I lost my IPhone 6 to my friend . He does not know the icouod password he only knows my iPhone 6 passcode I tried to block the stolen iPhone by using ( find my iPhone ) I was able to put the phone to lock mode but he unlocked it with the passcode what do I do now please help me
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iPhone 6, iOS 12
If he stole it, contact the police and report the theft. Since he knows your screen lock passcode, there is no way for you to lock it. You can erase it if you wish. But since he stole it, get the police to get it back for you.
If he stole it, contact the police and report the theft. Since he knows your screen lock passcode, there is no way for you to lock it. You can erase it if you wish. But since he stole it, get the police to get it back for you.
If you erase it you will no longer be able to remote track it as everything will be erased, including the remote connection that allows tracking. The thief will not be able to setup and use it though as long as you leave that device linked to your AppleID as one of your trusted devices as activation lock will prevent anyone from using it - Find My iPhone Activation Lock - Apple Support
No, to complete activation and setup of an erased but activation locked phone one needs to know the AppleID and password the device is linked to. Once erased, there is no screen lock passcode in effect since the phone must be setup anew for that, which cannot be done without the AppleID password.
When setting up an erased device, if you have another device of your own nearby (as in right next to each other on the same WiFi network), you can link the two to set the new one up, and that needs the passcode to start that restore, but setup on the erased device still cannot be completed without knowing the AppleID and password tied to the device.
When you enable find my iPhone on a device, that also sets up activation lock. So if your stolen device had find my iPhone enabled, then activation lock is already setup on it.
And no I don’t work for nor ever worked for Apple. These are user community forums. Some of us have been using Apple devices for decades though.
This is a user-to-user technical support site, we are volunteers not Apple employees. If you turned on Find My iPhone on the device Activation Lock is in place. You cannot set it up after the fact.
It my iPhone 6 ... he stole from me and managed to know the phone passcode but he does not knows the phone iCloud account password. He tried to block the phone but he is able to use the passcode to unlock it . What do I do now
Micheal I do really appreciate your replies . I just try to ease the phone that am currently using yes it worked everything erased automatically and was asked to set up the phone either by the previous appleID or previous screen passcode ... my question here is that the thief still knows the screen passcode and can easily set up the phone with the passcode even if I remotely ease the phone.... what do I do now ? Please
Why are you trying to block an iPhone of your friend?
Thank you very much Micheal . But if I do erase the phone everything would be erased on the phone , would the iCloud account still be on the phone after the phone is been erased ?
Micheal I think you work for the apple company because you really knows everything about apple. My last and final question how do I set up the Activation lock
Thank very much it worked
Hello guys is it possible for me to change my lost phone screen passcode remotely
I tried to block the stolen iPhone by using Find my iPhone
