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What is the purpose of Find My iPhone app?
Find My iPhone will help you locate your missing device on a map, remotely lock it, play a sound, display a message, or erase all the data on it. For missing iOS devices, Find My iPhone also includes Lost Mode.
Is Find My iPhone app always accurate?
It can be accurate up to 20 metres for Find My Android, and Find My iPhone has a range of accuracy settings. The apps are only as accurate as you set your GPS location services, which can still be stunted by being around tall buildings, heavily wooded areas and parking garages.
Is there a better app than Find My iPhone?
Prey Anti-Theft is a third-party app built to assist you in finding your lost or stolen device. It makes it extremely easy to find a missing device whether it is your iPhone, iPad, or MacBook. Prey Anti-Theft includes superior features than both Apple’s Find My iPhone and Google’s Find Device for Android.
Does Find My iPhone make mistakes?
Sometimes, Find My iPhone has a wrong location because it isn’t connected to a network. Make sure the iPhone is on a cellular network or at least a Wi-Fi network. If the network connection is to blame, you can turn Airplane Mode on and back off again to try to reset it.
Does Find My iPhone give you exact location?
If using Find My iPhone from the web (www.icloud.com) or with the Find My iPhone app on another iOS device, you will see the location on the map within the best location information the device is providing. It is not necessarily going to give you an exact house/building location, and it is approximate.
How accurate is iPhone tracker?
It’s the same accuracy as the GPS accuracy of the device. If the GPS on the iPhone can’t obtain a good signal, it may use Wi-Fi triangulation which will reduce the accuracy. GPS accuracy may be decreased depending on the phone’s environment (i.e. a tunnel would not have great GPS, but standing in an open field would).