Q: Why does my iPad last known location get erased and my status goes to offline after 24 hours
I don't understand the mechanics of find my iPad. I understand that I can do a find my iPad as long as the iPad has been used in the last 24 hours. I can make it emit a sound and I can get its last known location. After 24 hours of dormancy, its last known location is erased and I no longer have the ability to make it go "ping." Why is this? My phone doesn't have this restriction. If my kids have forgotten where they put it last and we are trying to find it 3 days after its last sighting, we are up a creek. This is a wifi iPad - would the restriction be the same for a always-connected iPad? I wish there were a way for it to always be online enough to find it. If it gets stolen, I imagine I can't use find my iPad to find out where the thieves are storing it.
iPad 2, iOS 6.0.2
Posted on Jun 10, 2016 5:20 PM