My boyfriend stole my iPhone 7plus. It’s now in lost mode. Can he access it with my passcode?
iPhone 7 Plus, Lost mode
Good. That would suggest he has no access to your phone.
To be clear... he could use iTunes to restore your phone to factory which will erase all data from your phone.
He then will face Activation Lock when running the setup assistant. The phone is useless to him.
If the device you placed in Lost Mode did not already have a passcode, you created one that he doesn't know.
If the device had an existing passcode, it remains in place and can be used to disable Lost Mode.
If you sign in to iCloud.com where you enabled Lost Mode, does it show Lost Mode still active?
A spinning icon I think.
It doesn't matter how different it is. Passcode is foundation of your iOS device's protection and it never stored on iCloud and it keep secured on your iOS devices. So, if he don't know the passcode of your iPhone, you don't need to worry about it.
Did you enter a phone number or message as you enabled Lost Mode?
If you did, he would see that. If you did not, he would only see the passcode screen.
As he enters the wrong passcode multiple times, the device will lock for increasing lengths of time to discourage him.
If he were to erase my iPhone, then would it be true that he still would not to be able to access any of my data, and meddle with my busines ... he will essentially erase all information, data, etc from my iPhone, correct?
Yes. It will be erased. Either by his actions or yours.
In that case, would my iPad which I am working off of right now (he stole my MacBook Pro as well) retain my Gmail, contacts, photos, etc?
Your iPad will be unaffected.
There is Lost Mode for your Macbook as well, if you had enabled it. It is called Find My Mac. Do you know if that was enabled?
If your Mac is lost or stolen - Apple Support
I would suggest you change your Apple ID password asap as well for extra safety.
He can access it if he know the passcode. If he don't know the passcode he can't access it
Yes, lost mode is still active
Yes, I enabled the lost mode for my MacBook as well. I will change my Apple ID password now.
Again, thank you kindly ... so very grateful for your help.
I’m relieved if you don’t think he has access to my phone. If he had access, would he necessarily know that it is in lost mode, i.e. would a notification show up on the screen if he tried to access my iPhone with the passcode that he alrea knew? and if so, then in order to gain access he would have to know the passcode that I created through iCloud.com on my iPad to activate the lost mode to my iPhone, is that correct?
Thank you you for helping. I am just trying to avoid erasing my iPhone through iCloud.com in the lost mode
If he were to erase my iPhone, then would it be true that he still would not to be able to access any of my data, and meddle with my busines ... he will essentially erase all information, data, etc from my iPhone, correct? In that case, would my iPad which I am working off of right now (he stole my MacBook Pro as well) retain my Gmail, contacts, photos, etc?
No, I did not enter a phone number, nor a message when I enabled lost mode for my iPhone.
Your answers have been quite helpful and little by little giving me peace of mind, thank you so much.
I just need to be reassured that it is not necessary to erase my iPhone ... it is one of the options in lost mode under “Actions”
You're most welcome.
Sorry you are going through this.
Remember though... he may erase the device in an attempt to re-use the phone.
Thank you for your reply. In activating my iPhone lost mode in iCloud.com through my iPad, it asked for a passcode which I just made up and it is entirely different from my iPhone passcode. Would he still be able to access my phone with the iPhone passcode?
Lost mode
