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paulfromhyrum

Q: Shows wrong location

Find my iPhone shows the phone in different location than where it is

iPhone 5, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 20, 2013 10:57 PM

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Q: Shows wrong location

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  • by mario49,

    mario49 mario49 Sep 23, 2013 4:27 PM in response to paulfromhyrum
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    Sep 23, 2013 4:27 PM in response to paulfromhyrum

    Hello paulfromhyrum,

     

    Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.

    For more information on this, take a look at:

     

    iCloud: Troubleshooting Find My iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac

    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4006

     

    Location appears to be old or inaccurate

    This can occur if:

    • You previously located your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac and your device has not yet provided an updated location to iCloud.

      Note: Your device's last known location will be available for a day. After 24 hours you will no longer be able to see this last known location if the device is offline or otherwise unable to connect to Find My iPhone to provide an updated location.

     

    Best of luck,

    Mario

  • by BryonfromBC,

    BryonfromBC BryonfromBC Mar 23, 2014 10:59 AM in response to mario49
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    Mar 23, 2014 10:59 AM in response to mario49

    I just had an interesting situation with Find iPhone being totally wrong. I had some smaller incidents previously with Find Friends doing this as well. First the iphone location is in Vietnam, who knows how things work there? But I had left one of my iphones in Vietnam with my girl friend. She left where she lived and travelled 100 km away for a number of days for some medical treatment. Just out of curosity one day I did Find iPhone and was very surprised to see it in the town where she left from rather than where she had gone too. In ner town it was at a common location where she was often on WiFi. Not only that but eventually it moved in a normal pattern of travelling increments to her house. On these travels it would have had to revert to 3G. At one point it even stopped for a short time at her sisters house. A very normal course of events that she would have done 3 or 4 times every week at about the same time of day.

    I know what everyone is thinking, she wasn't really 100 km away. I confess that was my conclusion too. However I called her and discussed the situation. She sent me real time pictures showing where she really was, of people that I know in that town. As well, as she was there for medical treatments she was able to send me dated medical tests from that location in her name. I looked like a fool. Fortunately she was forgiving and didn't dump me for believing technology rather than her.

    My only explanation is that somehow it repeated a sequence that she actually went through some days previously. But how can that be? My conclusion: don't bank on Find iPhone for this sort of thing. Not sure what reaction police would get if you sent them on a wild goose chase for a stolen iphone either!

  • by BryonfromBC,

    BryonfromBC BryonfromBC Mar 23, 2014 11:00 AM in response to paulfromhyrum
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    Mar 23, 2014 11:00 AM in response to paulfromhyrum

    I just had an interesting situation with Find iPhone being totally wrong. I had some smaller incidents previously with Find Friends doing this as well. First the iphone location is in Vietnam, who knows how things work there? But I had left one of my iphones in Vietnam with my girl friend. She left where she lived and travelled 100 km away for a number of days for some medical treatment. Just out of curosity one day I did Find iPhone and was very surprised to see it in the town where she left from rather than where she had gone too. In ner town it was at a common location where she was often on WiFi. Not only that but eventually it moved in a normal pattern of travelling increments to her house. On these travels it would have had to revert to 3G. At one point it even stopped for a short time at her sisters house. A very normal course of events that she would have done 3 or 4 times every week at about the same time of day.

    I know what everyone is thinking, she wasn't really 100 km away. I confess that was my conclusion too. However I called her and discussed the situation. She sent me real time pictures showing where she really was, of people that I know in that town. As well, as she was there for medical treatments she was able to send me dated medical tests from that location in her name. I looked like a fool. Fortunately she was forgiving and didn't dump me for believing technology rather than her.

    My only explanation is that somehow it repeated a sequence that she actually went through some days previously. But how can that be? My conclusion: don't bank on Find iPhone for this sort of thing. Not sure what reaction police would get if you sent them on a wild goose chase for a stolen iphone either!