IPad stolen. don't remember if I turned off 'find my iphone' or not
Please help.
I've researched a bunch but have not been able to find an answer to this situation.
My iPad air was recently lost/believed stolen (I left it in the library and nobody recovered it)
Here are the stats as best I can remember them.
* It was running 7.0.5 I believe
* I don't know if find my iphone was on. I DID turn it on when I first got the iPad, but may have turned it off after looking at one of those 'how to gain maximum battery power' sites.
* It is a wifi only iPad.
* It DID have a pass code lock.
* It has not shown up on the find my iphone locator since being lost (lost a week ago today, 3/17/14)
* The iPad DOES show up as one of my devices, just 'offline' (does this mean find my iphone is turned on, or just that I happened to register it at one time with find my iphone?)
* I have done 'play a sound' 'show a message', etc. but no response that the iPad has ever received it.
Here's the question I can't seem to find an answer to. I am SURE I turned on find my iphone at least once, but I may have turned it off.
Does the activation still ask you for the appleid and password if you try to reformat the ipad in your own name even though find my iphone might be off?
Will the thief be able to make it his own because I had find my iphone off?
Various posts made it sound like just having OS 7.0 meant you couldn't steal an iPad because of activation, but posts also seem to infer that without find my iphone on, activation isn't working?
So with a passcode in place, but find my iphone off, can they reformat the ipad and make it theirs?
Also, since I had a passcode and the only two wifis I had set up were work and home, will wifi ever come on on it's own in a new area with the passcode on?
Lastly, and I've been trying forever to find the answer to this, if the thief hooks the ipad up to itunes and the computer running itunes is connected to the internet, will the ipad connect to apple's servers first to see if it's 'right'? I think it must since I always get the 'do you want to sync with this computer' when hooking up to a strange computer.....
Thanks for any help you can give me. I don't really know what to do right now...since it's been a week I think I'm going to notify the police.
Mike C.
If the iPad was running iOS 7, the thief/finder will not ever be able to use it.
iCloud: Find My iPhone Activation Lock in iOS 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818
Apple (and no one else) can not assist (with serial number or iCloud) in finding a lost or stolen iPad.
Report to police along with serial number. Change all your passwords.
These links may be helpful.
How to Track and Report Stolen iPad
http://www.ipadastic.com/tutorials/how-to-track-and-report-stolen-ipad
Reporting a lost or stolen Apple product
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2526
What to do if your iOS device is lost or stolen
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5668
iCloud: Locate your device on a map
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2698
iCloud: Lost Mode - Lock and Trace
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2700
iCloud: Remotely Erase your device
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2701
Report Stolen iPad Tips and iPad Theft Prevention
http://www.stolen-property.com/report-stolen-ipad.php
General steps to follow for a Stolen iPad
http://stolen-ipad.com/
How to recover a lost or stolen iPad
http://ipadhelp.com/ipad-help/how-to-recover-a-lost-or-stolen-ipad/
How to Find a Stolen iPad
http://www.ehow.com/how_7586429_stolen-ipad.html
What NOT to do if your iPhone or iPad is lost or stolen
http://www.tomahaiku.com/what-not-to-do-if-your-iphone-or-ipad-lost-or-stolen/
Apple Product Lost or Stolen
http://sites.google.com/site/appleclubfhs/support/advice-and-articles/lost-or-st Len
Oops! iForgot My New iPad On the Plane; Now What?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303459004577362194012634000.html
If you don't know your lost/stolen iPad's serial number, use the instructions below. The S/N is also on the iPad's box.
How to Find Your iPad Serial Number
http://www.ipadastic.com/tutorials/how-to-find-your-ipad-serial-number
iOS: How to find the serial number, IMEI, MEID, CDN, and ICCID number
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4061
Cheers, Tom
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