My ihone is missing and I did not turn on the "find my iphone" settings, so what should I do now to find it?

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I lost my iphone in the plane and I am now wondering what I could do to get it back. I have complained to the airline but iam not optimistic about them finding it. any experience on what to do?

iPhone 4S

Posted on Aug 20, 2013 3:01 AM

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Aug 20, 2013 3:06 AM in response to Fezol2000

The only way to locate/disable/erase any lost/stolen iPhone/iPod Touch is through Find My Phone or a similar app. However, this requires that Find My Phone be setup/activated, on your phone, before it was lost/stolen. You would then login at iCloud.com & try to locate it. This requires the phone be turned on & have an Internet connection. There is no other way to locate a lost/stolen iPhone. Apple can't/won't help you, nor will your carrier. Report the loss to the Police, your carrier & Insurance company. Change all of your passwords.


If your carrier offers Blacklisting & they Blacklist the phone, it will be unusable as a phone.


If locked with a passcode, all a thief or whoever finds it has to do is force the phone into recovery mode & restore it. While this deletes all data on the phone, it also removes the passcode so the phone can then be used as a phone or touch.

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