Imagine you want to do something on your iPhone and you don’t even remember where you kept it. And what a bummer when you realize that you’ve kept your phone on silent mode. Isn’t that frustrating!!!
Well yes, this happens with almost everyone except some people with exceptional memory. Just kidding!! Now days, phones are an important part of our lives. Specially, for those who use their phone more for work. Misplacing phone can really put anyone in stress.
As an iPhone user, you must have known that there is already a feature available “Find My iPhone” to track the location of your iPhone. It works by telling you the location where the phone is located. You can also lock your iPhone using “Find My iPhone” feature in order to protect it from unwanted access.
This feature is useful when you have seriously lost your phone somewhere you don’t have clue about. But what if you have just misplaced/dropped it at some hidden corner in your room or at your workplace?
In this case, the first idea that will come into your mind will be giving ring to your phone and hear the sound to find it. But what if your iPhone is on silent mode??
Well, stop exploring the hidden corners of your house/workplace and keep reading this article. We will tell you the simple process by which you can find your misplaced iPhone on silent mode.
However, for this process, your phone’s internet should be enabled. Otherwise, this trick will be of no use and you may have to search your iPhone for hours until you get really frustrated !!
Below is the step-by-step process to find your missing iPhone on silent mode :
First of all, as a prerequisite for performing these steps, along with enabled Internet connection you should also have set up and activated your “Find My iPhone” feature.
- Open www.icloud.com from your PC. It will take you to a login page where you have to use your Apple ID and password for logging in.
- After login, you will be displayed a list of connected devices, select iPhone from that list. (A Wap on the right side will automatically ping the location of your phone.)
- Now, click on the ‘PlaySound’ option at the bottom of your screen.
- As soon as you click the ‘PlaySound’ option, your phone will play a loud sound even on a silent mode which will help you to find your iPhone by following that sound.
As said, your phones internet connection should be enabled. If you’ve kept your Internet disabled then, this method will be of no use and no matter how difficult it gets, you will have to search it in every possible corner!!
We also recommend that If you are a new user, then first thing first set up and activate your ‘Find My iPhone’ feature as a preventive measure. This will help you in future.
