If my iPhone 5S is stolen and reset/restored can it still be tracked by find my iphone?

I did but you need wifi or cellular connection. Undertandable it works somewhat there because it is off by a few 30 feet it seems. Apple needs to update it so find my iphone tracks it with or without a cellular/wifi connection, and have a precise location of where that phone is like law enforcement uses. Another thing would help is that to erase content and settings on the phone... Apple need to add 4 or 5 questions to the option like it needs passcode then fingerprint then you need to fill out questions like where you went to school and other stuff like that, that is in your profile, just to make it harder for the thief to be able to do anything with it. Just adding my 2 cents.

Hamza523 wrote:

Can I put my stolen phone on lost mode after it might/ha been restored?

If FindMyiPhone was enabled, it cannot be restored.

If it can be restored, FindMyiPhone is not enabled and you cannot use FindMyiPhone for anything.

You cannot enable lost mode, or track it or erase it.

I suggest you to activate Find My iPhone, than log onto your computer and play with all the functions to see how it works.

You can activate a sound on your iPhone as well as send a message from the computer that will apear on the screen. I once forgot my iPhone at the gym and I sent a text with "please don't touch my phone, I'll pick it up tomorrow morning". Also, my iPhone had no pin number and from the computer I activated a pin number in order to access the phone, so they won't read my private stuff...

so you are saying that if a thief has my iPhone and if he restores it ......... no 1 cant track him down ........ if the thief restores ..... all's gone ????

scottuvi12 wrote

so you are saying that if a thief has my iPhone and if he restores it

He can ONLY restore it if you did not enable FindMyiPhone...

If you have FindMyiPhone enabled, he CANNOT restore it...

......... no 1 cant track him down ........ if the thief restores ..... all's gone ????

Yes.

Cool have to keep it on....... Thanx btw :-)

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i recently just found an iphone 5s in the ladies bathroom while i was at a club. i seriously feel like it was luck because i always wanted one but couldn't afford one. i found it without a sim card which I find odd. i was wondering what exactly does that mean? now im aware of plugging it into my computer and if by chance someone has it being tracked it will trace to my house and i dont want that. it seems pretty sketch, i would go to the apple store but im sure they wouldnt believe that i just found it. OR someone just ditched the phone because they didnt have any idea what to do with it. any idea as to what i should do?

beccaasuna wrote:

i recently just found an iphone 5s in the ladies bathroom while i was at a club. i seriously feel like it was luck because.

You found an iPhone that someone else is missing?

How is that "luck"?

any idea as to what i should do?

Seriously?

You should do the same thing that you would want someone who found an iPhone you lost would do.

Turn it into the club.

So what happens if find my iphone is enabled and then you try to restore the phone by putting it into DFU mode and/or recovery mode and connect it to itunes?

What if the phone was turned off and the sim card was removed before Lost Mode was able to take effect? Then, could the phone be restored via iTunes ?

It doesn't matter what the person who stole the phone does, if the Activation Lock is on the device they will not be able to restore it:

ACTIVATION LOCK

Cheers,

GB

Hello all, first time poster.

My iPhone was stolen recently and I put it in lost mode, someone even contacted me (I included an email address in the los message).

I'm just wondering: can erase it trough icloud and still retain lost mode? Also, can I restore abackup to a new phone without erasing the stolen one?

Thanks!

Rubi Mendez wrote:

Hello all, first time poster.

My iPhone was stolen recently and I put it in lost mode, someone even contacted me (I included an email address in the los message).

That’s good.

I'm just wondering: can erase it trough icloud and still retain lost mode?

Yes.

Also, can I restore abackup to a new phone without erasing the stolen one?

Yes.

But you previously mentioned erasing it.

And you already replaced it?

Thanks, very helpful Chris!

I haven't replaced it.

I asked because I plan on leaving it in the icloud account in stolen mode, so even if someone gets a hold of it they could only use it for parts if anyting.

The company I work for if not recovered after some time can replace it and I want to restore the last backup.

Thanks again!