Comments on: What to do when you lose your iPhone (and what I should have done before I lost mine)

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:03:10 +0000

I’ve got to say, that sounds super cool…

By: Riz

Riz — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:17:34 +0000

Find my phone is pretty boss and it now is “built in” to the OS so you just have to agree to turn it on when you first setup your phone.

I used it to find my iPhone that I lost in a cab once. It was cool because I could see the phone moving around on the map and send it pings until the cabby realized there was a phone in the back.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:17:57 +0000

Well, I like the sound of that. Thanks again for suggesting I call Apple; I’m holding out for now, but it’s nice to know it’s an option.

By: Sean Dixon

Sean Dixon — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:16:40 +0000

If it’s any consolation, since you have the lock code, it will either take a very, very long time to break, or, the person will try too often to fast and trigger a wipe. I think it’s three tries within five minutes and it’s locked for a minute, one more and locked for five, and after that a wipe.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:59:06 +0000

Thanks, Amanda! I’ll be sure to check it out. It’s probably a much better preventative measure than hoping whoever’s got my phone won’t guess my lock code…

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:57:42 +0000

Check out Prey Project for anti-theft software for your mac and your iphone. My manager used it successfully to track his stolen macbook while in Spain (including web snaps of the thief watching porn on it). There’s an iOS app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/prey-anti-theft/id456755037