You’ve found a lost iPhone and you want to be a decent human being.
Firstly, good for you, because not everyone has that moral compass
within them. But it’s not always an easy task to return a lost iPhone to
its owner if you have no idea who the owner is or how to get in touch with them. In many cases, you can find the owner of an iPhone through the device itself without even needing a passcode | Shutterstock
Fortunately, there are a number of ways within that iPhone itself
that can point to who the rightful owner may be. Most importantly, they
don’t require you to unlock the iPhone, meaning you don’t need to know
the passcode or use any Touch ID either. Here are some methods for
finding the device’s owner.
1. Use Information Provided by iCloud
Hopefully, the person who lost their iPhone has realized that by the
time you find it. If this is the case, they may have sent out signals to
the iPhone through iCloud or put it into Lost Mode. Lost Mode leaves a
message on screen indicating that the iPhone is in fact lost.
Optionally, the owner could leave a message potentially with contact
information for you to use to get in touch.
All you have to do to be able to see if the iPhone is in Lost Mode is
turn it on and take a look at the lock screen. If you don’t see a
message, move on to our second option.
