Is there a tracking Software for a lost phone

Don't waste your money on software, which is completely ineffective in tracking a stolen phone, especially one now powered off. Find My is the only way to track a stolen or lost iPhone and that presumes the phone is powered on and connected to a network. Thieves are smart. They put a stolen device in a Faraday Bag or wrap it in foil, making it impossible to be tracked.

The sad reality is most stolen phones are NEVER recovered.

This is what Apple suggests you do if your iPhone is stolen --> If your iPhone or iPad was stolen - Apple Support

adalla wrote:

I lost my 17pro max and l was wondering if its possible to trace the phone even if its turned off ?

If you had Find My and Find My Network enabled, there is a small chance that you will be able to track the phone when it is turned off.

If the phone is turned off, but still has battery power, and Find My Network is enabled, it will send an intermittent Bluetooth signal. Other Apple devices that are in very close proximity (close enough to hear a Bluetooth signal) might then help to report the location of the phone, AirTag-style. Obviously this is going to work better in some high-traffic area like an airport than out in the middle of nowhere.

The police in my country are useless they are not helping and l was introduced to a guy who claims he can track it with a software from the dark web, I asked for the name but he told me that its not given to anyone and that its from apple staff and they use it to trace devices. He claims its a one off purchase of $94 and its linked to the lost device for 90 days and that no other device can use it.

SCAM!

If the phone is turned off, it is not going to be reporting its own location via the Internet. It won't be responding to any attempts to probe it using "software from the dark web", either. All you're going to get is that Bluetooth signal from Find My Network – the one that other nearby Apple devices will pick up without charging you ANYTHING – if the lost phone still has some battery charge, and they're close enough, and thieves haven't done something that would keep other devices from hearing the intermittent Bluetooth signal.

What "software from the dark web" might be good for is

• Emptying your wallet of $94
• Compromising the security of whatever device you install it on – by, say, planting keystroke logging spyware on your computer so the Bad Guys can steal the contents of your bank account later, at their leisure
• Giving you a false sense of hope
• Possibly telling you that your phone has been found at such-and-such location … where said location is a nice, convenient, isolated spot where criminals could feel secure while mugging you

You need such software like you need a hole in the head.

lobsterghost1 wrote:

The sad reality is most stolen phones are NEVER recovered.

In terms of recovering a phone, Find My is mainly useful if

• Your phone is merely lost (not stolen), and
• You, or some honest person who turns it in to an appropriate authority (e.g., a Lost and Found department, or police), finds the phone before a thief does

For stolen phones, Find My's value lies in letting you "brick" a phone, thus reducing its value to the thief or fence, and thereby helping to deter future iPhone thefts.

Thanks for the help

Update, the thieves tried to access my account several times and apple locked it up. I used a trusted device to sign in again. But so far there is no notification or ping from the device

Thanks a bunch buddy.

Thanks for the advice.