Re: Find iPhone

[Brian Risbey]

Hi Michael

After gardening with a iPhone6 Plus in my pocket, over that now, I have the 
iWatch/phone, and it works!

No pocket bulge and you can make, receive and respond to any calls, emails, 
messages and notifications.


Loving it. It means the the iPhone can safely stay inside, even when going off 
to Bunnings and or off swimming in the pool.

my 2c worth,
Brian



On 8 Jan 2018, at 12:58, Michael Hawkins  
wrote:

Thank you all. The phone I lost then found is an SE, purchased recently to 
replace my beloved iPhone 6 which disappeared during a trip to Bunnings to buy 
wood chips for mulch which, as it turned out, weren’t needed but that’s a 
different story. The lessons for me from the Bunnings Episode were always make 
sure the phone has a decent amount of charge in it before stepping out the 
door, and always make sure the phone is nestled deep within your pocket - I 
think mine popped out when I was hefting bags of woodchip mulch.

I have to admit that the SE has been great. It is more compact and seems in 
some ways more powerful than the 6 was.

Cheers,

Michael.

> On 5 Jan 2018, at 2:52 pm, Anthony (Tony) Francis  wrote:
> 
> Congratulations Michael, a good outcome.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 5 Jan 2018, at 13:49, Michael Hawkins  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> I found my missing iPhone SE in a storage locker which is below ground level 
>> in a three story concrete building a tad over 4km away from where Apple’s 
>> find my iphone app reported the phone to be. As you may recall, the app 
>> identified the middle of the neighbour’s lawn as being where the phone was. 
>> I had never set foot on the property until I went looking for the phone, so 
>> do not understand why the app said it was there. And given that I have the 
>> keys to the storage locker, the phone can not have been left there by 
>> anybody other than me.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Michael.
>> 
>>> On 31 Dec 2017, at 3:16 pm, Michael Hawkins 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I recently lost an iPhone, and used Find my iPhone to try and find it.
>>> 
>>> According to the spot on the map, the iPhone was in the middle of the 
>>> closely mown lawn in the neighbour’s front yard across the street. We 
>>> couldn’t find the iPhone nor could we hear any sound from it, nor could we 
>>> hear it ring when we rang it.
>>> 
>>> I used f”ind my iPhone” on three different devices over the next three 
>>> days, from a variety of locations up to 20 km away from the neighbour’s 
>>> place. The result was identical on each of them, the location my missing 
>>> phone less than “1 minute ago” as being in the middle of the front lawn.
>>> 
>>> The battery has now gone flat, but just in case someone recharges the 
>>> battery and turns the phone on, I’d like to know what to do if, yet again, 
>>> the iPhone is reported as being in the middle of the yard. Or what I could 
>>> have done.
>>> 
>>> Each device I used was using the latest iOS.
>>> 
>>> Happy New Year
>>> 
>>> Michael
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Re: Find iPhone

[Michael Hawkins]

Thank you all. The phone I lost then found is an SE, purchased recently to 
replace my beloved iPhone 6 which disappeared during a trip to Bunnings to buy 
wood chips for mulch which, as it turned out, weren’t needed but that’s a 
different story. The lessons for me from the Bunnings Episode were always make 
sure the phone has a decent amount of charge in it before stepping out the 
door, and always make sure the phone is nestled deep within your pocket - I 
think mine popped out when I was hefting bags of woodchip mulch.

I have to admit that the SE has been great. It is more compact and seems in 
some ways more powerful than the 6 was.

Cheers,

Michael.

> On 5 Jan 2018, at 2:52 pm, Anthony (Tony) Francis  wrote:
> 
> Congratulations Michael, a good outcome.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 5 Jan 2018, at 13:49, Michael Hawkins  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> I found my missing iPhone SE in a storage locker which is below ground level 
>> in a three story concrete building a tad over 4km away from where Apple’s 
>> find my iphone app reported the phone to be. As you may recall, the app 
>> identified the middle of the neighbour’s lawn as being where the phone was. 
>> I had never set foot on the property until I went looking for the phone, so 
>> do not understand why the app said it was there. And given that I have the 
>> keys to the storage locker, the phone can not have been left there by 
>> anybody other than me.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Michael.
>> 
>>> On 31 Dec 2017, at 3:16 pm, Michael Hawkins 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I recently lost an iPhone, and used Find my iPhone to try and find it.
>>> 
>>> According to the spot on the map, the iPhone was in the middle of the 
>>> closely mown lawn in the neighbour’s front yard across the street. We 
>>> couldn’t find the iPhone nor could we hear any sound from it, nor could we 
>>> hear it ring when we rang it.
>>> 
>>> I used f”ind my iPhone” on three different devices over the next three 
>>> days, from a variety of locations up to 20 km away from the neighbour’s 
>>> place. The result was identical on each of them, the location my missing 
>>> phone less than “1 minute ago” as being in the middle of the front lawn.
>>> 
>>> The battery has now gone flat, but just in case someone recharges the 
>>> battery and turns the phone on, I’d like to know what to do if, yet again, 
>>> the iPhone is reported as being in the middle of the yard. Or what I could 
>>> have done.
>>> 
>>> Each device I used was using the latest iOS.
>>> 
>>> Happy New Year
>>> 
>>> Michael
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Re: Find iPhone

[Anthony (Tony) Francis]

Congratulations Michael, a good outcome.

Sent from my iPhone

> On 5 Jan 2018, at 13:49, Michael Hawkins  
> wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> I found my missing iPhone SE in a storage locker which is below ground level 
> in a three story concrete building a tad over 4km away from where Apple’s 
> find my iphone app reported the phone to be. As you may recall, the app 
> identified the middle of the neighbour’s lawn as being where the phone was. I 
> had never set foot on the property until I went looking for the phone, so do 
> not understand why the app said it was there. And given that I have the keys 
> to the storage locker, the phone can not have been left there by anybody 
> other than me.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Michael.
> 
>> On 31 Dec 2017, at 3:16 pm, Michael Hawkins 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> I recently lost an iPhone, and used Find my iPhone to try and find it.
>> 
>> According to the spot on the map, the iPhone was in the middle of the 
>> closely mown lawn in the neighbour’s front yard across the street. We 
>> couldn’t find the iPhone nor could we hear any sound from it, nor could we 
>> hear it ring when we rang it.
>> 
>> I used f”ind my iPhone” on three different devices over the next three days, 
>> from a variety of locations up to 20 km away from the neighbour’s place. The 
>> result was identical on each of them, the location my missing phone less 
>> than “1 minute ago” as being in the middle of the front lawn.
>> 
>> The battery has now gone flat, but just in case someone recharges the 
>> battery and turns the phone on, I’d like to know what to do if, yet again, 
>> the iPhone is reported as being in the middle of the yard. Or what I could 
>> have done.
>> 
>> Each device I used was using the latest iOS.
>> 
>> Happy New Year
>> 
>> Michael
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Re: Find iPhone

[Ronni Brown]

> On 5 Jan 2018, at 1:49 pm, Michael Hawkins  
> wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> I found my missing iPhone SE in a storage locker which is below ground level 
> in a three story concrete building a tad over 4km away from where Apple’s 
> find my iphone app reported the phone to be. As you may recall, the app 
> identified the middle of the neighbour’s lawn as being where the phone was. I 
> had never set foot on the property until I went looking for the phone, so do 
> not understand why the app said it was there. And given that I have the keys 
> to the storage locker, the phone can not have been left there by anybody 
> other than me.

Hello Michael,

Location is determined by a number of factors, one of which is Cell tower 
triangulation. 
Depending on landscape, building materials, etc. the triangulation may not be 
entirely accurate and can sometimes be off by many kilometres .
Another factor is proximity to known WiFi networks. Since the database of WiFi 
networks is not updated in real-time, this can also often be incorrect.

Depending on your device and available services, Location Services uses a 
combination of cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS to determine your location. 
If you're not within a clear line of sight to GPS satellites, your device can 
determine your location using crowd-sourced Wi-Fi and cell tower locations or 
iBeacons.

Cheers,
Ronni

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> 
> Cheers
> 
> Michael.
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Re: Find iPhone

[Michael Hawkins]

Dear All,

I found my missing iPhone SE in a storage locker which is below ground level in 
a three story concrete building a tad over 4km away from where Apple’s find my 
iphone app reported the phone to be. As you may recall, the app identified the 
middle of the neighbour’s lawn as being where the phone was. I had never set 
foot on the property until I went looking for the phone, so do not understand 
why the app said it was there. And given that I have the keys to the storage 
locker, the phone can not have been left there by anybody other than me.

Cheers

Michael.

> On 31 Dec 2017, at 3:16 pm, Michael Hawkins 
>  wrote:
> 
> I recently lost an iPhone, and used Find my iPhone to try and find it.
> 
> According to the spot on the map, the iPhone was in the middle of the closely 
> mown lawn in the neighbour’s front yard across the street. We couldn’t find 
> the iPhone nor could we hear any sound from it, nor could we hear it ring 
> when we rang it.
> 
> I used f”ind my iPhone” on three different devices over the next three days, 
> from a variety of locations up to 20 km away from the neighbour’s place. The 
> result was identical on each of them, the location my missing phone less than 
> “1 minute ago” as being in the middle of the front lawn.
> 
> The battery has now gone flat, but just in case someone recharges the battery 
> and turns the phone on, I’d like to know what to do if, yet again, the iPhone 
> is reported as being in the middle of the yard. Or what I could have done.
> 
> Each device I used was using the latest iOS.
> 
> Happy New Year
> 
> Michael
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Re: Find iPhone

[Michael Hawkins]

Happy New Year to you too, Ronni.

The answer is “Yes” to each question. I live in hope.

Cheers,

Michael.

> On 1 Jan 2018, at 1:28 pm, Ronni Brown  wrote:
> 
> Happy New Year Michael,
> 
>> On 31 Dec 2017, at 9:34 pm, Michael Hawkins 
>> > 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Happy New Year Ronni,
>> 
>> Over the three days that the battery lasted, I had tried, a number of times, 
>> each of the steps recommended by you and as recommended in the other links. 
>> Each and every time the location was identifed as being the location where 
>> the phone was less than a minute ago.
> 
> 
> 1. You definitely put your iPhone device in ‘Lost Mode’ as soon as you 
> noticed it missing & still had power and you could see where it was (on next 
> door neighbour’s front lawn?
>  
> 2. When in Lost Mode did you enter a phone number you can be reached at if 
> found, and a message?
> 
> 3. If the device was recently online, you see the time it was last located. 
> If the device has been offline for over 24 hours, you see “Offline.” and a 
> Grey Dot.
> 
> If your missing device is off or offline, you can still put it in Lost Mode 
> , lock it 
> , or remotely erase it 
> . The next time your device is online, 
> these actions will take effect. 
> If you remove the device from your account 
>  while it's offline, any pending actions 
> for the device are canceled.
> 
> 4. Did you Select “Notify me when found” to get an email when it comes online?
> 
> If so when the person who has ‘found/stolen’ your iPhone connects it to power 
> and online you should be notified.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
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Re: Find iPhone

[Ronni Brown]

Happy New Year Michael,

> On 31 Dec 2017, at 9:34 pm, Michael Hawkins 
>  wrote:
> 
> Happy New Year Ronni,
> 
> Over the three days that the battery lasted, I had tried, a number of times, 
> each of the steps recommended by you and as recommended in the other links. 
> Each and every time the location was identifed as being the location where 
> the phone was less than a minute ago.


1. You definitely put your iPhone device in ‘Lost Mode’ as soon as you noticed 
it missing & still had power and you could see where it was (on next door 
neighbour’s front lawn?
 
2. When in Lost Mode did you enter a phone number you can be reached at if 
found, and a message?

3. If the device was recently online, you see the time it was last located. If 
the device has been offline for over 24 hours, you see “Offline.” and a Grey 
Dot.

If your missing device is off or offline, you can still put it in Lost Mode 
, lock it 
, or remotely erase it 
. The next time your device is online, 
these actions will take effect. 
If you remove the device from your account  
while it's offline, any pending actions for the device are canceled.

4. Did you Select “Notify me when found” to get an email when it comes online?

If so when the person who has ‘found/stolen’ your iPhone connects it to power 
and online you should be notified.


Cheers,
Ronni

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Re: Find iPhone

[Michael Hawkins]

Happy New Year Ronni,

Over the three days that the battery lasted, I had tried, a number of times, 
each of the steps recommended by you and as recommended in the other links. 
Each and every time the location was identifed as being the location where the 
phone was less than a minute ago.

A colleague has just sent me a reply in which he recounts how a phone which was 
broadcasting its location as being in an address in Pier Street was actually in 
a court room some distance away from that address and was recovered because the 
incessant ringing of the phone annoyed the judge enough for him to tell one of 
the ushers to answer the phone. Sadly, my phone wasn’t answered by any one, 
annoyed or otherwise.

C’est la vie

During the hunt I learnt a valuable lesson, and that is to buy a case which 
incorporates a magnet in the catch. I made the msitake of leaving my wife’s 
iphone on the roof of my car while I drove off to a different location to see 
if my phone was hidden somewhere in my car. It wasn’t, but I was rather 
surprised (and relieved) to find my wife’s phoone sitting on the car roof when 
I got home after I’d driven up and down a number of hills and gone around a 
number of corners :))

Cheers,

Michael.


> On 31 Dec 2017, at 8:51 pm, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> After more than 24 has passed since the last location was sent to Apple (if 
> Send Last Location is turned on). It does look like someone has picked the 
> iPhone up from the neighbour’s front lawn.
> 
> Sometimes when an iOS device goes missing, Find My iPhone helps to locate and 
> recover the device. Ideally, the battery on the lost iPhone has enough juice 
> for iCloud to track the location live.
> In some cases, the lost device has a dead battery or is simply turned off. So 
> does Find My iPhone still work? Live tracking will not work, but Find My 
> iPhone may still be able to lead you to your missing phone by showing you its 
> last known location. 
> 
> Instead of a green circle on a map identifying the iPhone's current location, 
> the last known location of the iOS device will be displayed by a grey circle. 
> Clicking the grey circle, then clicking the information icon (i) will provide 
> more details, including the last time the device was seen at this location. 
> Unless the lost device is plugged in to charge, the current location cannot 
> be found.
> 
> https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204233 
> 
> https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/iphone/how-find-lost-iphone-ipad-even-if-battery-has-died-3612189/
>  
> 
> I’ve got to get back to New Years Eve celebrations now 壟
> 
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> 
> On 31 Dec 2017, at 8:32 pm, Michael Hawkins  > wrote:
> 
>> Hello Ronni,
>> 
>> I had taken each of the steps suggested by you Ronni. The problem is that 
>> the iPhone is not where it says it is.
>> I’m wondering if there is a hack which enables who ever hacks the phone to 
>> make it appear it is somewhere other than where “Find my iPhone” says it is.
>> 
>> I’ve gone back to an iPhone 4 pending the recovery of the newer model which 
>> I had had for 2 days.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Michael
>> 
>>> On 31 Dec 2017, at 3:59 pm, Ronda Brown >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Michael,
>>> 
>>> My comments in Situ below.
>>> 
 On 31 Dec 2017, at 3:16 pm, Michael Hawkins 
 > wrote:
 
 I recently lost an iPhone, and used Find my iPhone to try and find it.
>>> 
>>> If your device goes missing, put it in Lost Mode to lock it immediately and 
>>> start tracking its location. Find My iPhone will show you where it’s been 
>>> over the last 24 hours.
 
 According to the spot on the map, the iPhone was in the middle of the 
 closely mown lawn in the neighbour’s front yard across the street. We 
 couldn’t find the iPhone nor could we hear any sound from it, nor could we 
 hear it ring when we rang it.
>>> 
>>> Sounds like the iPhone has ‘silent’ mode turned on, if no sound is heard.
 
 I used f”ind my iPhone” on three different devices over the next three 
 days, from a variety of locations up to 20 km away from the neighbour’s 
 place. The result was identical on each of them, the location my missing 
 phone less than “1 minute ago” as being in the middle of the front lawn.
 
 The battery has now gone flat, but just in case someone recharges the 
 battery and turns the phone on, I’d like to know what to do if, yet again, 
 the iPhone is reported as being in the middle of the yard. Or what I could 
 have done.
>>> 
>>> Use the Find My iPhone app or sign in to iCloud.com 

Re: Find iPhone

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Michael,

I forgot to add this support link.
https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201472

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> On 31 Dec 2017, at 8:51 pm, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> After more than 24 has passed since the last location was sent to Apple (if 
> Send Last Location is turned on). It does look like someone has picked the 
> iPhone up from the neighbour’s front lawn.
> 
> Sometimes when an iOS device goes missing, Find My iPhone helps to locate and 
> recover the device. Ideally, the battery on the lost iPhone has enough juice 
> for iCloud to track the location live.
> In some cases, the lost device has a dead battery or is simply turned off. So 
> does Find My iPhone still work? Live tracking will not work, but Find My 
> iPhone may still be able to lead you to your missing phone by showing you its 
> last known location. 
> 
> Instead of a green circle on a map identifying the iPhone's current location, 
> the last known location of the iOS device will be displayed by a grey circle. 
> Clicking the grey circle, then clicking the information icon (i) will provide 
> more details, including the last time the device was seen at this location. 
> Unless the lost device is plugged in to charge, the current location cannot 
> be found.
> 
> https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204233
> 
> https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/iphone/how-find-lost-iphone-ipad-even-if-battery-has-died-3612189/
> 
> I’ve got to get back to New Years Eve celebrations now 壟
> 
> 
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> 
> 
>> On 31 Dec 2017, at 8:32 pm, Michael Hawkins 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Ronni,
>> 
>> I had taken each of the steps suggested by you Ronni. The problem is that 
>> the iPhone is not where it says it is.
>> I’m wondering if there is a hack which enables who ever hacks the phone to 
>> make it appear it is somewhere other than where “Find my iPhone” says it is.
>> 
>> I’ve gone back to an iPhone 4 pending the recovery of the newer model which 
>> I had had for 2 days.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Michael
>> 
>>> On 31 Dec 2017, at 3:59 pm, Ronda Brown  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Michael,
>>> 
>>> My comments in Situ below.
>>> 
 On 31 Dec 2017, at 3:16 pm, Michael Hawkins 
  wrote:
 
 I recently lost an iPhone, and used Find my iPhone to try and find it.
>>> 
>>> If your device goes missing, put it in Lost Mode to lock it immediately and 
>>> start tracking its location. Find My iPhone will show you where it’s been 
>>> over the last 24 hours.
 
 According to the spot on the map, the iPhone was in the middle of the 
 closely mown lawn in the neighbour’s front yard across the street. We 
 couldn’t find the iPhone nor could we hear any sound from it, nor could we 
 hear it ring when we rang it.
>>> 
>>> Sounds like the iPhone has ‘silent’ mode turned on, if no sound is heard.
 
 I used f”ind my iPhone” on three different devices over the next three 
 days, from a variety of locations up to 20 km away from the neighbour’s 
 place. The result was identical on each of them, the location my missing 
 phone less than “1 minute ago” as being in the middle of the front lawn.
 
 The battery has now gone flat, but just in case someone recharges the 
 battery and turns the phone on, I’d like to know what to do if, yet again, 
 the iPhone is reported as being in the middle of the yard. Or what I could 
 have done.
>>> 
>>> Use the Find My iPhone app or sign in to iCloud.com to view your device’s 
>>> location on a map. Your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch will also mark its 
>>> location when its battery is critically low, to help you find it even if it 
>>> runs out of power.
>>> 
>>> Activation Lock is designed to prevent anyone from using or selling your 
>>> device. The moment you turn on Find My iPhone, your Apple ID and password 
>>> will be required before anyone can turn off Find My iPhone, erase your 
>>> device, or reactivate it.
 
 Each device I used was using the latest iOS.
 
 Happy New Year
 
 Michael
>>> 
>>> Happy New year
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
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[Ronda Brown]

Hi Michael,

After more than 24 has passed since the last location was sent to Apple (if 
Send Last Location is turned on). It does look like someone has picked the 
iPhone up from the neighbour’s front lawn.

Sometimes when an iOS device goes missing, Find My iPhone helps to locate and 
recover the device. Ideally, the battery on the lost iPhone has enough juice 
for iCloud to track the location live.
In some cases, the lost device has a dead battery or is simply turned off. So 
does Find My iPhone still work? Live tracking will not work, but Find My iPhone 
may still be able to lead you to your missing phone by showing you its last 
known location. 

Instead of a green circle on a map identifying the iPhone's current location, 
the last known location of the iOS device will be displayed by a grey circle. 
Clicking the grey circle, then clicking the information icon (i) will provide 
more details, including the last time the device was seen at this location. 
Unless the lost device is plugged in to charge, the current location cannot be 
found.

https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204233

https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/iphone/how-find-lost-iphone-ipad-even-if-battery-has-died-3612189/

I’ve got to get back to New Years Eve celebrations now 壟


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> On 31 Dec 2017, at 8:32 pm, Michael Hawkins 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hello Ronni,
> 
> I had taken each of the steps suggested by you Ronni. The problem is that the 
> iPhone is not where it says it is.
> I’m wondering if there is a hack which enables who ever hacks the phone to 
> make it appear it is somewhere other than where “Find my iPhone” says it is.
> 
> I’ve gone back to an iPhone 4 pending the recovery of the newer model which I 
> had had for 2 days.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Michael
> 
>> On 31 Dec 2017, at 3:59 pm, Ronda Brown  wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Michael,
>> 
>> My comments in Situ below.
>> 
>>> On 31 Dec 2017, at 3:16 pm, Michael Hawkins 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I recently lost an iPhone, and used Find my iPhone to try and find it.
>> 
>> If your device goes missing, put it in Lost Mode to lock it immediately and 
>> start tracking its location. Find My iPhone will show you where it’s been 
>> over the last 24 hours.
>>> 
>>> According to the spot on the map, the iPhone was in the middle of the 
>>> closely mown lawn in the neighbour’s front yard across the street. We 
>>> couldn’t find the iPhone nor could we hear any sound from it, nor could we 
>>> hear it ring when we rang it.
>> 
>> Sounds like the iPhone has ‘silent’ mode turned on, if no sound is heard.
>>> 
>>> I used f”ind my iPhone” on three different devices over the next three 
>>> days, from a variety of locations up to 20 km away from the neighbour’s 
>>> place. The result was identical on each of them, the location my missing 
>>> phone less than “1 minute ago” as being in the middle of the front lawn.
>>> 
>>> The battery has now gone flat, but just in case someone recharges the 
>>> battery and turns the phone on, I’d like to know what to do if, yet again, 
>>> the iPhone is reported as being in the middle of the yard. Or what I could 
>>> have done.
>> 
>> Use the Find My iPhone app or sign in to iCloud.com to view your device’s 
>> location on a map. Your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch will also mark its 
>> location when its battery is critically low, to help you find it even if it 
>> runs out of power.
>> 
>> Activation Lock is designed to prevent anyone from using or selling your 
>> device. The moment you turn on Find My iPhone, your Apple ID and password 
>> will be required before anyone can turn off Find My iPhone, erase your 
>> device, or reactivate it.
>>> 
>>> Each device I used was using the latest iOS.
>>> 
>>> Happy New Year
>>> 
>>> Michael
>> 
>> Happy New year
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
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Re: Find iPhone

[Michael Hawkins]

Hello Ronni,

I had taken each of the steps suggested by you Ronni. The problem is that the 
iPhone is not where it says it is.
I’m wondering if there is a hack which enables who ever hacks the phone to make 
it appear it is somewhere other than where “Find my iPhone” says it is.

I’ve gone back to an iPhone 4 pending the recovery of the newer model which I 
had had for 2 days.

Cheers,

Michael

> On 31 Dec 2017, at 3:59 pm, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> 
> Hello Michael,
> 
> My comments in Situ below.
> 
>> On 31 Dec 2017, at 3:16 pm, Michael Hawkins 
>> > 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I recently lost an iPhone, and used Find my iPhone to try and find it.
> 
> If your device goes missing, put it in Lost Mode to lock it immediately and 
> start tracking its location. Find My iPhone will show you where it’s been 
> over the last 24 hours.
>> 
>> According to the spot on the map, the iPhone was in the middle of the 
>> closely mown lawn in the neighbour’s front yard across the street. We 
>> couldn’t find the iPhone nor could we hear any sound from it, nor could we 
>> hear it ring when we rang it.
> 
> Sounds like the iPhone has ‘silent’ mode turned on, if no sound is heard.
>> 
>> I used f”ind my iPhone” on three different devices over the next three days, 
>> from a variety of locations up to 20 km away from the neighbour’s place. The 
>> result was identical on each of them, the location my missing phone less 
>> than “1 minute ago” as being in the middle of the front lawn.
>> 
>> The battery has now gone flat, but just in case someone recharges the 
>> battery and turns the phone on, I’d like to know what to do if, yet again, 
>> the iPhone is reported as being in the middle of the yard. Or what I could 
>> have done.
> 
> Use the Find My iPhone app or sign in to iCloud.com  to 
> view your device’s location on a map. Your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch will 
> also mark its location when its battery is critically low, to help you find 
> it even if it runs out of power.
> 
> Activation Lock is designed to prevent anyone from using or selling your 
> device. The moment you turn on Find My iPhone, your Apple ID and password 
> will be required before anyone can turn off Find My iPhone, erase your 
> device, or reactivate it.
>> 
>> Each device I used was using the latest iOS.
>> 
>> Happy New Year
>> 
>> Michael
> 
> Happy New year
> Cheers,
> Ronni
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Re: Find iPhone

[Ronda Brown]

Hello Michael,

My comments in Situ below.

> On 31 Dec 2017, at 3:16 pm, Michael Hawkins 
>  wrote:
> 
> I recently lost an iPhone, and used Find my iPhone to try and find it.

If your device goes missing, put it in Lost Mode to lock it immediately and 
start tracking its location. Find My iPhone will show you where it’s been over 
the last 24 hours.
> 
> According to the spot on the map, the iPhone was in the middle of the closely 
> mown lawn in the neighbour’s front yard across the street. We couldn’t find 
> the iPhone nor could we hear any sound from it, nor could we hear it ring 
> when we rang it.

Sounds like the iPhone has ‘silent’ mode turned on, if no sound is heard.
> 
> I used f”ind my iPhone” on three different devices over the next three days, 
> from a variety of locations up to 20 km away from the neighbour’s place. The 
> result was identical on each of them, the location my missing phone less than 
> “1 minute ago” as being in the middle of the front lawn.
> 
> The battery has now gone flat, but just in case someone recharges the battery 
> and turns the phone on, I’d like to know what to do if, yet again, the iPhone 
> is reported as being in the middle of the yard. Or what I could have done.

Use the Find My iPhone app or sign in to iCloud.com to view your device’s 
location on a map. Your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch will also mark its location 
when its battery is critically low, to help you find it even if it runs out of 
power.

Activation Lock is designed to prevent anyone from using or selling your 
device. The moment you turn on Find My iPhone, your Apple ID and password will 
be required before anyone can turn off Find My iPhone, erase your device, or 
reactivate it.
> 
> Each device I used was using the latest iOS.
> 
> Happy New Year
> 
> Michael

Happy New year
Cheers,
Ronni

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Re: Find iPhone

[Kaye and Geoff]

Hello Michael

On 31/12/2017, at 3:16 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:

> I recently lost an iPhone, and used Find my iPhone to try and find it.
> 
> According to the spot on the map, the iPhone was in the middle of the closely 
> mown lawn in the neighbour’s front yard across the street. We couldn’t find 
> the iPhone nor could we hear any sound from it, nor could we hear it ring 
> when we rang it.
> 
> I used f”ind my iPhone” on three different devices over the next three days, 
> from a variety of locations up to 20 km away from the neighbour’s place. The 
> result was identical on each of them, the location my missing phone less than 
> “1 minute ago” as being in the middle of the front lawn.
> 
> The battery has now gone flat, but just in case someone recharges the battery 
> and turns the phone on, I’d like to know what to do if, yet again, the iPhone 
> is reported as being in the middle of the yard. Or what I could have done.


I have never owned a smart phone; in fact I have only had any sort of mobile 
phone about 20 years ago, and then I kept it for just a few weeks. So I am well 
qualified to make a suggestion.

Get your replacement phone (or borrow one if you have not replaced it yet) and 
put it on the lawn as close as possible to where your lost phone was reported. 
Do a "find my phone". If it reports that it is on your neighbour's lawn where 
you put it then disregard this post. I cannot help. But if it reports that it 
is, say, 100 metres due north, then go 100 metres due south and start looking.

Have a happy New Year everyone - we are going to see the fireworks (in Albany).

Regards

Geoff
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Find iPhone

[Michael Hawkins]

I recently lost an iPhone, and used Find my iPhone to try and find it.

According to the spot on the map, the iPhone was in the middle of the closely 
mown lawn in the neighbour’s front yard across the street. We couldn’t find the 
iPhone nor could we hear any sound from it, nor could we hear it ring when we 
rang it.

I used f”ind my iPhone” on three different devices over the next three days, 
from a variety of locations up to 20 km away from the neighbour’s place. The 
result was identical on each of them, the location my missing phone less than 
“1 minute ago” as being in the middle of the front lawn.

The battery has now gone flat, but just in case someone recharges the battery 
and turns the phone on, I’d like to know what to do if, yet again, the iPhone 
is reported as being in the middle of the yard. Or what I could have done.

Each device I used was using the latest iOS.

Happy New Year

Michael

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