Now a days smartphones are usually act like a small computers, as people keep all their personal information and data on these devices. But being a portable devices it has some drawbacks and one of such drawbacks is people lost their devices or get stolen. There are different ways to find out your lost or stolen devices, but what do you think by having a method for iPhone tracking without using tracking app. Check out more details.
Although there are different kind of tracking apps available to track or find your stolen iPhone, iPad. But what if you track your stolen device without using any app. In this little article we detailed such method.
iPhone Tracking Without Using Tracking App [How-To]
So surprisingly, you can’t locate your stolen iPhone simply because you haven’t installed any 3rd party tracking app on your iPhone or iPad to track your device.
iPhone tracking using Find My iPhone
To track your own iOS device using Find My iPhone needs that you have to install this app on another iOS device perhaps an iPhone or iPad or you can even use this app from iCloud.com. Both techniques work similarly. The tracking steps are similar.
- You have to install Find My iPhone app on any iOS device other than stolen or lost device. As already stated, you can even use this from any computer via iCloud.com.
- Launch the Find My iPhone app on device which you have installed this app and log-in with your Apple ID. After logging, the app will show you a divided screen with a map on top and list of iOS devices which are associated with this Apple ID at bottom end. Just tap your iOS device which has been stolen or lost to track that device.
- Once you have located your device just tap on button named “Actions” at bottom. You’ll be presented with three options in which option is “Play Sound“. This will play sound if device in muted and your device is nearly located. And on lock screen an alert will popup as well.
- If your lost or stolen device in not near to you, then you can even get device directions where it is. Just tap on button called “Actions” and then tap on car icon which will open up the Maps app and provide you the driving directions for your lost device.
iPhone tracking using Apple Maps
Another simple way for iPhone tracking is Apple maps. As device tracking will start automatically and will be locked down likewise. You can check the Apple map for your device tracking on iCloud PC as it will showing the exact location of your lost or stolen iPhone. You can use distinct mode called Lost Mode, which will wipe all your device data.
