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how do i turn off email notification find my iphone

With the new Find my iPhone, I'd like to turn off the email notification that the iphone has been found. Anyone know how to do that?

iPhone 4, iOS 4.2.7

Posted on Jun 7, 2011 3:14 PM

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Jun 8, 2011 12:54 PM in response to martinfromarlington

I would also like to know how to do this. I use the feature to track my children. I don't want them getting a notification every time I locate them. The e-mail is sent to the account that is on the phone being located. Plus if I locate one of my devices on my account, it sends an e-mail to all my devices. It's rather annoying.

Jun 8, 2011 1:04 PM in response to Silverbird0000@aol.com

Silverbird0000@aol.com wrote:


I would also like to know how to do this. I use the feature to track my children. I don't want them getting a notification every time I locate them. The e-mail is sent to the account that is on the phone being located. Plus if I locate one of my devices on my account, it sends an e-mail to all my devices. It's rather annoying.


That isn't really the purpose of the app, so thats probably why there is no option to turn it off. They will only recieve an email notification, if mail is set-up on the phone, otherwise they will not know. Are your kids iPhones set-up to use their email accounts or yours? If its theres then they won't recieve any email.


The email is sent to the email address assocaited with the Apple ID.

Jun 8, 2011 1:01 PM in response to bbfc

This is my issue too. I verify where my iphone are remotely and when I do this now an email is sent to the iphone itself. Can not turn off the mail on the phone we need it. What I do not need is an email being sent when I am checking on the whereabouts. If I could shut it off great or if I could designate where the email notificaiton would be sent but I can not...yet...Please Apple!!

Jun 8, 2011 1:21 PM in response to bbfc

I have many iphones and they are not all with me. The one with me I know where it is. The others I like to track online and I have been able to do so without any notices going anywhere. Now, if I track and it is off line, when it comes back on an email is sent to the phone itself (in the hands of whomever I have entrusted it to). I would not mind the notification if I had the option of sending the notification to an alternate email address so that the entrusted party does not get a notice that I am tracking the phone but that is currently not an available option nor is turning off the notification. Apple.......please!!

Jun 8, 2011 1:29 PM in response to williamsapplesupport

So the iPhone your have 'entrusted' to people are set-up with your email account? What i mean is that if someone with one of these iPhones loads the Mail app, they recieve your emails?


The iPhone will only recieve an email if;


Mail (on that iPhone) is actually set-up using the email address assocaited with your Apple ID. If not, they will not recieve any sort of notification.

Jun 8, 2011 1:29 PM in response to bbfc

@ Newcastle

The iphone that are entrusted to others have their email not mine. Therefore the notification goes to their emails so they now know that I am tracking the phone. When I track I use their Apple ID and their Password in find my phone. This notification makes little sense anyway, if I lost my phone why would I want a notification sent to my phone telling the party that took it or found it that I am tracking it -- I could always have done that remotely if I wanted to send a message to the phone or wipe it clean. Now I can not track the phones without the entrusted party knowing that I am doing so. Needs a change

Jun 8, 2011 1:37 PM in response to williamsapplesupport

I understand what you are saying, but that is not what the service was designed for. It is to locate LOST iPhones, not to track people who you lend your iPhones to. Apple obviously didn't realise that people would use the service in this way, hence why there is no option. Also, if someone found your iPhone, surely it would have a passcode lock so they would not be able to access it, thus not knowing that they have been discovered.


If you want to change the email address the notifications are sent to, then you need to change the associated email address of the Apple ID.


I suggest you send feedback to Apple as they do not monitor these boards.


http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Jun 8, 2011 2:07 PM in response to Silverbird0000@aol.com

There is (currently) no reason you have to use an e-mail address that belongs to your children to set up the MobileMe find my iPhone service on the phone.


You can set up the FMIPhone account on their phones using your Apple ID. Then if you set restrictions on their device, you can prevent them from changing the account settings and turning that off. The only way they would be able to get round it would be to turn off the phone entirely or wipe it.

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