What to do when your iPhone is lost?

Normally, if you lose your phone, most people will choose to call it. However, what will you do if the phone is on silent mode, or even if the person who found it does not want to return it?

Preparing a plan will help you proactively protect important personal data. When your iPhone is lost, stay calm because there is a way to find a lost iPhone through your iCloud account.

Below are some tips for you when you lose your iPhone.

Enable SIM lock feature on iPhone

To activate this feature, go to settings then select phone and enter the SIM battery section. Here, turn on this feature and set up a pin code.

Always set a screen unlock password

This is an effective way to protect your phone. When someone else picks up your phone, they will not know the password to unlock the screen, because if you restore the factory settings, the iPhone will immediately become "useless" if they do not know the iCloud account.

Apple currently has many types of security for users, but you should leave the security in optional alphanumeric mode, because the person who finds or steals your password will not know how many characters it has.

Use iCloud Lost Mode

Use iCloud's Find My iPhone feature to lock your iPhone, helping you proactively protect information on your iPhone.

Accordingly, from any iPhone, you access the Find iPhone section and enter iCloud. Then, the system will display the location of the next iPhone, select your iPhone and temporarily leave it in lost mode.

Alternatively, you can go to iCloud and select Find My iPhone and select lost mode.

Activate Mastercard or Visa cards (if applicable)

To activate Mastercard or Visa for Apple ID, go to settings, select iCloud, click on your login name, and select a payment card.

If you activate payment cards on your Apple ID account, the thief wants to change the password, you must enter your payment card information. Note, you should be careful when creating an Apple ID and remember the security question, email... not the same as the main email and the phone number as well.

Do not visit “strange” websites

Log in to strange websites, sophisticated thieves often create a link to a fake website containing malicious code, which will be used to trick users into logging into their iCloud accounts or hack your information. You should note to go to the official Apple website.

Use 2-step verification for your Apple ID account

iCloud is the most important thing of Apple, if someone knows your login password, it will be very easy to lose information. The 2-layer security feature of Apple ID works quite simply but the security is extremely good.

After activating this feature, every time you log in to your Apple ID on a strange device or change your account information, a notification will always be sent to your trusted phone number, along with a 6-digit code to authenticate your login.

Above are some notes that you must remember if you lose your iPhone.

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