Many iPhone users are facing issue in “Find my iPhone” app on iOS 15. The issue is Find my app showing notification ”safety alert” says “Unknown accessory detected with you “and is tracking my iPhone and that the owner of the device could see my location. This device shown as tracking my iPhone is unknown device. If you try to locate the device on the location it is showing comprehensive map of locations. Which is more annoying is if you click on remove device it fails to connect to the server. The issue is seen with Airtag users more frequently.
Rebooting the iPhone does not seems to fix the issue and iPhone is showing warning message “Unknown accessory detected with you”. This is annoying as you can’t see any additional information regarding the device itself and it says the server is down.
Why I am seeing “Unknown accessory detected with you” on iPhone :
This is an anti tracking feature built into Apple AirTags. From the outside looking in, it sounds like an AirTag was placed either on her person (clothes, pockets, purse or clutch) or on the bike (under the seat or inside the seat tube). Once you find it, the best thing to do is contact Apple and follow the listed instructions in the link to disable it.
How to fix iPhone Saying “Unknown accessory detected with you” : Airtag
Fix: Disconnect recently connected device
There are instances where iPhone users connected to friends AirPod and later on is getting Unknown accessory detected error on the iPhone Find my app. Just try to remove the device from the iPhone and the problem should be solved.
Fix : Disable the Airtag
To disable the AirTag, tap ”Instructions to Disable AirTag” and follow the onscreen steps.
You can also hit the ”Play Sound” option if you don’t know where the AirTag is located.
Fix : Return the Airtag to owner
If you have accidently carrying a Airtag with you and want to return it to the original user, you can easily do that by following these steps.
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