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dimashq Author

Level 1

9 points

Stolen Ipad

Today may 29th 2010 My Ipad was stolen from my car,its less than 10 days old.I was at the mall where they have an apple store>I confidently walked back into the mall heading to the apple store knowing for a fact that apple will help me and the police(i filed a police report) to locate the stolen Ipad since it has a built in GPS and i have the serial number.They furiously refused and very coldly and carelessly said that they do not do that and they dont even have any database for stolen apple products and they will not track my ipad what so ever.I sware to god they did not even say sorry for my loss.Here iam walking to the apple store with all confident and hope only to face the harsh fact that really they didn't care.Eventhough they can help and they can track and they have the capability to but they wont. Worse thing is it isn't my ipad and i have to pay for new one now that i cant afford.Thank you Apple.

ipad 16gb wifi

Posted on May 29, 2010 9:54 PM

233 replies

Ren84

Level 1

0 points

May 3, 2012 6:51 AM in response to dimashq

My ipad2 got lost in newyorm and i live in las vegas, even with me tracking it. What can I a actually do? It's not giving me any address or phone number, just a blue dot in a screen

Chris CA

Level 10

82,488 points

May 3, 2012 8:00 AM in response to Ren84

The blue dot is on a map.

Ren84

Level 1

0 points

May 3, 2012 8:36 AM in response to dimashq

I saw that but how will I know it's the right location? Or someone is just using someone else's wifi? I tried to call las Vegas police but they said they can't do anything because in not giving them a accurate address.... After an hour that blue dot vanished, does that mean my iPad got erased? Because I got a passcode in it... They could still erased my data?

Chris CA

Level 10

82,488 points

May 3, 2012 9:43 AM in response to Ren84

You need to file a police report.

Ren84 wrote:

I saw that but how will I know it's the right location? Or someone is just using someone else's wifi?

It has to be using someone else's wifi unless they are sitting in yoru driveway, right?

Yes they can easily erase the data by restoring the iPad. Then it will not show up anymore (and it is gone).

May 3, 2012 9:46 AM in response to dimashq

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

Report Stolen iPad Tips and iPad Theft Prevention

http://www.stolen-property.com/report-stolen-ipad.php

How to Find a Stolen iPad

http://www.ehow.com/how_7586429_stolen-ipad.html

Oops! iForgot My New iPad On the Plane; Now What?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303459004577362194012634000.html

 Cheers, Tom 😉

xiGLer

Level 1

1 points

May 7, 2012 6:07 AM in response to dimashq

with all these theft and stuff... is apple ever going to do something? i know for a fact each gps module built in their ipad, they assign a unique code which is associatted to the serial number or imei number. i was robbed of my hand bag containing my ipad, passport amongst other stuff. i went to an apple store to help me locate my ipad so i can get my passport, they said there is nothing apple can do. now i am stuck in a foriegn country without a passport. if any onw in apple ever reads these, i am pleading with them to help 😟

May 7, 2012 6:21 AM in response to xiGLer

Just because a product has GPS features, does not mean it was put in the product for that purpose. Yes the Apple devices do use gps, but not in the way you think it should. APPLE is not a tracking company, it is not an investigation company. GPS was not put in the products to track them when lost of stolen. thats what you contact the cops form

Bradbeck

Level 1

0 points

Oct 15, 2012 2:57 PM in response to dimashq

Sorry for your loss, I know I wouldnt be able to last a day without my ipad, I dont know if you will get it back but theres proberly a chance, demand you look at the CCTV closest to your car (If there was one) but if you get it back, get the app ' find my iphone' yes, it does say phone but its compatible with iphone, ipad and ipods, you also would need to download it on to another apple device and link up the accounts you would have to make then incase this happens again you should find it straight away, this app is made for things like this and misplacement etc hope this helped.

Brad Beck.

Stolen Ipad