This iPhone Shortcut Emails You Its Location the Moment a Thief Plugs It In to Charge
aitrendz_xyz · x · 2026-11-03
A practical iPhone Shortcuts automation: when someone connects your iPhone to a charger, the phone silently emails you its exact location — so a thief charging a stolen device gives away where they are.
Setup: Shortcuts app → Automation → Charger trigger with "Is Connected" and "Run Immediately," then a Get Location action plus Send Email (with the compose sheet disabled so it sends silently). The author notes it won't stop a thief who powers the phone off, but combined with Find My it's a free, zero-effort location fallback most people don't know exists.
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