i lost my phone and fine my i phone is turned off. When i go into icloud to erase the phone it says when the phone is connected to wifi it will be erased. how true is that? is it because find my iphone is turned off that it thinks the phone is out of a network area? will the phone ever be able to be disabled with find my iphone turned off in the settings?
iMac
This should explain what happens:
If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is lost or stolen - Apple Support
Note the section:
What if your iOS device is off or offline?
If your missing device is off or offline, you can still put it in Lost Mode, lock it, or remotely erase it. The next time your device is online, these actions will take effect. If you remove the device from your account while it's offline, any pending actions for the device will be cancelled.
Sorry to hear you lost your iPhone. Unfortunately, the only way for it to communicate with the iCloud servers to erase it is to have Find My iPhone turned on and the device connected to either a cellular network or previously known wifi network.
if find my iphone is off on the phone will i ever be able to disbable the lost phone?
