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How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone [iPhone OS 3.0]

Posted June 12, 2009 at 12:37am by iClarified
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These are instructions on how to locate, message, and erase your lost iPhone using the Find My iPhone feature in iPhone OS 3.0.

To follow these instructions you will need to subscribe to Apple's MobileMe service and have setup your Mobile Me email account on your iPhone.




Step One
Press to launch Settings from your SpringBoard.
How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone [iPhone OS 3.0]

Step Two
Press to select Mail, Contacts, Calendars from the Settings Menu.
How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone [iPhone OS 3.0]

Step Three
Press to select your MobileMe account.
How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone [iPhone OS 3.0]

Step Four
Move the Find My iPhone switch to the ON position.
How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone [iPhone OS 3.0]

If asked to confirm press the Allow button.
How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone [iPhone OS 3.0] How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone [iPhone OS 3.0]

Step Five
Press to launch Safari from the dock then navigate to http://www.me.com.
How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone [iPhone OS 3.0]

Step Six
Enter your MobileMe username and password then click the Login button.
How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone [iPhone OS 3.0]

Step Seven
Click the Account icon at the top left of the screen.
How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone [iPhone OS 3.0]

How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone [iPhone OS 3.0]

Step Eight
You will be asked to confirm your password again. Enter your password and click the Continue button.
How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone [iPhone OS 3.0]

Step Nine
Click to select Find My iPhone from the left hand side of the window.
How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone [iPhone OS 3.0]

How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone [iPhone OS 3.0]

Step Ten
Notice that MobileMe will now bring up a map showing the location of your iPhone.
How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone [iPhone OS 3.0]

Step Eleven
To send a message to your iPhone click the Display a Message... button.
How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone [iPhone OS 3.0]

Step Twelve
A popup will appear asking you to enter the message you would like displayed on the device.
How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone [iPhone OS 3.0]

If you would like a sound to be played on the iPhone for two minutes check the box labeled Play a sound for 2 minutes with this message. Click the Send button to send the message.
How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone [iPhone OS 3.0]

Step Thirteen
If you believe your device has been stolen you can click the Remote Wipe... button.
How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone [iPhone OS 3.0]

This will bring up another popup asking you to confirm that you would like to permanently erase all media, data, and settings on your iPhone. If you are sure you would like to do this, check the box then click the Erase All Data button.
How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone [iPhone OS 3.0]
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Nafees
Nafees - March 16, 2012 at 2:35am
Over or under, that is the question.I perfer the toilet tissue to be fixed OVER than under. Why? I don't really know the reason why. Maybe, that's how I grew up with and that's how my Mom fix the toilet tissue in our bathroom, so up to this point in time that's how I want the toilet tissue to be. The funny thing is when I go to my BFs or sister's house or some other houses for that matter, I do notice how their toilet tissue is arranged, although I wanted to fix it the way I am used to, I don't, because it's not my house and who cares anyway, it's just a toilet humor that nobody will appreciate, except OCDs.I hope that made sense.
Ceez
Ceez - July 6, 2009 at 10:29pm
Is this only a 60 day trial version of mobile me?
Foster
Foster - June 22, 2009 at 5:13pm
What if the iPhone is turned off, or ran out of battery?
Serynuch
Serynuch - September 4, 2014 at 5:37pm
Places help
Christopher
Christopher - June 18, 2009 at 4:02pm
If your lost iphone has been replace by another new sim card, will i still be able to locate my iphone location?
Jeremy
Jeremy - June 12, 2009 at 4:24pm
Or, if you're synching with Exchange, just pull up Outlook Web Access, navigate to the Options page, and then the Devices selection...and Wipe away! (Requires Exchange 2007)
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