Comments on: Find My iPhone: Cool Idea, Some Quirks

By: iTag: Finder of Lost Phones

iTag: Finder of Lost Phones — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:07:54 +0000

[...] phones. Or, to make a more relevant comparison, it’s a rough equivalent of Apple’s Find My iPhone –a service that can help you locate your phone or, if it seems to be gone forever, make sure [...]

By: T

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:45:50 +0000

When I click “find my iphone” in the account tab, it just routes back to the account page. There is no map or anything that resembles the above interface. I have followed all directions, including push. Thoughts?

By: Zach

Zach — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:10:36 +0000

Iphone on me.com tracking my "lost" iphone. proof of concept. flickrDOTcom/photos/whitakerz/3652760684/

By: Johnny Appleseed

Johnny Appleseed — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:40:18 +0000

If FMI was an option that was easily found by the owner then won’t you think whoever stole the iphone would easily find it too and turn it off. So the benefit of having it so called “buried” is actually a good thing. It also makes sense where the FMI option is at the accounts section of mobileme because it’s a mobileme feature. OMG taking the time to learn about your $600 isn’t too much of a stretch is it?

By: Derek Brookmeyer

Derek Brookmeyer — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:19:10 +0000

Wait, what does FIM stand for! :)

By: ugadawg94

ugadawg94 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:14:04 +0000

There are a couple of things that I wish FMI had :
1) Ability to set and lock the phone. I currently have mine set for 1 hour.
2) Ability to have the finder, send a message back to the me.com site.
3) Ability to have it take a picture, never know if that might be handy.

Also, this works great if you lose it around the house, or in my case, one of my kids decide to hide it from me.

By: Brock

Brock — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:42:46 +0000

Apple advertised Find my iPhone as being able to report the last known location even when the phone is off, as a thief might be prone to do (note the “as of” time below the map). I guess the phone is uploading its location to MobileMe on a set schedule (which wouldn’t technically require push), but I don’t know what that is. That explains how it “works” even when the phone or push is off — I’m assuming by “works” you mean that it displays a location on the map, not that the rest of its features function (because technically, they shouldn’t with either the phone off or push off).