hi, i just got my iphone 14 promax stolen. I read that i can log out of my icloud on my iphone by using my macbook and apple support; logging out of the device but i will deactivate my find my iphone. Is it true?
This is a sacrifice I'm willing to make. I just want to make sure that it works
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Read this support article about what to do if a iPhone or iPad is lost or stolen -->
Find your lost iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
- The Find My service described in the article is the only recovery feature Apple offers. It must be set up before the device is lost.
- Note that if you remotely erase your device as instructed in this article, if you subsequently remove it from your account as in this article --> Check your Apple Account device list to find where you’re signed in - Apple Support , then according to this article --> How to remove Activation Lock - Apple Support you remove activation lock from the device. Do not remove it from your account. If you do then a finder or thief will have an unlocked device that can be used by another person.
The only data on the SIM card are data related to your telephone carrier plan. No truly private data. Apple doesn't store private data on the SIM card. As long as you have a good passcode on your device your data should be protected.
Read this support article about what to do if a iPhone or iPad is lost or stolen -->
Find your lost iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
- The Find My service described in the article is the only recovery feature Apple offers. It must be set up before the device is lost.
- Note that if you remotely erase your device as instructed in this article, if you subsequently remove it from your account as in this article --> Check your Apple Account device list to find where you’re signed in - Apple Support , then according to this article --> How to remove Activation Lock - Apple Support you remove activation lock from the device. Do not remove it from your account. If you do then a finder or thief will have an unlocked device that can be used by another person.
The only data on the SIM card are data related to your telephone carrier plan. No truly private data. Apple doesn't store private data on the SIM card. As long as you have a good passcode on your device your data should be protected.
Loc the device.
do not remove it from your account.
review the link provided.
without knowing your passcode, there is nothing that they can do.
Hi, im panicking really bad right now. But I think my phone thief has taken the sim out of my iPhone to try to get the verification code for my Apple ID and use my iMessage through my email because my email and phone number is used as verification.
I have checked my Apple ID password and It was only altered by me so i dont know if they can access my icloud. I have given up hope on finding my iPhone through Find My because the phone is pending, and im pretty sure it's because the sim has been taken out. I think I can log out of my icloud on the stolen iPhone now by using MacBook and erase all the data with find my iPhone. Im scared they might find a way to use my iPhone and delete my Mac as a trusted device and I will lose my iCloud and a lot of personal information. Please confirm, i dont want to mess anything up. I have pretty much tried everything to contact the person. They might have my SIM card so they have read my iMessage but no reply, they have my other number, I think if they really want to be compensated, they wouldve called me hours ago.
Thank you for the reply
and I only have like 3 hours left to decide to do it or not cause a new day would begin, and they would be able to either resell it, crack the password and access my iCloud and steal my data. It was stolen right in front of me, I really dont know what else I can do.
I think I heard somewhere that the passcode on iPhones can be guessed base on old finger prints on the screen so im like full on scared for my life. Idk if I should log out or not. Im preparing for the worse to come honestly. When I saw that they tried to change my Apple ID by confirming the code with my email, I almost passed out. But I think they couldnt do it somehow and the passcode wasnt changed. I changed it again tho, and got rid of my phone number in the 2 step factor verification. And changed it to another number.
Yes, from a James Bond movies back in the '70s I seem to remember. :-)
You would have had to have just cleaned your screen and done nothing more than enter your passcode, plus your passcode would have to have been stupidly simple repeating the same numbers over again or somebody would have to be lucky to guess the entry order of the numbers before they reached the limit where the device would lock everybody (even you) out of it.
These days people use FaceID, but now i hear somebody saying what is a thief had a mask made to look like you? If they did that then they probably don't need to be stealing iPhones. ;-)
I heard that some stores can crack a locked stolen iPhone but the data would be wiped out, idk about the iCloud tho. I hope I would get the phone back or at least for my information to not be leaked. Tks tho, you guys really did calm me down.
If you log out of the device the thief will be able to use it. See Find your lost iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
Thank you so much for your reply
Logging out of iCloud on Mac to deactivate Find My iPhone for a stolen iPhone 14 Pro Max
