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Find My only shows child phone when it’s unlocked

  • 20-05-2022 10:24pm
    #1
    sk8board
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,395 ✭✭✭


    I’ve two kids with iPhones, sharing location with me on the Family set-up.

    one phone is located on my Find My app in an instant, every time, but the other says ‘location not found’ until the phone is unlocked, and then it shows up on my Find My straight away.

    any ideas why this might be? The location-sharing settings seem to be the same for both phones.

    thanks



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  • #2
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Eircom_Sucks


    sorry to hijack the thread , what app are you using to track the phones ?

    ive 2 kids with iphone 8's and could do with tracking them also



  • #3
    chrislad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,324 ✭✭✭chrislad


    Apple has a built in app - Find My - that can be used to track devices. Might need to be in the one family.



  • #4
    sk8board
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,395 ✭✭✭sk8board


    Yep - it’s Find My, with the 2 devices for the kids set up with kids apple ID’s, so they go under my parent a/c.



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