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Q: Find my Iphone

I had a scare yessterday. But, I tracked down my phone at the restaruant we were dining at the previous night. How do I set up a contact number if I set my phone to lost mode if someone finds my iPhone?

iPhone 5, iOS 7.1

Posted on Apr 20, 2014 6:04 PM

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  • by randers4,Helpful

    randers4 randers4 Apr 20, 2014 6:17 PM in response to luvapixie
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    Apr 20, 2014 6:17 PM in response to luvapixie

    You don't enter the number in advande.  If you ever have to put it in lost mode, you can enter a number at that time.  See "Use Lost Mode" here: http://help.apple.com/icloud/#/mmfc0f0165.

  • by luvapixie,

    luvapixie luvapixie Apr 21, 2014 2:44 PM in response to luvapixie
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    Apr 21, 2014 2:44 PM in response to luvapixie

    Thanks for this information. That's good to know. I think I'll also put my number on the outside of my case as cautionary effort. Since, if the battery were to die then that feature wouldn't be too useful to whoevemver found my phone anyways. As it turns out the restaurant had it all day long. But, the a.m. shift didn't know where the phone was being kept. If the number was on the outside of the phone they could've called me that night. Since, I didn't discover it missing until the next morning. That would've avoided my day of stressing out that it was forever lost. Thanks again for the tip about this feature in "Use Lost Mode".

  • by randers4,

    randers4 randers4 Apr 21, 2014 3:10 PM in response to luvapixie
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    Apr 21, 2014 3:10 PM in response to luvapixie

    You're welcome.