Situatie
You are an iPhone user, you might already know about its “Find My” app that helps you locate lost or stolen devices. With the iOS 15 update, Apple has added more usability to this app. Now, you can find a device even if it’s completely offline. So, in case your iPhone has run out of battery and you misplaced it, you still have chances to find it even if it’s turned off.
Earlier, the app could locate a device only when it is turned on or find the location where it was last online. But with the new features, Apple will be adding the functionality of tracking lost devices even when they’re offline.
Backup
First lets, find out which iPhones support these latest iOS 15 features. You can locate an iPhone even if it’s offline if you are using one of the following models:
- All models of the iPhone 13 series, and
- iPhone 12 series and iPhone 11 series.
The best way to find out if the feature is supported on your iPhone is when you shut down your phone, you’ll see “iPhone Findable After Power Off” under the power slider.
Solutie
If you’re new to the iPhone or have never set up the Find My app yet, here’s how you start:
1. Go to “Settings” and tap on your name at the top.
2. Now tap on “Find My” from the next menu and on the next page tap “Find My iPhone”.
3. Now, enable the toggle next to “Find My iPhone”.
4. With iOS 15, you’ll see two more options here-
i) Find My network- To let you find your iPhone even if it’s offline, and
ii) Send Last Location- To send the last location of your iPhone to your Apple account when the battery is critical.
5. Tap the toggles next to these options to turn them on.
If you want to use the Find My app to locate your phone, you can use someone else’s iPhone to do so.
1. Open Find My App on your friend’s iPhone.
2. Now tap on Me and then scroll up to see the “Help a friend” option.
3. Tap on it and it will open the iCloud login page on Safari, enter your Apple ID and password.
That’s it. After this, all the features are the same as the web along with map directions to get to the last location of your iPhone. Needless to say, if your iPhone is running on iOS 15 and eligible for the latest feature, you can be able to track it even if it’s switched off.
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