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carlo of milan
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Q: My Iphone has been stolen and I use the lock code screen.

Are they able to restore it?

iPod 5th Generation (Late 2006), iOS 6.1.4

Posted on May 13, 2013 7:16 AM

by carlo of milan,Solvedanswer
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A:

Thank you wjosten!

Posted on May 13, 2013 11:54 PM

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carlo of milan

Q: My Iphone has been stolen and I use the lock code screen.

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  • by wjosten,

    wjosten wjosten May 13, 2013 7:18 AM in response to carlo of milan
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    May 13, 2013 7:18 AM in response to carlo of milan

    Yes. They can force the phone into recovery mode & restore it as a new device.

     

    Change all of your passwords.

  • by carlo of milan,Solvedanswer

    carlo of milan carlo of milan May 13, 2013 11:54 PM in response to wjosten
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    May 13, 2013 11:54 PM in response to wjosten

    Thank you wjosten!

  • by ChrisB0782,

    ChrisB0782 ChrisB0782 Jun 23, 2013 12:19 PM in response to wjosten
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    Jun 23, 2013 12:19 PM in response to wjosten

    Hi,

     

    I just had my iPhone 4S stolen. It was locked with a passcode, and I did have Find My iPhone activated. It's been showing as offline since it was stolen, but I have set it to notify me once it comes online. I'm not really concerned about losing the data because it was synced fairly regularly, and I don't use iCloud for anything except the Find iPhone feature. But I would like to get the phone back! I've got two questions:

     

    1. If someone forces the phone into recovery mode, does that wipe out all my data and passwords, etc? Or does it just remove the code and allow whoever took it to access the phone's contents (that were previously protected behind a passcode)?

    2. If they have forced it into recovery mode, does that prevent me from being able to track the phone from iCloud, when/if the phone is turned on?

     

    I'm trying to stay optimistic, because I've heard these do show up, but also want to know if someone could just prevent it from showing up on "Find My iPhone" simply by forcing it into recovery mode.

     

    Thanks!