Feeling let down by Find My Network
Hi all
I recently accidentally left my iPad in one of the security trays at Charles De Gaulle airport (Friday evening) as the security operative moved it to its own tray without me realising, our flight was leaving very soon so we had to run to the gate (made it) but during taxi’ing to the runway I realised my iPad Pro wasn’t with me.
I immediately fired up the Find My app to find that my iPads last known location was where we were staying and it was last seen on Thursday evening.
Over the entire weekend it’s location never updated and luckily it’s been found and is being shipped back to me. It’s currently with the courier company, however it’s location has never updated and Lost Mode is in pending state from when I attempted to activate it on Friday evening on the plane.
so really my question is, why hasn’t the Find My network worked on this occasion to locate my iPad? I know it has battery and is switched (or has at least been powered over the weekend) as I was sent a photo of its Lock Screen by the lost and found department at the airport. It wasn’t on Airplane mode so it should be able to communicate with other Apple devices nearby, surely it must have been in contact with at least one device by now?
If anyone has any similar experiences or potential answers I’d be keen to understand a bit more as to why the Find My network seems to have let me down on this occasion.
Thanks!
iPad Pro 11-inch Wi-Fi