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When Location Services are turned off, does Find My iPhone still count as turned on?

Let's say I use iCloud, so I turned on Find My iPhone.

But, I like to save battery, so I turn Location Services off while Find My iPhone is enabled, and I understand completely that if Lost Mode is enabled, then Location Services are turned on and enable Find My iPhone.


Scenario:

I go traveling. I lose my phone. It gets stolen. Location Services were turned off (I like to save battery). If the thief were to try to restore the phone, would he/she get a message saying "Find My iPhone is enabled. Please turn it off before restoring this iPhone."? OR, since Location Services are off, would the restore go on ahead without any confirmation?

This scenario is assuming I don't activate Lost Mode before the thief can plug the device into his/her computer and attempt a restore.


So when Location Services with Find My iPhone enabled are turned OFF, would Find My iPhone still be considered ON and therefore, give a confirmation message before any restoration?

I just want to verify that I'm still secure even when I turn off Location Services to save battery.


Thanks for reading!

-iJN4

Device: iPhone 4 (3,1) running iOS 7.1.2

Posted on Jul 12, 2014 5:16 PM

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When Location Services are turned off, does Find My iPhone still count as turned on?

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