

If you lost the device and you notice on the map that it is in a place where you recognize, you can use another feature to make the iPhone play a loud ‘pinging’ beep sound from the speaker, helping to find a device that has gone missing from something like being wedged in a couch cushion or dropped behind someones desk. You can continue to monitor the iPhones physical location on the mapping feature through Find My iPhone with, it will be visible so long as the device is turned on and within GPS or cellular range. ICloud and Find My iPhone will also send you email updates if the device has been placed into Lost Mode with the time and date of when it was first enabled, and you will also receive updates if the device has been successfully unlocked with the passcode: The passcode required will be the same that was setup by you during the initial lock screen passcode setup process.

The device remains locked until the proper passcode has been entered. Here is what a Lost Mode iPhone will look like if someone turns on the screen: The phone is now unusable except for two options: someone can tap “Call” to dial the number entered in the previous step, or someone can swipe to the passcode screen and enter the passcode of the device if they know it (like you, assuming you’ve found the device that was lost). The iPhone will now be placed into “Lost Mode”, with the message entered in the last step shown on the lock screen.

REMOTELY LOCK IPHONE HOW TO
Ready to put a missing iPhone into Lost Mode? Here’s what to do, or how to test it out yourself with your device: Assuming you meet those relatively basic requirements, here is how to use the Lost Mode feature to remotely lock down an iPhone with a screen message, call back phone number, and a passcode.Įnable Lost Mode to Remote Lock an iPhone with a Message & Call Back Number
REMOTELY LOCK IPHONE FULL
Devices running iOS 6 and iOS 7 have full support for Lost Mode with remote locking, messages, the number call back, remote wipe, and mapping, while iOS 5 is limited to just locking. To use Lost Mode – or have the possibility of using it should you need to in the future – you must have a valid Apple ID with iCloud configured, and Find My iPhone turned on in Settings on the iPhone. Theoretically, this could mean the difference of having your iPhone returned to you or not, and it’s all very easy to use. Making this feature even better is the ability to choose a contact phone number for the locked device, and calling that number becomes the only actionable item on the lock screen of the iPhone while in Lost Mode. Lost Mode is an outstanding feature of Find My iPhone that allows you to remotely lock an iPhone with a passcode and an on-screen message, rendering the device unusable while in “Lost Mode” until the passcode is entered correctly.
