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swimmergirlz Author

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can my iphone still be tracked on airplane mode

My mom turned on the tracking feature on my phone so now she can see my location. Is there a way to avoid that? Maybe putting it on airplane mode?

iPhone 5c, iOS 8.1.1

Posted on May 24, 2016 6:22 PM

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IdrisSeabright

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Posted on May 25, 2016 10:07 AM

Keep in mind that your mother will most likely be able to tell you've put your phone in Airplane mode. This may cause her a lot of worry. She may even panic and call the police. Can you imagine how much trouble you'll be in if that happens? Even if she only knows you circumvented the tracking, you'll probably still get into trouble.

If my child were to do that on a phone I paid the bill for, there would be some very dire consequences.

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Vikala

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Nov 27, 2017 5:35 AM in response to beatsareme

Hey! Exactly, how is this possible? I was lying awake thinking about how in bali I was able to bring up the map and then turn wifi on and I could still use it and it knew where we were. There must be someother tracking device in it! This is exactly why I jumped on the net to see if anyone else noticed that.

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