Why does Find iPhone always log me out

cloud22 is not mistaken winston. i used to love the fact that my findiphone was always "open for business". we have 9 apple devices and 3 children and they are constantly saying that they have lost their device(s).

using my iphone 6 i had always been able to just open the app ....IT WAS ALWAYS LOGGED IN!. however i did an ios update on the iphone and then it stopped having the app being permanently logged in and i had to keep logging in and entering my password ....its quite frustrating as i hv to do this 10 times a day 😟

That's why Apple added Find My Friends: About Find My Friends - Apple Support. The added security requiring your Apple ID password in orer to get into the Find My iPhone app is simply to prevent an unauthorized person from getting into the app and turning off Find My iPhone for your device.

Cheers,

GB

OK, so Find My iPhone is not going to keep you logged in all of the time anymore. You can let Apple know that you don't like it: Apple - Feedback

Not sure at what point you were asked for a mobile number in relation to Find My Friends. According to the support document, when you sign into iCloud on your iOS device (iPad, iPhone, iPod), you are automatically logged into the Find My Friends app.

No, it doesn't play a sound, so to do that, you would have to use the Find My iPhone app.

Best of luck,

GB

What do you mean when you say "when using Find My iPhone"? Do you mean you are logging into the Find My iPhone app on your device? Are you saying you get prompts that pop up constantly, or do you mean you have to sign in whenever you open the app to use it?

Cheers,

GB

The find my phone app has never kept you logged in, you are mistaken. My assumption is because it is security related since people can wipe your other devices or remove your ID from them if they have access to this app.

Perhaps you are getting mixed up with the Find Friends app.

thanks for the info gail, appreciate it but i dont see how it is a solution for not having findiphone logged in permanently:

AUDIBLE SOUND?

just tested it with my phone and my wife's phone....yep its saying that her phone is at our address but thats not telling us much (its a 2 storey 4 bedroom house). what find iphone has is the ability to make a sound....does this app have the same feature? ie the ability to make a sound so that we can find the misplaced device?

NEED A MOBILE?

My 9 year old tried to set it up and it asked for his mobile phone number!

If this is meant to be fixing the findiphone family sharing hole that was made by restricting findiphone to only 15 minutes usage, its saying that the user needs to have a mobile phone ....not realistic for kids to have mobiles.

the ability of findiphone to make a sound is particularly relevant for lost non phones, ie ipods and ipads. Of course if someone already has a phone then its not as relevant as i can simply call the number and it rings ....hope that makes sense

regards

gary

What Winston said....

GB

Its be your folt