eleanor10 wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I have changed the passwords for all my socials, paypal & emails etc and made sure they're logged out of. As for my icloud I have no idea how to change the password as I don't remember my 'trusted number'. Is they're anyway I can wipe my phone without having to use find my iPhone. I more bothered about my personal info, I have pictures of my ID on the phone etc. Really worried as I'm not very sure the steps to take in this situation.
Please be aware that bobbyfromjeffersonville is spreading a very scary but not always very correct information. If your phone has a passcode on it, your data is safe. However, if you don't know what your Apple ID passcode is, that's another issue entirely and one you should deal with.
Start here:
It will walk you through what you need to do.
But, most importantly, in the immortal words of Douglas Adams, "Don't panic.".
Best of luck.
Hi sorry another question. Is the find my iPhone offline because my find my iPhone isn't turned on, on the phone that was stolen. To be honest I can't remember if I did activate it when I actually had my phone, before it was stolen. Thanks.
or the SIM has been removed.
vs.
Mar 2018 - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8316036 - "…phone can function without a sim card once its been activated…"
So which is right?
It is actually larger than that. It is 10^6, which is much more than 49,000, it is 1 million.
Or more fingers! 😁 Not a problem there, just trying to help relieve the OP's concern about someone coming up with their passcode.
My son is working on his PhD in Mathematics, and he would be very disappointed in me too. However, the math he does now is nothing like what I remember going through school!! 😕
I'm awful at maths so I only understand it's very hard and the odds are slim to get be correct code haha. Thanks again for the help wasn't expecting people to even reply.
You're welcome. Sorry to hear someone took advantage of you. If you do get another iPhone and have any problems, come on back. There are plenty of us here that provide quality answers.
Will be sure to do so, thank you.
Okay, thank you for your help!
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No, the SIM facilitates the ability to connect to the cellular network, hence, cellular data. A data connection is necessary to track, so it has to be wi-fi or cellular data to connect to the internet.
While the thief might be able to wipe the device, which would eliminate and protet all of your data, with Activation Lock, once they were able to wipe it, they would not be able to activate it, since the don't know the iCloud username and password. The phone would become useless to them.
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