I noticed something is navigating my iphone remotely while I was driving. Is there a log for airdrop files? How can I view it? How can I know if there's some program accessed my phone remotely?
You may want to provide more detail on what you are seeing or provide a screenshot to help visualize it. There is no viewable history of Airdrop files and no mechanism where a file that is airdropped can take control of your phone.
If you are seeing touch events on your screen navigating to different locations on your phone, that is a sign of a failing digitizer that is built into the screen. This occurs quite frequently when the screen is cracked, but of course it can fail at any time even when there does not appear to have a damaged screen.
There is no remote access capability on the iPhone. Your Apple Account can be accessed remotely if someone knows your password or another device is logged into your account. This does not give a person access to your phone, but the data that you see on your phone synced to iCloud can be changed or deleted. You can view if another device is signed into your account by going to Settings > [name on top], and scroll to the bottom to see the devices that have access to your iCloud data.
You may want to provide more detail on what you are seeing or provide a screenshot to help visualize it. There is no viewable history of Airdrop files and no mechanism where a file that is airdropped can take control of your phone.
If you are seeing touch events on your screen navigating to different locations on your phone, that is a sign of a failing digitizer that is built into the screen. This occurs quite frequently when the screen is cracked, but of course it can fail at any time even when there does not appear to have a damaged screen.
There is no remote access capability on the iPhone. Your Apple Account can be accessed remotely if someone knows your password or another device is logged into your account. This does not give a person access to your phone, but the data that you see on your phone synced to iCloud can be changed or deleted. You can view if another device is signed into your account by going to Settings > [name on top], and scroll to the bottom to see the devices that have access to your iCloud data.
Unless you are a high profile target worth millions of dollars, there is no way to access a iPhone remotely much less while driving.
To answer your question, no, there is no Airdrop history, and any time anything is airdropped it shows a alert on the receiving device.
Also, no way to take control a device from an airdropped file.
Whatever happened is not due to remote access or Airdrop.
If it does store a log, Apple Support would know. You may have to escalate the issue. Many logs are temporary and are deleted nightly, weekly and monthly. Some logs may not be user accessible.
Make an appointment with a forensic IT specialist. Last I knew they charged about $200 an hour in my area.
If you’re in the US, please call 1-800-MY-APPLE, or outside the US, consult the support articles below. In Canada, call 1-800-263-3394.
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