Greetings! I have a good friend that is a Senior Constable with the Western Australia police. The other day he mentioned that a couple visiting Perth had their iPhone stolen. They went to the Beaufort Police Station and asked the officer if they could use there internet connection. They dialed up their Mobile Me account and did a wipe. They than did a GPS locate and the iPhone sent back the physical address and apartment number. Two officers were dispatched to the address and recovered the missing iPhone, wallet and hand bag. I think this is truly remarkable. I anxiously looking forward to getting an iPhone.
Cheers, Joe On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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]> > > -- 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]>
