Hi all,
my iPhone 14 Pro got stolen yesterday. It is still in my city and I have two locations where it could be (Sadly locations with multiple apartments). I a) have a six digit passcode (Random numbers; not easy to guess); alphanummeric would be better I know) and b) activated lost mode through a friends phone right when I noticed it (max. 15 minutes after it happened). FYI it was pickpocketed out of my pants pocket and I obviously had absolutely no clue it happened.
The thiefs received the iPhone in locked mode 100%. They also DO NOT HAVE MY APPLE ID (Password)! My Apple ID is secured by a alphanummeric password. All of my accounts (FB/Insta/Gmail etc.) do not show any activity, so they are obviously completely locked out of the phone (thank god). I also did not get any weird emails to my iCloud mail so far. OH AND I ALSO CONTACTED THE TMOBILE SUPPORT AND DEACTIVATED MY SIM! I will get a new one on Monday with my old number (Thank god, some important accounts are linked to it).
My questions are:
Are the never iPhones (14/15 Pro) somehow hackable with some software? Or am I really safe here? And if so is the data still “valid” or “useful” if someone breaks the software that much?
What can/should I do besides letting lost mode activated AND NOT DELETE THE IPHONE FROM MY ICLOUD DEVICES?
How likely is it that police will catch stolen iPhones over time when they have the IMEI number? Any success stories here? I reported it to them yesterday straight away.
Should I change my Apple ID password just in case? It is (as mentioned above) already really safe. I’m afraid my old iPhone might automatically log out if I do so.
My guess: I will probably never see it again. It is just really frustrating because of all of the data that is lost. (I did not do any backup whatsoever in the last year). From what I’ve read so far online, in my situation under these circumstance, the only thing thieves can do is scrap it and sell the parts right? It’s just a complete and useless brick to them as long as they can not reset it.