How to Find Your iPhone When it is Offline

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You try to find your missing iPhone but you just realized that it is probably offline and not connected to the internet. So, how you are going to find your iPhone using the “Find My iPhone” app? Fortunately, Apple has considered the possibility that your iPhone might not be connected to the internet once it is gone missing. Therefore the only way you can trace back your iPhone is using other existing technology such as Bluetooth connection. Here we are going to show you the step-by-step approach on how you can find your iPhone even when it is offline.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

The iPhone “Offline Finding” feature uses Bluetooth connection to communicate with nearby Apple devices that have the Bluetooth enabled. This is like asking other Apple devices to help track your iPhone if it is nearby them. By using this channel, your iPhone does not need to rely on the internet connection to be found by “Find My iPhone” app. As long as your iPhone is turned on, other Apple devices can help track the location of your iPhone.

So, if you are interested to know about this function, here are the details.

HOW TO ENABLE OFFLINE FINDING

By default settings, this function is enabled automatically. However, you can always check if it is enabled or not by using these steps.

Step 1

In your iPhone, go to “Settings”

Step 2

In your Settings, go to “Privacy”

Step 3

In “Privacy” settings, go to “Location Services”

Step 4

In Location Services, tap at “Share My Location”

Step 5

At “Find My” menu, tap at “Find My iPhone”

Step 6

Make sure the “Enable Offline Finding” is turned on

HOW TO FIND IPHONE WHEN IT IS OFFLINE

So, once you have that function enabled, you can confidently track your iPhone by logging into your iCloud services using either your laptop or your friend’s phone.

Here are the steps.

Step 1

Go to https://icloud.com/find

Fill in your Apple ID and password

Step 2

Choose the Apple device that you want to track

The device will show “Offline” if it is not connected to the internet

Step 3

Tap at “Notify me when found”

By enabling this, Apple will notify you when the iPhone is turned on. If there are nearby Bluetooth connection, it will track the location even though the iPhone is not connected to the internet.

So, there you have it – Simple explanation on how you can track your iPhone when it is missing or stolen even when it is offline. Please leave us a comment below on what other ways you have used to track your iPhone.

Please read our previous article on how to track your phone using Google account.

How to Share Phone’s Location Using Google Maps (Simple Steps)

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Tracking and sending the phone’s location on a real-time basis has been made easier with advanced features and applications currently being introduced. Therefore, the ability to people sharing the location to their friends and families have been made simple. One of the apps that have made this easy is Google Maps. You can share your location to people by allowing Google Maps to track your location in real-time and at the same time allow other people with your consent to track you also via Google Maps.

WHY SHARING LOCATION USING GOOGLE MAPS?

There are many reasons why you should Google Maps to share your location, here are some of the top reasons:-

  1. COMMON APP – One of the common app used by many people is Google Maps. Therefore, sharing your location to your friends and families would be easier using this platform
  2. EASY TO USE – One of the advantages of using Google Maps is how easy it is to learn and navigate this app. Therefore, this gives people an easier learning curve in using this app to help track your location. 

So, interested to learn how you can use Google Maps for sharing your location?

Here are the steps.

Before you can use Google Maps to share location, you must first enable your Google Maps location sharing ability in your phone.

ENABLE LOCATION SHARING ON YOUR PHONE

Step 1

In your phone, go to Settings

Step 2

In your Settings, go to “Location”

Step 3

Change the Location settings to “Always”

This would enable your location to be shared in real-time

You can always change the settings back

LOCATION SHARING USING GOOGLE MAPS

Step 1

On your phone, go to Google Maps

Step 2

In your Google Maps, tap at the profile icon

Step 3

At Google Maps settings, tap at “Location sharing”

Step 4

Choose the amount of time your location sharing will be available

Tap at “Select People”

Step 5

Choose the people you want to share the location

You can also send location using Email or social media platform here

You can share the location via the link or via Email

People with this link can see your phone’s location in real-time

So, there you have it – Simple steps how you can share your location with your friends and families. Please leave us a comment below on what other ways you have used to share your location.

Please also read our previous article on how to track phone using Google.

How to Find Your Lost Phone when the Battery is Dead (Step-by-Step Guide)

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So, you just lost your phone and you fear that the battery is also dead. Your chances of finding your phone are very low. However, as the saying goes, “Never say never”. There are still many ways how you can still find your lost phone by retrieving your phone’s last location before it went dead.

However, if your phone was stolen, the last tracked location might be irrelevant as your phone can be anywhere else. But, to know where are your phone’s last location might help you are the local enforcers in tracking down your stolen phone.

Here we are going to show the options that you can take to find your lost phone even if your phone’s battery might be dead.

TRY TRACING BACK YOUR STEPS TO FIND YOUR LOST PHONE

The first thing you should do if you just lost your phone and you think the phone is not on, is to manually trace back your step. Trackback your last activities and where have you have been prior you realised that you have lost your phone. Sometimes, you have just probably misplaced in somewhere near you.

VIEW THE LAST LOCATION USING GOOGLE’S “FIND MY DEVICE”

Previously known as the Android Device Manager, Google has an application that helps track all your Android-based device. The Google platform is now called “Find My Device”.

Here are the steps on how to use it.

Step 1

Go to https://www.google.com/android/find

You can also search in the Google Search Engine by typing “Find My Device”

Step 2

If you use any phone that uses Android, it will show your phone’s last here in a map

VIEW THE LAST LOCATION USING “FIND IPHONE”

Besides Android, if you are using an iPhone, you can use the iOS “Find iPhone” to track your lost phone before the battery went dead. You need to log into your Apple account using a PC or laptop.

Here are the steps.

Step 1

Go to https://www.iCloud.com

Sign in to your iCloud account using your Apple ID

Step 2

In your iCloud account, click at “Find iPhone”

Step 3

Click at “All Devices” to see all of your Apple connected devices

Step 4

Click at the iPhone that you have lost

The location is based on the location of your lost iPhone before it runs out of power or turned off

VIEW LAST LOCATION USING CLOUD STORAGE SERVICES

If you have been using a cloud storage services to backup your file in your phone such as Dropbox, it is highly likely that your Dropbox account has the latest location of your lost phone due to the syncing process.

Here are the steps.

Step 1

If you use Cloud storage services such as Dropbox, go to the site and log into your account

Step 2

In your account, click at “Settings”

Step 3

At Settings, go to “Security”

Find devices that are linked to your Dropbox for syncing

It will show you the device last location when it wan syncing and connected before it went dead

VIEW LAST LOCATION USING YOUR GOOGLE ACCOUNT

If your lost phone has used any of Google product or services such as Gmail, you can track it last location using your Google account.

Here are the steps.

Step 1

Go to https://www.google.com/account

Step 2

Log into your Google account. Make sure you log into the Google account or Gmail account that you have used in your lost phone.

Step 3

Once you have logged into your Google account, click at “Security”

Step 4

At Security, go to “Your Devices”

Click at “Find a lost device”

Step 5

At “Your devices”, find the phone that you have lost and click “More details”

Step 6

At the details of the device, click at “Find device”

Step 7

At the bottom of the screen, it will show you the phone’s last tracked location

So, there you have it – Five ways how you can still find your lost phone even when the battery is dead. Please leave us a comment below on what other ways that you can use to find your lost phone even when your phone is dead.

Please read also our previous article on how to find your lost iPhone if the location was turned off.