I have the Find My iPhone app activated and iCloud shows it is right behind my neighbor's house, which is a few yards and across from me. Mapping seems pretty accurate as I've refreshed a few times just to be sure, but what level of precision is the tracker before I go over there? I've tried calling and the phone is ringing, but I don't hear the sound anywhere in the house and it shows being in the back of that house rather than inside.
iPhone 4
Depending on many variables, including clear view of the sky, it could be accurate to within a few meters, to a few hundred meters.
*** ...but I don't hear the sound anywhere in my house and iCloud shows the phone being in the back of my neighbor's house rather than inside
my neighbor's house is across the street so i would estimate 10-20 yards...and today is the most beautiful day of the year so no weather issue there...the reception is ok to good here as well and so it certainly doesn't show it being in my house...so based on your response it seems like there's a good chance it's over there for some reason or another
Take that location with a grain of salt. Not only do you have accuracy of the location being reported by the iPhone but you have accuracy of the Apple mapping. Even with a clear view of the sky and the best accuracy being reported by the phone, the overlay of the phones position on the map can be off by quite a distance. Refreshing the position will only be as good as the map underneath the iPhones reported position. I've seen the iPhone off by half a block due to mapping accuracy. You need to keep searching before the iPhone battery dies and you lose contact.
you ll find that helpful
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_analysis_for_the_Global_Positioning_System
thanks machz990 and fromsouth! given that i couldn't find my phone last night and have just been looking this morning, it's unlikely it's at the neighbor's house. the frustrating part is that i've tried calling and it's ringing and i can't hear it anywhere in the house, but i will keep searching.
Did you try to use "play sound" feature of icloud.com. It will give you sound even if ringer is off.
I used the play sound feature as you suggested. It plays a much louder sound and goes on for a while. I finally found it and it was in the...trash bin in the house! The battery was near its end and the trash bin is to be recycled the next day so great suggestion and thank you!!!
Oh my... You are very welcome!
Precision of Find My iPhone Tracker
