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Nov 11, 2015 9:00 PM in response to fentoozler84by gail from maine,So, are you indicating that you disabled Find My iPhone? Because if you did not, then the only way the person who stole your phone could disable it would be if they knew your Apple ID and Password.
GB
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Nov 11, 2015 9:01 PM in response to fentoozler84by KC7GNM,did you put a passcode on the phone? If not then you are out of luck because the thief has complete access to your phone and the first thing they probably did was disable find my phone.
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Nov 11, 2015 9:03 PM in response to KC7GNMby gail from maine,Find My iPhone cannot be disabled by anyone who does not know the Apple ID and Password for that Apple ID. Whether you have a Lock Screen passcode or not has no effect on the Activation Lock which is enabled when the device is signed into iCloud with Find My iPhone turned on.
Cheers,
GB
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Nov 12, 2015 12:51 AM in response to fentoozler84by fentoozler84,I had previously turned off the Find My iPhone feature but had a 6-digit passcode on my phone. The person who has it however did know my Apple id and password until I realised and changed it, would they have been able to get around the passcode with the id?
Cheers
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Nov 12, 2015 12:55 AM in response to fentoozler84by ckuan,Yes, if your AppleID and password is known.
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Nov 12, 2015 8:16 AM in response to fentoozler84by gail from maine,If you turned off Find My iPhone, then the person who took it can restore it via iTunes. You removed all security on your device when you turned off Find My iPhone....
Sorry,
GB
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Nov 12, 2015 8:23 AM in response to fentoozler84by Michael Black,fentoozler84 wrote:
I had previously turned off the Find My iPhone feature but had a 6-digit passcode on my phone. The person who has it however did know my Apple id and password until I realised and changed it, would they have been able to get around the passcode with the id?
Cheers
If they are using your phone then they must have known your 6 digit passcode as well. With find my iPhone disabled, they would still need your screen lock passcode to get in and erase and reset it, or connect to an untrusted computer and restore it in iTunes.
If they had your AppleID and password then they did not need your phone to make purchases, or use your iCloud email account as they could do all that from any web browser, logged in with your credentials.
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Nov 12, 2015 8:29 AM in response to Michael Blackby gail from maine,A device that is not protected by Find My iPhone can be restored on any computer - trusted or not - by putting the device into Recovery mode (emphasis mine):
Erase your device with recovery mode
If you've never synced with iTunes or set up Find My iPhone in iCloud, you'll need to use recovery mode to restore your device. This will erase the device and its passcode.
- Connect your iOS device to your computer and open iTunes. If you don't have a computer, borrow one from a friend, or go to an Apple Retail Store or Apple Authorized Service Provider.
- While your device is connected, force restart it: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons at the same time. Don't let go when you see the Apple logo — keep holding until you see the recovery mode screen.

- When you see the option to Restore or Update, choose Restore.

iTunes will download software for your device. If it takes more than 15 minutes, your device will exit recovery mode and you'll need to repeat steps 2 and 3. - Wait for the process to finish. Then you can set up and use your device.
Cheers,
GB
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Nov 12, 2015 8:36 AM in response to gail from maineby Michael Black,Thanks Gail, of course you're correct. I was thinking if the op really knows they are using the phone then they must be using it as them, since if restored it would be wiped clean so there would be no evidence of its use (that the op could be aware of) from that point on (and assuming they called their carrier and reported theft).
If the presumption of use is based on purchases made or emails, then that doesn't mean the phone is being used, just their AppleID is or was compromised.
To the op, be sure to report the theft to your carrier. They may well be able to blacklist the device (depends where you are and what carrier - in the USA all carriers share a common blacklist) so it cannot be activated on any carrier's network.
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Nov 12, 2015 8:47 AM in response to Michael Blackby gail from maine,And you also are correct There would be no way for the OP to know the device was being used without some sort of evidence of that fact. It would have been helpful if the OP had indicated how they knew that....
Cheers,
GB
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Nov 12, 2015 8:51 AM in response to gail from maineby Philly_Phan,gail from maine wrote:
And you also are correct There would be no way for the OP to know the device was being used without some sort of evidence of that fact. It would have been helpful if the OP had indicated how they knew that....
Cheers,
GB
Phone bill?
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Nov 12, 2015 8:53 AM in response to Philly_Phanby Philly_Phan,Even without waiting for the phone bill, I can access my account on my carrier's web site and see what calls were made and when they were made.
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Nov 12, 2015 10:21 AM in response to Philly_Phanby Michael Black,I was wondering if their friends had complained of texts or iMessage that the thief had sent.
