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  • Chris
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • May 2003
    • 27880
    #1

    iphones find my iphone app

    Anyone ever actually recover a stolen phone using it? It shows the area the phone is in but that is just a pretty broad area. I know when i tested it when i installed it it was a good 4-5 blocks off of the actual location.

    I already put it in lost mode dont really wanna wipe it if there is any real way to get it back ;/
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    • eroticsexxx
      Confirmed User
      • Aug 2006
      • 3133
      #2
      I've worked with a few clients who have successfully retrieved their devices.

      It depends on the type of building the device is in (walls, etc). Sometimes it is worth the effort to wait 30 minutes and retry the GPS tracking.

      Depending on your *ahem* relationship with local police (ymmv), sometimes you can get the device back within just a hour or two and decide from there whether charges will be pressed.

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        • candyflip
          Carpe Visio
          • Jul 2002
          • 43069
          #3
          My mom left her Nexus in a store and using Prey she was able to locate and recover it.

          Only thing I've used find my iPhone for is finding it here when I lost it in the house.

          Spend you some brain.
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            • edgeprod
              Permanently Gone
              • Mar 2004
              • 10019
              #4
              Had an iPad stolen, and never recovered it. They probably just turned it off for a while until I stopped bothering to try to locate it.

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                • Bird
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jan 2005
                  • 4365
                  #5
                  I attached mine to a helium balloon and launched it in to space with a camera attached to it. When it fell back to earth I tracked it down using find my iphone.
                  ICQ:268731675

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                    • BIGTYMER
                      Junior Achiever
                      • Nov 2004
                      • 17066
                      #6
                      Yes and no. I've used it to find my misplaced phone a few times.

                      My girl had her phone stolen and we tracked it down and the cops did nothing. I gave them the address and everything. I could even see which room the phone was in. Useless cops.

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                        • FlowerKid
                          Confirmed User
                          • Sep 2005
                          • 1045
                          #7
                          Who wants to find an iPhone?

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                            • woj
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                              • Jul 2002
                              • 47880
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Bird
                              I attached mine to a helium balloon and launched it in to space with a camera attached to it. When it fell back to earth I tracked it down using find my iphone.
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                                • seeandsee
                                  Check SIG!
                                  • Mar 2006
                                  • 50945
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by BIGTYMER
                                  Yes and no. I've used it to find my misplaced phone a few times.

                                  My girl had her phone stolen and we tracked it down and the cops did nothing. I gave them the address and everything. I could even see which room the phone was in. Useless cops.
                                  They need court paper to go in someones house as i know...
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                                    • acctman
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Oct 2003
                                      • 2840
                                      #10
                                      Send a SMS/TXT offering a reward for return. Say will pay $250 for return of phone. Then when the person arrives, ask to look at the phone and make it seem like your going for your wallet and just say thanks and walk away (don't pay the reward). Meet is a public place so if the cops are called you can prove its your phone.

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                                        • livexxx
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • May 2005
                                          • 1201
                                          #11
                                          Seems a lot of muggers like to wait for the phone to be actually in use with a call before taking it. That way they can get in and disable the find my phone app while they are running off. There are a few very important set up options you can put it in to stop apps being removed and the password required to turn off geo-loc etc.
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                                            • digitaldivas
                                              ..I Heart Cannibal Corpse
                                              • Sep 2007
                                              • 4328
                                              #12
                                              well I do know that with any apple mobile device, you can only try the password 12 times, until it locks. The devices lock you out for longer and longer with each password attempt that is unsuccessful. ie, 5 min, 30 min, 3 hours, 16 hours then done.

                                              When it is locked, it is basically a paperweight. You can restore them, but only at an apple authorized dealer.
                                              ...

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                                                • Supz
                                                  Arthur Flegenheimer
                                                  • Jul 2006
                                                  • 11057
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by edgeprod
                                                  Had an iPad stolen, and never recovered it. They probably just turned it off for a while until I stopped bothering to try to locate it.
                                                  or turned off iCloud. I believe they all need that one in order for it to work. (or most from what I have read)

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                                                    • BIGTYMER
                                                      Junior Achiever
                                                      • Nov 2004
                                                      • 17066
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by seeandsee
                                                      They need court paper to go in someones house as i know...
                                                      They could of knocked on the door and asked for it back or something.

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                                                        • xenigo
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Jan 2001
                                                          • 8067
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by acctman
                                                          Send a SMS/TXT offering a reward for return. Say will pay $250 for return of phone. Then when the person arrives, ask to look at the phone and make it seem like your going for your wallet and just say thanks and walk away (don't pay the reward). Meet is a public place so if the cops are called you can prove its your phone.
                                                          That would be a spectacular way to get your ass beat down by the team of 5 big-ass black dudes that stole your phone to begin with, and maybe a shot to the liver with their .45.

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                                                            • Drake
                                                              Hello world!
                                                              • Mar 2003
                                                              • 12508
                                                              #16
                                                              if the sim card from the phone or tablet is removed doesnt that make any possibilty of retrieval impossible?

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