I found an Apple Watch which has been locked through "Find my iPhone." Documentation says that the phone can receive messages from the owner and send its location when it is connected through wifi. Since I found the watch at the bottom of a river at a popular vacation spot, I have no idea what wifi networks it will recognize. How can I connect the phone to a new wifi network while it is locked?
Apple Watch Series 2
Hi
I suggest that you hand it in to the police, locally to where you found it.
Apple Watch can only connect to a compatible Wi-Fi network that the paired iPhone has connected to before, whilst the Apple Watch was connected to the iPhone via Bluetooth:
About Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on Apple Watch - Apple Support
Apple will not advise you of the previous owner's contact details, nor will Apple pass your details on to them.
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Hi
I suggest that you hand it in to the police, locally to where you found it.
Apple Watch can only connect to a compatible Wi-Fi network that the paired iPhone has connected to before, whilst the Apple Watch was connected to the iPhone via Bluetooth:
About Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on Apple Watch - Apple Support
Apple will not advise you of the previous owner's contact details, nor will Apple pass your details on to them.
More information:
Thank you, Jonathan. That is exactly what I needed. It sounds like there really is nothing I can personally do to get the phone back to the owner.
You're welcome! 🙂
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