How would I find my phone if I didn't have a phone to find my phone with?

Kintarian@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 48 points –

Suppose I lost my phone and I could use find my phone to find it. The problem is I don't have my phone in order to find my phone with. I don't have a computer I don't have a laptop All I have is a phone. How on earth would I use find my phone to find my phone?

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I figured as much. I was hoping there was a workaround like I could call Apple or something.

Call them with what?

My account information

lol no I meant how you gonna call them without a phone?

Oh, I see what you mean. I suppose I could borrow someone's phone.

But if you could do that, you could use FindMyPhone.

They can only find android users

Edit: can you use find my iPhone on Android now?

Edit2: turns out yes, yes you can

I was under the impression it has a web interface.

I checked and it appears it does now. I suppose it's been a while since I've tried. Thanks.

You can't call Apple if you don't have a phone finding phone.

^I'll^ ^have^ ^whatever^ ^the^ ^OP^ ^is^ ^smoking...thanks^

There are more advanced ways to find a radio based on its emissions, but I believe that kind of test equipment and tech is well outside the scope of this question.