Why can a thief turn off an iPad when it is in lost mode?

So My I pad mini with cellular was stolen from my house. Silly me I did not have it pass code locked in the home. But as soon as I noticed it was stolen I put it in lost mode. The thief did not connect it to a network. Then about 2 weeks later they connected it to a network I am guessing they took it out of airplane mode and the cellular connected. So It went into lost lock down mode. Great.......But what good does that do me when all they have to do is turn off the iPad????? and then I can not track it anymore. I mean come on What is the purpose of leaving the power button active when it is in lost mode? All that does it make it so no one can use the iPad and I can not catch the thief. Another great option for this would that it would also send a GPX file that I could get and then find out who has my iPad. That movement file would give lots of info like was the person moving when they turned it on i.e. in their car driving down a street and then turned it off or was it at one location for 20 minutes then they turned it off. Again what good is a lost mode that all you need to get around is a power button.... High tech....I would like you to meet low tech......

I wouldn't suggest going to get it yourself. You could find yourself in a situation you cannot get out of and could get hurt. Second, as stated before, it is more for misplaced or lost devices, not stolen devices. Many police agencies do not feel they have probable cause, just from your statement on a map location to justify attempts to recover the device. There have been many posts from others who have had devices stolen where the police will not confront someone based on that map location. I understand you are impacted by the theft, but this is what we have insurance for. To protect your content, from now on I suggest you put a passcode on the device. I hope you have changed all of the passwords for accounts you had on the device, since all of your content and data was accessible to the thief.

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