Apple has a recent update for its mobile operating system iOS 4 with new features and is nifty free tool: Find My iPhone.
As its name suggests, Find My iPhone is a tracking feature to locate a missing iPhone 4, iPad or fourth-generation iPod Touch.
If you’ve lost or if it is stolen, you can follow the GPS coordinates of the iPhone on a Google map through computer by using find my iPhone to remotely lock the device or wipe the data. However, if you wipe the device, you won’t be able to track it anymore. If you have just misplaced it, you can use your computer to trigger a beeping sound to help you find it.
Follow the steps to activate Find My iPhone before you lose your phone:-
1. Make sure you have the latest iOS update (iOS 4.2.1) installed. Plug in your iPhone and click “Check for updates” in iTunes to get the software.
2. With iOS 4.2.1 installed, tap the Settings app on your iPhone. Then tap “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” and “Add Account.” Then choose Mobile Me.
3. In the Mobile Me account menu, enter your iTunes or Apple ID and password (i.e., the login you use to buy iTunes media on the iPhone).
4. The “Find My iPhone” option should appear. Slide it to “ON” to activate it.”
From here on, you have to enter www.me.com in a web browser. Then enter the same login credentials you used to register for Find My iPhone, and you’ll immediately get a GPS reading of the phone, along with a simple menu of buttons allowing you to lock, wipe, or send a message or sound to the iPhone.
