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Handy Hint 61 - How can I find my muted iPhone in my house!? I know it's here somewhere!
This is something I frequently need to do. I have my phone on mute after an appointment, and then put it down somewhere and can't find it! No point calling it - because its muted, so won't ring!
So what can you do when this happens? How can you use another iPad or iPhone (even someone else's) to find your misplaced iPhone or iPad? And what do you do if you haven't got another iPad or iPhone? Is there some other way to find the missing device?
So what can you do when this happens? How can you use another iPad or iPhone (even someone else's) to find your misplaced iPhone or iPad? And what do you do if you haven't got another iPad or iPhone? Is there some other way to find the missing device?
Introduction
Your ability to find a lost iPhone, iPad or iPod touch will very much depend on whether you have signed in to iCloud on that device and turned on the Find my iPhone feature of iCloud. If you have not, your device will not be able to be found using using the techniques described by this article.
To check if you have activated this feature, go to Settings -> iCloud and make sure that the Find my iPhone (or iPad/iPod Touch) 'switch' is green to show it is on. (Slide it across to the right side to turn it on if it is currently showing as off.)
The other pre-requisite for your i-Device being able to be found at a particular point in time is that it is turned on and connected to the internet.
To check if you have activated this feature, go to Settings -> iCloud and make sure that the Find my iPhone (or iPad/iPod Touch) 'switch' is green to show it is on. (Slide it across to the right side to turn it on if it is currently showing as off.)
The other pre-requisite for your i-Device being able to be found at a particular point in time is that it is turned on and connected to the internet.
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Step by Step instructions:
Option 1: Finding your i-Device when you have another iDevice
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If you have another iPad, iPhone or iPod touch available, you can find your missing device using the 'Find My iPhone' app. (If you don't already have this app on your device, download it from the App Store - it's free!)
If you have (or think you may have) turned on Find my iPad (iPad/iPod Touch) in iCloud, here is how you can find a lost device that is 'signed in' to your iCloud. |
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- Touch on the Find iPhone app on your Home Screen (even if you have lost an iPad or iPod touch).
- If you are not currently signed in to this app with the iCloud id of your lost device, sign in now. (If the app is already signed with someone else's iCloud id, touch Sign Out at the top right.
- You will be shown a map that shows the locations of all the devices that are currently signed in to iCloud AND connected to the internet.
- If you have more than one device touch on My Devices at top left - you will see a list of all devices that are associated with your iCloud. As you can see below right, I have three i-Devices signed in to my iCloud.
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- Touch on the device that you want to locate. You will then see just that device's location shown on your map.
- Touch on the device image on the map, and you will see some options appear along the bottom of the screen.
- Touch on Play Sound.
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Option 2: Finding your i-Device using a computer
If you don't have another i-Device on which you can use the Find iPhone app, there is still an easy way of finding your i-Cloud enabled i-Device.
On any computer, you can visit the website www.icloud.com.
This website allows you to log into your own iCloud account and view your iCloud Contacts, Calendar, Reminders, etc etc. And, it also allows you to access the 'Find iPhone' feature of iCloud.
On any computer, you can visit the website www.icloud.com.
This website allows you to log into your own iCloud account and view your iCloud Contacts, Calendar, Reminders, etc etc. And, it also allows you to access the 'Find iPhone' feature of iCloud.
- Log in with the iCloud account that you have used on your misplaced i-Device.
- Touch Find my iPhone (even if you have lost an iPad or iPod touch)
- To see a list of all your devices, touch on All Devices (top middle).
- Touch on the device that you want to locate.
- The location of your device will be shown as a green dot on the map, and some options will appear in a box at the top right.
- As described above for the 'Find iPhone' app, touch on Play Sound (in the box shown on top of the map) to hear the loud sound on your 'lost' device.
