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HOW TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE'S IPHONE WHEN IT'S LOST (2022)


BECOME A FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD IPHONE TRACKER FOR YOUR FRIENDS WITH THIS SIMPLE
SOLUTION.

By Olena Kagui Updated 08/25/2022

The iPhone Find My app is a great tool to find a misplaced, lost, or even stolen
iPhone. While it is most commonly used to locate your own devices, you can
also find someone else’s iPhone using this feature. The Find My app allows you
to help a friend find their iPhone, since it now cleverly combines the Find My
iPhone and Find My Friends functions that Apple released previously. 




HOW TO FIND SOMEONE’S IPHONE: IMPORTANT NOTES


 * Make sure to follow the steps below and use the Help a Friend feature within
   the Find My app. The Help a Friend feature bypasses the two-factor
   authentication. If you just sign in to iCloud on the browser of your friend's
   iPhone, you will be asked to enter a 6-digit passcode (a definite problem if
   your device is lost). 
 * Once you have logged into iCloud from the Help a Friend feature, do NOT sign
   out until you find the device. Multiple login attempts trigger extra iCloud
   security, so if you sign out and try to log back in, you might be asked to
   enter an authentication code from your lost device. 
 * If your lost iPhone is dead or offline, you can see the last known location
   but not the current location. As long as you have Send Last Location enabled
   (this feature is enabled by default, so you would have had to manually switch
   it off), you can still see the last known location. 

Related: How to Find Your iPhone Even If It’s Dead or Offline




HOW DO YOU FIND SOMEONE ELSE'S IPHONE?

Whether you have the latest iOS 16 or an older software version, you can find a
friend's iPhone (or find your own iPhone from someone else's iPhone) by
following these simple steps. Once you master this move, sign up for our
free Tip of the Day newsletter to find more ways to be your friends' iPhone
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 1. Open the Find My app.
    
    
 2. Select Me from the options on the bottom of the screen.
    
    
 3. Tap Help a Friend at the very bottom. This will open iCloud.com. From the
    menu that appears, tap Use a different Apple ID in the smaller letters below
    the word "Continue". 
    
    
 4. Have your friend sign in to iCloud using their Apple ID to see their
    devices. If they are offered the chance to stay logged in to this ID and
    save the password, your friend should decline. 
    
    
 5. Select the device they are looking for.
    
    
 6. If the lost device appears to be nearby, you can tap Play Sound to help you
    locate it.
    
 7. If the lost iPhone is far away, you can tap Lost Mode to help protect the
    data on the phone and automatically turn on Low Power Mode to give you more
    time to search.
    
    
 8. Once your friend has located the lost device, tap their name in the
    top-right corner and select Sign Out to log out of iCloud. 
    
    

While searching for your lost device, I don't recommend using the third option
in that bottom menu—deleting everything from the iPhone with the Erase iPhone
button—unless you're sure the phone is in danger and the private data is at risk
of being stolen. To help make this decision, you can read up on what Lost Mode
does, and see if it will do an adequate job of protecting the compromised
iPhone.



Now that you know how to find someone else's lost iPhone, you'll be very popular
with your more forgetful friends! Read about how accurate Find My iPhone really
is next. 

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OLENA KAGUI



Olena Kagui is a Feature Writer at iPhone Life who lives in Hawaii. With a BA in
International Relations from Anglo American University, Olena traveled the
world. She has lived in Ukraine, the Czech Republic, China, and the USA. Olena
won an excellence award for a controversial article, got a grant to blog from a
war-zone, and published a short fictional story. She hopes to publish a
full-length novel and continue writing up a storm on her blog The Travel Bug
Bite! When she’s not typing or flying, she is loving on animals, crafting
bizarre creations, and devouring all-you-can-eat sushi.

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ruralroots
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17 months ago

Apparently you have not tried this.

How do you retrieve the two-factor authentication code from the screen of a lost
device you are trying to locate

Useless drivel!

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C. R.
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30 days ago

AGREED!!!! WHAT IS THE POINT of having a "FindMyiPhone" app if you can't use it
unless you can retrieve the 6 digit code from the LOST DEVICE!!!???

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