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Help Me Find My iPhone! Update these Settings Now to Find Your iPhone Later


Update these settings on your iPhone now so you'll never have to ask for help to 'find my iphone' later!

Find My iPhone

The find my iPhone app is a great tool to track an iphone when it’s lost. But, for it work effectively – you have to turn it on! So, one of the first things you should do when you get an iPhone is enable find my iPhone. To do this, go to Settings > iCloud and select ‘Find my Iphone’. Turn on both ‘Find My iPhone’ and ‘Send Last Location’.

Update these settings on your iPhone now so you'll never have to ask for help to 'find my iphone' later!

For more instructions you can visit Apple’s support site here.

How to Use Find My iPhone

Want to know how to track an iphone? If you have find my iPhone enabled, it’s easy.

  1. Open any internet browser and go to www.icloud.comUpdate these settings on your iPhone now so you'll never have to ask for help to 'find my iphone' later!
  2. Sign in with your apple id and password
  3. Select Find My iPhone
  4. Enter your apple ID password again
  5. If you have multiple devices, select which device you’re looking for from the dropdown in the top middle of the screen.  Update these settings on your iPhone now so you'll never have to ask for help to 'find my iphone' later!Now you can:
    • Track your iPhone on a map – zoom in or out on the map and move it around if necessary to better identify its location
    • Play a sound – useful if the iPhone is near you but you can’t find it
    • Enable Lost Mode – this will remotely lock your iPhone with a 4 digit passcode, display a custom message on the screen and keep track of your device’s location
    • Erase iPhone – if you really think your iPhone is lost for good you can erase it remotely to keep your content secureUpdate these settings on your iPhone now so you'll never have to ask for help to 'find my iphone' later!

Whose iPhone is This?

Did you know that if someone finds a lost iPhone they can press the home button and ask Siri “whose iPhone is this?”? Go ahead, try it.  Lock your iPhone, press and hold the home button and ask Siri who owns this iPhone. Does your name and contact information come up on the screen? If it does – great! If not, let’s go through how to make sure Siri knows who you are and how people can reach you when you lost your iPhone.

Create a Contact…YOU

Go to your contacts and look for your name. Are you set up as a contact on your own iPhone? You should be.

To do this, click the + on the upper right corner of your phone to create a new contact. The following information would be useful to add so anyone who finds your phone can contact you:

  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • An alternate phone (if you have one)
  • Email Address
  • Home Address

Now that you’ve created yourself as a contact, you have to make sure your phone knows that’s you.

Identify Yourself to your iPhone

On your iPhone, go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars and scroll down to the Contacts section. Press where it says ‘My Info’. This will pull up your contacts list, select your own contact info you just set up. That’s it!

Now go test it out. Lock your iPhone and ask Siri whose iPhone this is…bet she knows this time! 🙂

 

Once you have ‘find my iphone’ setup and your phone knows your contact information you’re in pretty good shape should you lose your phone. (Assuming, that is, that the person that finds it tries to find an owner. 🙂 )  Have you ever lost your iPhone? What have you done to locate it?  Leave a comment below, we’d love to hear from you.

Update these settings on your iPhone now so you'll never have to ask for help to 'find my iphone' later!

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  1. Susan - ofeverymoment says

    May 15, 2015 at 10:41 am

    I am so grateful I found this post at #FoodieFriDIY! I just checked my iPhone to be sure I had it set up correctly — and realized I had never turned on “Send my last location”! It is on now, and I will be sharing this! Thanks.
    Susan – ofeverymoment recently posted…A Simple But Scrumptious SaladMy Profile

    • amy says

      May 15, 2015 at 10:54 pm

      Awesome…you never know if and when you’ll need that. Glad I could help. 🙂

  2. by Michelle Westbrook says

    June 29, 2015 at 2:11 pm

    I knew about the “find my iphone” app but not the siri tip. Cool! Thanks for sharing at the Pinterest Love Weekend Pin-It Party 🙂
    by Michelle Westbrook recently posted…Here Are 13 Simple Ways To Increase Your Summer Fun!My Profile

    • amy says

      June 30, 2015 at 11:30 am

      I bet there’s so much more that Siri can do we don’t even know about! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.

  3. Midge says

    August 13, 2015 at 4:45 am

    Will this work on an iPad?

    • amy says

      August 13, 2015 at 9:41 pm

      Yes, all of this should work on an iPad as well. Thanks for stopping by Midge.

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