My iPhone 3GS was lost and I don't have any iOS device to login and erase the data.
I logged in using the browser on my Windows PC but it says I need an iOS device to locate my phone. Can I erase the data I have in the phone in any other way?
IPhone 3GS lost and can’t use Find the iPhone
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The 'Find My iPhone' app on the iPhone itself does nothing to affect the ability to locate/remote message/remote wipe the iPhone itself. The 'Find My iPhone' app is a client to simplify the functions of doing so for other devices.
In order to actually use those features on the iPhone itself MUST be configured via Settings: Location Services > (down at the bottom) Find My iPhone. Only by enabling that will you actually be able to locate your phone via another iOS device, or at icloud.com;
Firstly you have to configure iTunes not to auto-sync.
Then, you plug your iPhone, and back it up.
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Best Answer
You can use any browser to go to https://www.icloud.com/#find & track the phone, play sound, erase it or lock it - so long as you know your AppleID & password.
If not, start at iforgot.apple.com