How to track iPhone off

You have lost your iPhone in who knows what remote part of the world? Bad situation huh? Especially if some attacker finds it and takes advantage of it. Fortunately for us, there is an Apple function that allows us to locate our lost iPhone. Is called Find my iPhone and allows us to track it down even if it was off from the attacker.

So let's see how to track down our turned off iPhone.

How to track iPhone off

Obviously we must have previously activated the function Find my iPhone. Without it, in fact, it will not be possible to carry out any operation on our lost device. If you haven't done so yet, you can follow our instructions.

If you have the function already active, go directly to the second step.

How to activate Find My iPhone

To activate this function just go to Settings > Username> iCloud> Find My iPhone and activate the voices Find my iPhone e Send last position, by moving the toggle su On.

Track iPhone off

At this point we are ready to exploit the full potential of this function. We can view the location of our iPhone, as long as it has been recorded in the last 24 hours.

So let's connect to the iCloud site and log in with ours account. We click on the app Find my iPhone and log back in with our account.

Once this is done, click on the item All devices and on the option related to our iPhone.

At this point we must pay attention to the dot that indicates the position of our iPhone.

• If it is of colore green it means that the iPhone is turned on and we are displaying its position in real time.
• If it is of Color: Grey it means our iPhone is off and we're viewing hers last position detected.

At this point we can choose to activate the Lost mode to leave a message or a phone number for the person who finds it. Furthermore we can also choose to restore our iPhone.

iPhone stolen: what to do?

If you want to know more about how to activate the Lost mode and how to protect your data in case of theft or loss, we recommend that you follow our guide carefully.

Conclusions

As we have seen we can track our iPhone even if it is turned off. Unfortunately, the only flaw is that the last detected position will be displayed, as it is obvious that it is indeed.