Remotely enable Find My iPhone

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Remotely enable Find My iPhone

This is really a message to Apple.

If we can remotely lock or erase the data on a lost/stolen iPhone, why can't we remotely turn on Location Services so that we can then track down our lost/stolen iPhone.

I will not keep Location Services on all the time b/c the tremendous battery drain. So, if my phone is lost/stolen, I will not be able to use the Find My iPhone feature that I have already set up.

Please allow us to do this.

Posted on Nov 15, 2011 2:26 PM

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Answer 1

gdgmacguy

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Nov 15, 2011 2:28 PM in response to Rex in NJ

Rex in NJ wrote:

This is really a message to Apple.

Then you're posting in the wrong place. We're all users just like you.

Feedback goes here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

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Rex in NJ Author

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Nov 15, 2011 2:39 PM in response to gdgmacguy

Thanks

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modular747

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Nov 15, 2011 2:47 PM in response to Rex in NJ

I will not keep Location Services on all the time b/c the tremendous battery drain

Not so, unless there is a configuration problem, corrupted settings, or you continuously run a navigation app. I run Find My Phone and 23 other apps have Location Serviced enabled without signficant battery drain.

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