Find iPhone is an Apple app which allows you to remote wipe and remote lock your iOS devices. It can also allow you to play sound and send message to your iOS devices. Unfortunately, you can’t use this application on a Mac, otherwise it would be a must have app for people who do not have an extra iOS device. This Find iPhone app works for only people who do have more than one iOS device, because you have to install Find iPhone app on all iOS devices for it to work. Also, you must turn Find My iPhone feature to ON inside iCloud setting for this app to work.
Once you got all the elements in place, it is easy as pie to locate your missing iOS devices virtually; you can then remote wipe your iOS devices if you feel your data are at risk, remote lock your iOS devices if you think some stupid thieves won’t be able to hack your easy passcodes. How about remote lock first and then keep sending remote sounds and messages to annoy the thieves? Remote wipe your iOS devices with Find iPhone app will prevent you from locating your iOS devices virtually.
Once log into the Find iPhone app, you can actually see the physical addresses on Google map that your iOS devices currently reside. In the case of stolen iOS devices, you obviously have the knowledge of where your devices are on Google map.
Smart thieves definitely are going to delete Find iPhone app in case you try to locate them with your iOS devices. Of course, they can’t do so if you have strong passcodes that lock your iOS devices from prying eyes. Even though the app is known as Find iPhone, it actually works for all iOS devices. This means if you install Find iPhone iPad app on your iPad, you will be able to locate your iPhone with your iPad (make sure the iPhone does have Find iPhone app installed, or else it won’t work). To find your iPad, you need to install Find iPhone app on iPad and on iPhone, then use your iPhone to find your iPad in seconds.
I think this app is using the Internet and some sort of GPS capability, therefore the distances between iOS devices might not matter much. If it’s in fact just that, no matter where the thieves who stole your iOS devices currently hide, as long they won’t be able to delete the Find iPhone app on the iOS devices, you will be able to sneak up on them and demand your iOS devices back. Of course, don’t fight them if they have more than just iOS devices in their hands, OK? Call the police instead!
To see if Find iPhone app actually does work for you, try sending a sound and text message to an iOS device. You can also try unlocking an iOS device first, then using the remote lock feature of Find iPhone on another iOS device to see if the feature does actually lock the targeted iOS device. Don’t use the remote wipe feature just yet, because once testing this feature out, you actually really wipe all your data on an iOS device, therefore this feature is for an emergency usage only and not for testing purpose. So, you have been warned!
You do have to know your Apple ID and password before you can log into Find iPhone app and use it. If you haven’t had an Apple account, you definitely have to sign up for one before this app can be any used to you.
In summary, with Find iPhone app installed on all of my iOS devices, I think I’m a tad safer in term of protecting my data. At least, I know it’s easy as pie to locate my iOS devices and remote wipe or remote lock them. You should try this app out to protect whatever important data you have on your iOS devices. Have fun with it!