HT201472: If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is lost or stolen
Learn about If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is lost or stolen
Q: My iPhone has been stolen. I have the find my iPhone registered but it says my device is offline. What do I do?
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Nov 25, 2013 6:18 PMby randers4,Put it in lost mode. Read here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5668.
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Nov 25, 2013 6:19 PMby Kappy,There is little you can do while it is offline. You should use iCloud.com to set your device to lost mode. Report the theft to the police.
What To Do If Your iDevice or Computer Is Lost Or Stolen
iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad
If you activated Find My Phone before it was lost or stolen, you can track it only if Wi-Fi is enabled on the device. What you cannot do is track your device using a serial number or other identifying number. You cannot expect Apple or anyone else to find your device for you. You cannot recover your loss unless you insure your device for such loss. It is not covered by your warranty.
If your iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch, or iPad is lost or stolen what do you do? There are things you should have done in advance - before you lost it or it was stolen - and some things to do after the fact. Here are some suggestions:
This link, , has some good advice regarding your options when your iDevice is lost or stolen.
1. Reporting a lost or stolen Apple product
3. AT&T. Sprint, and Verizon can block stolen phones/tablets
4. What-To-Do-When-Iphone-Is-Stolen
5. What to do if your iOS device is lost or stolen
6. 6 Ways to Track and Recover Your Lost/Stolen iPhone
8. Report Stolen iPad | Stolen Lost Found Online
It pays to be proactive by following the advice on using Find My Phone before you lose your device:
2. Setup your iDevice on iCloud
3. OS X Lion/Mountain Lion- About Find My Mac
4. How To Set Up Free Find Your iPhone (Even on Unsupported Devices)
Mac Computer
Find My Mac can be used from Find My Phone at iCloud.com and via Find
My Phone on your iDevice.
The following is third-party anti-theft software:
1. STEM 2.1
4. VUWER 1.7
8. Hidden 2.0
