Q: Find my iphone was turn on but activation lock is off
I accidently removed my iphone the day I lost it because I saw the words (lost, stolen, or sold), and panicked (first time losing a phone) so I removed my device. However the next day it appeared back on my Find my Iphone app as offline so that must mean it connected to the interent and that find my iphone was still turned on (I had a passcode). Why is activation lock still off? Is it possible they factory reseted my iphone through recovery mode or DFU without using apple id which is linked with the iphone. If it's possible, will my device be shown as removed from FMI or will it stay the same which is offline?
iPhone 6s, iOS 9.3.2, null
Posted on Jul 21, 2016 11:24 PM
asdkfj wrote:
I accidently removed my iphone the day I lost it because I saw the words (lost, stolen, or sold), and panicked (first time losing a phone) so I removed my device. However the next day it appeared back on my Find my Iphone app as offline so that must mean it connected to the interent and that find my iphone was still turned on (I had a passcode). Why is activation lock still off? Is it possible they factory reseted my iphone through recovery mode or DFU without using apple id which is linked with the iphone. If it's possible, will my device be shown as removed from FMI or will it stay the same which is offline?
Once you removed my device, it's free to be use by someone else.
Read here:
- Erase your device. To prevent anyone else from accessing the data on your missing device, you can erase it remotely. When you erase your device, all of your information (including credit or debit cards for Apple Pay) will be deleted from the device, and you won't be able to find it using Find My iPhone. After you erase a device, you can't track it. If you remove the device from your account after you erase it, Activation Lock will be turned off. This allows another person to activate and use your device.
Posted on Jul 21, 2016 11:31 PM