How Does the "Find My iPhone" Mechanism Change When "Lost Mode" Is Activated?
My phone was stolen, and initially, I was able to track it using the "Find My" app on my Mac. However, the connection was lost, and the location was unavailable for about an hour. Later, when I activated the "Lost Mode" function, I was able to see the location of my phone again.
Could this be a coincidence? For example, is the tracking before marking the phone as lost reliant on a regular internet connection, while activating "Lost Mode" uses a different method for tracking?
Would it be a plausible explanation that the gap in tracking occurred because the person turned on Flight Mode? In this case, could it be that "regular location tracking" is not possible during Flight Mode, but marking the phone as lost enables tracking through a different mechanism?
iPhone 13 mini, iOS 18