Apparently starting with iOS 15, you can now erase your iPhone remotely and still locate it in Find My. Previously you would lose the ability to track it after

Apparently starting with iOS 15, you can now erase your iPhone remotely and still locate it in Find My. Previously you would lose the ability to track it after wiping. https://support.apple.com/guide/icloud/erase-a-device-mmfc0ef36f/icloud https://support.apple.com/guide/icloud/erase-a-device-mmfc0e... It sounds like this might not have worked in the author's situation, where the thieves changed the phone number immediately. It sounds like at that point it was pretty much game over.