Does locate my phone work after sim change?

[Roadrunner]

Does Find my Phone work after sim change?

Can someone confirm that the Find my Phone feature still works on the iPhone 4 after SIMs have been swapped?

We just heard that robbers relieved two teenagers of their BlackBerries at gunpoint in our neighbourhood a short while ago, and apparently the BlackBerry Protect app won't work if this is the case.

I have tested my iPhone with cards from Vodacom and 8ta, and it goes on to locate the phone without a hitch on the icloud.com website.

Of course there are other ways to disable this, but it will be a while before it is common knowledge by the criminals.

 

[Synaesthesia]

Yes you answered your own question. It works via your iCloud account, it doesn't matter what SIM is in it. Nice feature.

 

[w1z4rd]

It should, my Lookout security on my droids does.

 

[McGuywer]

If it doesn't work after sim change, then it is pretty useless...

The iPad can be located without a sim installed if it is connected to the internet.

 

[PAYBACK]

As stupid as it sounds if you don't have a phone lock (pin) on then it's also pretty useless. They just turn Find my Phone off. Make sure your phone is locked. You'll be surprised how many people don't have a pin lock.

 

[Roadrunner]

As stupid as it sounds if you don't have a phone lock (pin) on then it's also pretty useless. They just turn Find my Phone off. Make sure your phone is locked. You'll be surprised how many people don't have a pin lock.

You are right of course, but the average South African criminal don't know about these things.

They reckon turning the phones off or swapping SIMs is a foolproof way of getting around the GPS features.

 

[Madhawk]

Don't you just love the "Find my iPhone" App?

A thief’s ignorance about an iPhone and its apps has led to his arrest.

While the thief was busy with the phone, its owner Sean Dunn could see on the internet where it was.

With an iPad and a map on which the phone’s movements could be tracked, Dunn, from Olympus in eastern Pretoria, led police to a property in Mamelodi.

Police spokesperson Captain Marissa van der Merwe confirmed that the thief would appear in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

Dunn’s iPhone was stolen while he was at the gym at about 13:00 on Tuesday.

Apps activated

He looked for his phone at the gym but couldn’t find it, so he blocked the phone and had it blacklisted.

“On Tuesday night my wife told me she saw I went jogging,” said Dunn.

“I use the apps a lot on my phone.

“One is the Nike+ GPS. This comes up automatically on my phone. The thief must not have known what it was and pressed ‘yes’.

"What he didn’t know was that it sent a message to Facebook that I was going jogging.”

Another app that Dunn had on his phone was iCloud, which had a tracking system. Dunn looked on the internet to see if he could find his phone.

The tracking system is accurate to within a radius of 2m.

Dunn saw his phone, made a screen grab of the map, borrowed his friend’s iPad and went to the Garsfontein police station.

Arrest

“Police initially struggled to believe me until I showed them how it worked,” said Dunn.

“Two policemen were willing to go to Mamelodi but I didn’t want to go along as I didn’t want to risk my life for a phone.

“I printed the map and the two policemen went to Mamelodi. I remained in contact with them telephonically.”

The phone moved from one yard to another.

“While I told the two policemen where to go, I was surrounded by policemen who wanted to see how it worked.

“They found the thief at the back of one yard and arrested him.”

Shortly after midnight, he went home with his phone.

“The police were helpful and very friendly,” he said.

The alleged thief was a contracted cleaner at the gym.

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Stolen-iPhone-leads-cops-to-thief-20120113

 

[PAYBACK]

You are right of course, but the average South African criminal don't know about these things.

They reckon turning the phones off or swapping SIMs is a foolproof way of getting around the GPS features.

My pin lock is off because my 4 year old is on it most of the time and he has not yet figured out how to enter the pin correctly without puking the SIM card. As for the rest he's golden. He's been using iPhones since the 3GS came out. Trying to explaining to the poor sole on the receiving end why I had a photo on my phone of me walking out the shower in my Birthday suit. Kids gotta love em.