How to track my Lost phone with my serial number

wants to find my lost iPhone

iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 16

Posted on Nov 2, 2023 12:19 PM

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Posted on Feb 18, 2024 11:59 AM

Hi sir lost my i phone 12 pro max i have imei number and serial number but i foget iCloud password but i no email.I can found my lost phone?


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Apr 29, 2024 12:05 PM in response to AyomideBTC

AyomideBTC wrote:

pls my phone was stolen pls i have my serial number

You can't track a stolen iPhone by serial number as has been said multiple times in this thread.


Did you have Find My enabled before your phone was stolen? If yes, see how to track it here (if it is still powered on and connected to a network) --> If your iPhone or iPad is lost or stolen - Apple Support


If you did not have Find My enabled, you can't track it. And whoever has it will be able to erase it, removing it from your account.

Apr 23, 2024 8:35 PM in response to Canucks-27

Call the taxi company to see if the driver turned the phone into the main office.


Assuming that you enabled Find My on the phone before it was lost, the phone will not show up on the Find My map if one or more if the following exist:


The phone's battery has run down

The phone has been powered off

The phone does not have an Internet connection where it is currently located


Unfortunately, all that you can do is keep checking every few hours to see if status of the phone might have changed.


If your iPhone or iPad is lost or stolen - Apple Support


May 21, 2024 5:53 AM in response to Puvirnituq2023

Puvirnituq2023 wrote:

Hi I did lost my iPhone 13 on January and it’s locked but I still have serial number


Nope.


Tracking by serial number would be a complete catastrophe, because domestic abusers, thieves, stalkers, and much worse would all be using that (hypothetical) tracking mechanism to track their prey; to track us.


If Find My is somehow not enabled, then there is no means for you to track your iPhone.


Local police or your carrier might be able to provide some assistance, depending on what happened here.


Here is what to do: If your iPhone or iPad is lost or stolen - Apple Support


Apr 2, 2024 5:02 PM in response to teto160

Assuming that you enabled Find My on the phone.....before.....it was lost......what is the message when you open the Find My app to try to locate your phone?


No location found?

iPhone Offline?

Something else?


Please remember that the phone's location cannot be displayed.....if.....


  • The battery has run down
  • The phone has been powered off
  • The phone does not have an Internet connection where it is currently located


In addition, iPhone thieves are very fond of placing a stolen phone in a special type of bag that will not allow the phone to send or receive a signal......even if everything else is working correctly on the phone......so that may be a possibility as well.


Find My was really designed to help you find your phone when it might have been left in your car, at a friend's house, a restaurant, etc. When a phone has been stolen, finding the phone becomes much more difficult.


Even the phone might appear, you would not think about trying to retrieve the phone yourself, would you?. People have been killed trying to do this.

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