I have 2 iPads for my children. They have their own apple IDs but are connected to my phone. I sent them with dad, who sent them to a baby sitters. Now the baby sitter has claimed to have “lost” the iPads. They are offline, I activated lost mode but it won’t work until connected to wifi.
iPad (9th generation)
You may have already have followed the appropriate process, but in case anything may have been missed, start here:
Locate a device in Find My on iPad - Apple Support
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. Remote management requires that the target device has an active network connection - as without it, commands cannot be received or executed by the target device.
Assuming that the devices are locked with Passcode that is unknown to anyone else, the devices will remain locked and inaccessible to others.
You may have already have followed the appropriate process, but in case anything may have been missed, start here:
Locate a device in Find My on iPad - Apple Support
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. Remote management requires that the target device has an active network connection - as without it, commands cannot be received or executed by the target device.
Assuming that the devices are locked with Passcode that is unknown to anyone else, the devices will remain locked and inaccessible to others.
try reading
If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is lost or stolen - Apple Support
if the ipads are turned off or not connected to the internet then of cause there is nothing you can do
My iPads were stolen. Is there a way to lock them up?
