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How do I find my iPad with the location is off?

How do I find my iPad with the iPad location off?

iPad Air 5 Wi-Fi

Posted on May 24, 2022 8:42 PM

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Posted on May 25, 2022 8:14 AM

Here is Apple’s advice for lost or stolen devices:

If your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch is lost or stolen – Apple Support

Use the Find My app to locate a lost or stolen device – Apple Support


If the Find My iPad feature was enabled prior to it being “misplaced”, then if active, you would stand a good chance of locating it. 


However, if the feature was not activated prior to being misplaced - or the iPad has been inactive for more than 24 hours, the last known location will not be available - and the opportunity to use technical means to recover the iPad have been lost.


Be aware that only WiFi+Cellular models of iPad have an GPS location capabilities. WiFi Only models can only “infer” their location from lookup of known location data for the public IP Address of the network to which it is connected - and crowd-source location data for neighbouring WiFi networks that are within range. For urban locations, the inferred location can be reasonably accurate; for rural locations, the inferred location can be wildly inaccurate - if it works at all.



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May 25, 2022 8:14 AM in response to vriseidy

Here is Apple’s advice for lost or stolen devices:

If your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch is lost or stolen – Apple Support

Use the Find My app to locate a lost or stolen device – Apple Support


If the Find My iPad feature was enabled prior to it being “misplaced”, then if active, you would stand a good chance of locating it. 


However, if the feature was not activated prior to being misplaced - or the iPad has been inactive for more than 24 hours, the last known location will not be available - and the opportunity to use technical means to recover the iPad have been lost.


Be aware that only WiFi+Cellular models of iPad have an GPS location capabilities. WiFi Only models can only “infer” their location from lookup of known location data for the public IP Address of the network to which it is connected - and crowd-source location data for neighbouring WiFi networks that are within range. For urban locations, the inferred location can be reasonably accurate; for rural locations, the inferred location can be wildly inaccurate - if it works at all.



How do I find my iPad with the location is off?

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