Older iPhones and use of Find My

The only devices that are trackable when they are turned off are the iPhone 12 and newer.

Older devices do not support that.

A while back, around the release of iOS 15, it was indicated that iPhone 11 and later with the U1 UWB can be tracked while off, when that tracking feature is enabled.

This was the related message displayed at power off:

iPhone Remains Findable After Power Off

Find My helps you locate this iPhone when it is lost or stolen, even when it is in power reserve mode or when powered off.

I don’t see that iPhone device list included in any current Apple Find My documentation, so I don’t know if the Find My tracking mechanism is now available across all current iPhone models with current iOS (and when powered off), or if the documentation for this hardware limit was erroneously dropped.

Here’s the old list:

https://www.starzsoft.com/iphone-issues/iphone-findable-after-power-off/

From that list, this should not work. From current Apple documentation, I’m not sure.

Hello javelina187,

If you've lost your iPhone, see related steps in: If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is lost or stolen

If the iPhone is off and not powered on, it wouldn't be able to reflect its location in the Find My app. As explained here: Locate a device in Find My on iPhone

About locating a device

- You can use Find My on your iPhone to see the location of your device on a map and play a sound on it to help you find it. If the device is online, you see the location of the device. If the device is offline, you see the location of the device the last time it went online or connected to the Find My network.

If the device is no longer online, it will show it's last location, if possible.

We'd recommend using the following: If Find My is offline or not working

And continuing to work with your local Law Enforcement on their next steps from here.

We hope this helps out, take care.