One of the most useful tools that iPhone devices can offer you is the activation of their search. This is an option that is very simple to use, and quite useful to have active at all times. Many users feel safe.
To activate the application, you just have to follow a series of simple and easy steps, for which you will only need to have an Apple ID, which you should have previously, if you are an active user of Apple and iCloud.
What are the steps to activate find my iPhone?
- To start you must access your device and after that, enter its settings. You can find this easily and simply in the menu of your device.
- Once there, you just have to go to the iCloud tab. Once you press it, you will see that a series of options will open.
- You must locate yourself on the “find my iPhone” box and proceed to activate it
When you perform these steps, you must make sure that you always have it active as well as your iCloud account. Likewise, when doing this step, you will see that right next to it, an option will appear that says “activate last location” that is a tab that you must always have active and updated, since the system will be based on it, to help you recover your device.
With this, if the battery of your iPhone is about to turn off due to low battery, the application will automatically send the last location of your phone through the GPS before it was turned off.
What is the process to locate my iPhone?
When the option is activated, you can enter from another Mac device as long as it has said application and proceed by accessing it, with your Apple username and password. When you have done all these things, you will be able to access the application to find the iPhone.
If, on the contrary, you already have a device with which you can find your phone, it will only be enough to locate it from this application and when you go to your mobile, you will be able to see all your steps reflected on a map through GPS.
Another important aspect, if you are located on the left of the screen, is to verify if your devices are online or not. You can verify this when said device has a green light, which means that they are online, if on the contrary, it is blue, it means that it is in use at that moment and if it is gray what you see, it means that it is offline. It should be noted that despite this function being very useful, some users choose to deactivate it on their Apple devices.
Other options to be able to find my iPhone
One of the options preferred by the most forgetful people is locating these devices, with a sound, so that they can be located easily and quickly. This is a very useful option if you know that your mobile is nearby, but nevertheless, you do not remember the exact place where you left it.
Likewise, you can also access a series of indications, which will give you specific instructions in order to reach your device as if you were marking an address within your GPS. This same function will tell you which turns to take and how much distance to cover.
As the last piece of advice that we can give you, you can have the option at hand, where you are told that your phone has been lost and the mode. In this way, you will be able to block the device and follow its location until you find it.
This is an elementary function if what you are looking for is to protect the information of your contacts, emails, videos, photos or even the access that the phone has to some sensitive applications, such as bank or personal accounts.
