(If you already have a passcode set, iCloud will use that existing one to lock it down.) First, if you don't have a passcode set on the device, iCloud will make you pick one. If you select that, will walk you through some steps. Not only does it now show you the phone's remaining battery life (great, I can panic as I watch it slowly die), you'll see the new Lost Mode choice there. Then click on the Devices button, choose the one you've lost, and check out its info window that pops up. What now? Well, after your murderous, vengeful rampage, what you'll do is log in to and click on the giant Find My iPhone icon.
To do this, go to Settings > iCloud, and toggle the Find My iPhone option on.Īnd now's a good time to note that the instructions and screen shots in this tip were made with an iPhone in mind, so if you're using Lost Mode with an iPad, for example, things'll be different. Obviously, you'll want to enable this before the sucker gets stolen, or else you're out of luck. Neat! Terrifying in an Orwellian sort of way, but neat! You can also use this to remotely track an iOS 6 device-you'll be able to see its point-to-point movements across a map instead of just finding its current location. But with iOS 6 and iCloud, there's a new feature called Lost Mode, which'll let whoever is keeping your precious iPhone make a call to a specified number. Now I've logged in using a different (Danish) phone number.We've had the ability to locate, lock, and send messages on lost Apple devices for some time now.
I've checked and rechecked my laptop a million times, it's definitely not using this phone number, and I've several times logged completely out of iMessage and Facetime. And there's only one phone that's ever used this phone number: the stolen one. It says that the number is still logged in somewhere, on one of my devices. I get the above "question mark" in my apple ID.
And triple checked that.īut, I still cannot change the phone number associated with my Apple ID. Also, I've signed out of iMessage and Facetime on all remaining devices. Then, after doing that, I've removed it from my account in Apple ID. Oh, great, I just have to sign out of my iMessage and my Facetime! Easy, right?Įxcept, I don't have the phone anymore. So, what happens if I try to EDIT? I want to change the phone number, right? So, I need to associate a different phone number, from a nice Danish phone company. They literally do this for nobody, is my understanding, for this type of SIM card. For this phone number, I no longer have the phone SIM, and I am 110% that the (Chinese.) phone company will NOT give me a new SIM with the same phone number.
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The one which receives a SMS whenever I want to do something in iTunes.īecause if I want to install an app (or do lots of other things.), Apple will send a verification SMS to the phone number associated with my Apple ID. I want to change the "reachable at" phone number for the Apple ID. I'm just saying that I'm not getting the verification codes, so that I can change which phone number is hard associated with my Apple ID.