HT1975 can location services be used to locate a lost or stolen ipod?

can location services be used to locate a lost or stolen ipod?

Shoaiballi you are dead wrong
From the Users Guide:
Find My iPod
Find My iPod helps you locate your iPod touch using the free Find My iPhone app on
another iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or using a Mac or PC with a web browser signed in to
www.icloud.com or www.me.com. Find My iPod includes:
ÂÂLocate iPod touch on a map: View the approximate location of your iPod touch on a
full-screen map.
ÂÂDisplay a Message or Play a Sound: Lets you compose a message that will appear on your iPod touch screen, or play a sound at full volume for two minutes.
ÂÂRemote Passcode Lock: Lets you remotely lock your iPod touch and create a 4-digit passcode, if you haven’t set one previously.
ÂÂRemote Wipe: Lets you protect your privacy by erasing all media and data on iPod touch, restoring it to factory settings.
Important: Find My iPod must be turned on in either iCloud or MobileMe settings on your iPod touch. Find My iPod can be turned on only in one account.
Turn on Find My iPod using iCloud
Go to Settings > iCloud and turn on Find My iPod.
Turn on Find My iPod using MobileMe
Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, tap your MobileMe account,
then turn on Find My iPod.
Find My iPod uses Wi-Fi to locate your iPod touch. If Wi-Fi is turned off or if your iPod touch isn’t connected to a Wi-Fi network, Find My iPod can’t find it.
See “iCloud” on page 16 or “Setting up mail and other accounts” on page 15.
The only downside is that the wifi has to be on and connected

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TS4006 Can I turn on "Location Services" via the cloud on a lost ipad?

Can I turn on "Location Services" via the cloud on a lost Ipad?

Welcome to the Apple community.
Unfortunately not.

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HT5467 locate a lost or stolen ipod

How can I locate a lost or stolen iPod?

- If you previously turned on FIndMyiPod on the iPod in Settings>iCloud and wifi is on and connected go to iCloud: Find My iPhone, sign in and go to FIndMyiPhone. If the iPod has been restored it will never show up.
- You can also wipe/erase the iPod and have to iPod play a sound via iCloud.
- If not shown, then you will have to use the old fashioned way, like if you lost a wallet or purse.
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Can you track a lost or stolen ipod

can you track a lost or stolen ipod

- If you previously turned on FIndMyiPod on the iPod in Settings>iCloud and wifi is on and connected go to iCloud: Find My iPhone, sign in and go to FIndMyiPhone. If the iPod has been restored it will never show up.
- You can also wipe/erase the iPod and have to iPod play a sound via iCloud.

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HT1975 Can I track someone else's location who has an iphone from my ipad?

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Is it your phone? Only if it has icloud 'find my phone' turned on, and you have access to that account.
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Philly_Phan wrote:
I have a half-dozen apps that rely on Location Service. I went through several weeks of Intermittant operation before I figured out what's happening.
My router is in an upstairs bedroom. If i'm downstairs, Location Service works maybe 25% of the time althiugh the WiFi data signal is rock solid and my Internet access is flawless. After much weeping and gnashing of teeth, I've confirmed that the only RELIABLE way to make it work is to take the iPad to the room where the router is located. Apparently, the Location Service information is carried on a different (weaker) radio signal than the WiFi Internet data.
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