How to locate your Apple iPhone 5
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How to locate your Apple iPhone 5?
For some unknown reason, you may have lost your smartphone or someone has stolen it in the street.
Unfortunately, this happens very often but today it is possible to locate your Apple iPhone 5in case of loss or theft.
Through this article, we will explain the different ways to locate your Smartphone.
First, you can locate your Apple iPhone 5 with the Apple iPhone 5 Device Manager, secondly via Apple Maps and finally, using third-party applications.
Use Apple iPhone 5 Device Manager to locate your Apple iPhone 5
Enable Apple iPhone 5 Device Manager
The Apple iPhone 5 Device Manager is a feature of your Apple iPhone 5 that is common to all Apple iPhone 5 devices, so you do not need to install an application.
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In order to prevent a possible loss or theft of your phone, you must perform some manipulations to activate this system. First, your Apple iPhone 5 must be connected to your Apple Account and must have access to the Internet.
Second, you must enable the “Apple iPhone 5 Device Manager”. To do this, click on the “Settings” menu of your Apple iPhone 5, then go to the “Personnel” section where you will press “Apple”. After entering Apple settings, go to “Apple iPhone 5 Device Manager” and finally click “Locate this device” where you will be able to enable or disable remote locking and deletion of data. Here ! You have activated the location to find your phone in case of loss or theft.
Locate your Apple iPhone 5 on Apple with Apple iPhone 5 Device Manager
After performing all the operations described above, you can now locate your Apple iPhone 5 by visiting the Internet.
First, type “where is my phone” in the search bar of the Apple search engine.
After that, a map will appear before your eyes, where Apple will try to locate your Apple iPhone 5where it is located.
You will then have several possibilities: ring your phone, lock it if you have not protected it before or you can simply delete all the information contained on your Apple iPhone 5 if you are sure never to find it.
Locate your Apple iPhone 5 from another device via the Apple iPhone 5 Device Manager
If you do not have a computer, ask a friend to use the smartphone for a few minutes.
Do not worry, the method is simple.
See if your friend has the “Apple iPhone 5 Device Manager” on his device, like on your Apple iPhone 5. If your friend does not have it, type the name in the Apple Play Store and you’ll find the app.
Then, you will be able to identify yourself in the “Guest” mode that the application offers and you will enter your Apple identifiers on your Apple iPhone 5. Do not forget, in case of loss or theft, go to your operator so that he can block your line and your Apple iPhone 5 then go to the competent authorities.
Locate your Apple iPhone 5 via Apple Maps
The location of your device with Apple Maps exists because your Apple iPhone 5 automatically saves the approximate location of your device.
Before embarking on the location of your Apple iPhone 5via Apple Maps, there are some imperatives to follow. First, the device must be connected to your Apple Account and must have Internet access.
Finally, the reporting functions and location histories, which are in the Apple app settings on your Apple iPhone 5, must be enabled.
Start by visiting the Apple Maps site and visit the site history.
Then click on today’s date and click on “Show Timestamps” located below the calendar.
From now on, you can see where your Apple iPhone 5 has been registered, for example by clicking on the latest time stamps where you will find the last location where your device was located.
Following this, we recommend that you contact the appropriate authorities to deal with this issue on your Apple iPhone 5.
Use third-party applications to locate your Apple iPhone 5
There is a wide range of applications dedicated to locating lost devices, including your Apple iPhone 5. To find all these apps, just type “anti-theft” in the search bar of Apple Play Store.
The most famous applications are “Where’s my Droid” and “Cerberus Anti-Theft”, which offer an excellent localization of your Apple iPhone 5, but which offer only a short free trial period or paid options to improve the performance of the Apple iPhone 5, application.
These applications are for illustrative purposes only.
We recommend that you carefully read the application descriptions to see if the applications are free or paying, but also read user reviews that are helpful in choosing an anti-theft application on your Apple iPhone 5.