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If your phone is offline, it will lock on power-up, and you will get an email notification to track your phone’s location. When marked as lost, your device will be locked, which requires your passcode to view its contents. Whenever your device is detected, you get notified. You can also set a notification for when Find My locates your device - helpful if your lost device’s battery is low or dead or the device is not connected to Wi-Fi or a cellular network. You can use Find My to have your device play an alarm sound, even if it was in silent mode the last time you used it. The Find My function works with Location Services, so to get started, you’ll first tap Settings > Privacy > Location Services and toggle the control on. The essence of Find My is to assist in locating iPhones, iPads, and watches that you lost, misplaced, or had stolen. How to find your iPhone or other Apple device Step 5: If your Apple Watch and your AirPods are paired with your device, they are automatically set up when you enable Find My. Step 4: To have the location of your device sent to Apple when the battery is low, turn on Send Last Location.

Supported Bluetooth devices, such as AirPods and Apple Watches can also be located nearby. An Apple ID password will be required to turn off Find My iPhone, sign out of iCloud, erase the device, or reactivate a device after a remote wipe. This makes it more difficult for another person to use or sell the device. After the erase is complete, the message can still be displayed and the device will be activation locked. However, the device will no longer be able to be located after this action is performed.


This feature is useful if the device has been mislaid, and is equivalent to finding a mislaid phone by calling it using another phone.
