I did forget to mention that Apple in November allowed “Find my iPhone" for Free. You don’t have to be a MobileMe Member as was previously required. As long as you are using iOS 4.2.
But the TidBits article mentions it anyway: "Find My iPhone once required a paid and active MobileMe subscription to work. But in November, Apple made Find My iPhone free to anyone with iOS 4.2 running on an iPad, iPhone 4, or fourth-generation iPod touch to use with those devices and any older ones using the same account. An Apple ID account is used instead of MobileMe.” Cheers, Ronni On 08/02/2011, at 9:52 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > Hi WAMUGers, > > I realise this information is too late to help Callum, but might help others > who don’t already have either MobileMe “Find My iPhone” or another Tracking > App. setup on their iPhone & iPad & iPod Touch. > > <http://db.tidbits.com/article/11853> > GadgetTrak for iOS Adds Background Location Updates: > > "The point of theft-recovery software is simple: to provide some kind of > post-loss updates from your devices, preferably with coordinates included > from either a GPS receiver, Wi-Fi positioning, or both.” … > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 07/02/2011, at 10:17 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> >> Sorry to hear this Callum. >> >> You must file a police report that it is stolen. >> >> I take it you don't have MobileMe with 'find my iPhone' activated on the >> iPhone? >> If you did you could put a message on the screen, or wipe the data. >> >> Sounds like you have contacted your carrier and reported it stolen & they >> have blocked the IMEI number which will then make it unusable in Australia. >> >> All networks will have a copy of it.. because the owner would have it >> registered against their SIM card.. Each time you log onto the network, make >> a call.. even when the phone swaps network towers the IMEI is registered >> from the phone to the network and recorded... which is what the network >> would use to block it with... and that information is passed onto each of >> the networks to add to their Stolen Phone registry to block logging onto the >> network. >> >> Was the iPhone purchased from Apple? Report a stolen Apple product: >> http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2526 >> >> Sent from Ronni's iPad >> >> On 07/02/2011, at 9:02 PM, Callum Prior <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Sadly my partner has had her iPhone stolen in transit to the US. She was >>> in Auckland for a couple of hours and had her phone and wallet stolen, and >>> the airline lost her baggage(!). >>> >>> As she was also travelling with a toddler who had just done a Perth - >>> Auckland flight and some security guards who didn't seem interested in >>> helping her out, she wasn't able to report it to the police while she was >>> still in Auckland. >>> >>> The phone's passcode protection was active at the time and we've already >>> blocked the telephone account and removed my credit card data from iTunes. >>> Is there anything else I should be doing? >>> >>> It's not likely we'll see the phone again, but should we be concerned about >>> the data on the phone? How hard is it to break through the passcode >>> protection? >>> >>> Cheers! >>> >>> Callum Prior >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
