

To track the phone, use the “Find My” app or go to the iCloud website, log in with your Apple ID, and click on “Find My iPhone”.

Simply enable “Find my iPhone” in your iCloud settings (Settings>iCloud>Find My iPhone) and should you lose the phone you can lock, locate, and even wipe the phone remotely. Here’s how the three main mobile operating systems handle a lost device.Įvery iPhone has “Find My” services integrated into the phone, enabling you to track your phone through iCloud. In fact, the list of what we don’t use our phones for is probably shorter.īut what happens if you lose your phone? With so much personal information accessible to whoever finds it – never mind the expense of replacing it – it’s important to find that phone as soon as possible.įortunately, smartphone providers are people who have probably also lost one or two things in their day, so they recognize the importance of finding your phone quickly and easily. When was the last time you went inside a bank? I bet that’s been awhile too, since most of us now bank online. How many phone numbers do you know? I bet a lot fewer than you did 10 years ago, since they’re all stored in your Contacts and you don’t have to remember them.
