Son Lost iPhone, Help.

Well you can deactivate the phone so no one can use it.

When you called Apple - did you ask them how much it would cost to have them help you or do it for you?? If you have an iPad - there is a function there to find a phone - I remember seeing it on the news - a girl was in a car accident and the sheriff found her via her cell phone....

I would deactivate the phone via AT&T - listing it as lost or stolen - that should make it unable to work. If the person who picked it up tries to activate it - there SHOULD be a warning or alert to anyone trying to activate it in a store....

good luck!

just change your password on your email account and on the Apple ID then no one has access to those

I don't remember putting a "Find My Phone" app on my phone or IPad, but I can find them through "Find My Phone" on Apple's website. I don't know the address. I just google "Find My IPhone." Type in the email address and password and wait for the website to do it's thing.

Did you call the place where you ate?
Do you have the Find My iPhone app set up with your Apple ID?
That will show you right where it is.

Otherwise, I think you can erase the phone from your apple account.

Just change your apple ID and email passwords, from any computer or device.

Did you contact the restaurant to see if anyone turned it in?

I thought your questions was, "what should my son's punishment be for losing my iPhone." lol Sorry I'm not good with technical issues. Good luck.

if you're willing to pay the apple tech fee, they'll talk you through it. but the website can probably walk you through.
i'm not sure why your husband's phone being attached means you can't just change your password. you can just tell him the new one, right?
khairete
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As others have said, the find my phone app is a great tool that is installed by default--and you have to be quite determined to uninstall/disable it due to few confirmation notices included in its settings.

Additionally, if you do end up having to remotely wipe your phone of its data--there are a few options in restoring it back. If you've ever plugged your iPhone into a computer with iTunes installed, and had it recognize the device, it *should* have ran an automatic backup which is kept on iTunes.

Also, while I'm not sure if it's enabled by default--iCloud also has an automatic backup function that is set to run whenever you're plugged in and connected via wifi.