving in the window with the iPhone and the only thing you can do is get yourself a report. Unless the moron walks down and opens the door for the police you are SOL.
A bit late but congratulations but I hope you've learnt a good lesson from this. I'm happy you got your iPhone back but it seems like the theft could have been easily avoided. I'd never leave my iPhone on a table in public, even if it is attached to a laptop, so while its great you got it all sorted do bare in mind that those officers could have probably spent their time better, even if it was just 20 minutes or so. That and you're lucky to have officers who would actually care about that - I know some places where you'd have to be extremely lucky to have two officers accompany you while tracking down your iPhone.
Excellent idea.
If the thief knew iOS in and out. I'm sure many people who have an iOS device wouldn't know to hard reset it without Googling how to. And the SIM thing- yeah that could be a flaw for the GSM iPhones. Not to stur the rumor pot, but who knows, maybe Apple will be doing away with removable SIM cards in the future.
I wish that the 3GS had this feature too. My iPhone 3GS dropped out of my pocket on a train and I never saw it again.
Doubt that's fully true. There are other similar programs out there and the police use them to obtain a warrant from a judge.