I iMore Question Feb 11, 2016 #1 If I want to see if I can locate my iphone from an ipad, does the data have to be on my iphone?
anon(9602380) Well-known member Aug 14, 2015 5,828 0 0 Visit site Feb 11, 2016 #2 iMore Question said: If I want to see if I can locate my iphone from an ipad, does the data have to be on my iphone? Click to expand... Welcome to iMore. For Find My iPhone to work, it needs to be connected to the internet, since that is how it communicates with the Apple servers, which is where you are tracking the device from. If there is no data connection, you cannot track the device.
iMore Question said: If I want to see if I can locate my iphone from an ipad, does the data have to be on my iphone? Click to expand... Welcome to iMore. For Find My iPhone to work, it needs to be connected to the internet, since that is how it communicates with the Apple servers, which is where you are tracking the device from. If there is no data connection, you cannot track the device.