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How to find the owner of an ipad that my dad found?

Hello,
my dad found an ipad about 20 days ago (wifi-3G). He didn't know what it was. Back from his trip, my sister bought a power cord to see if she could find information about the owner but the device looks blocked, deactivated, I don't know how to say it (I don't have the ipad in my hands, and English is not my first language 🙂.
I called the airport where it was lost, and I haven't heard back from them.
I called Apple, left the ipad serial number and reported the find, I haven't heard from them either yet (this happened today though).
My guess is that the owner thought it was lost (after 20 days) and wiped it off? Deactivated it? Or what else? I told my sister to leave it on. It just got a message that says: Welcome to roaming international... etc etc (what does it mean, other than it's in a different country? that it's working?)

Anyway, do you think there is a way to ever return the ipad to the legit owner?

For obvious reasons I am not going to post the serial number here 🙂
I only wish that when I called Apple, they would match the serial number with the owner and give me the contact. Think this will happen?
Thanks

Posted on Dec 1, 2010 11:37 AM

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Robert Sandhaus

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Posted on Dec 1, 2010 11:43 AM

When I found an iPod, I did what you did -- called Apple and provided the serial number and left my contact info. Within a week, I received an email from the previous owner who was overjoyed that his unit had been found. I mailed it to him and everyone lived happily ever after. So I expect you'll likely hear from the owner.

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varjak paw

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Dec 6, 2013 6:25 AM in response to adeelfromgujrat

You can't. Turn it in to your local police.

Go_Linux

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Aug 7, 2015 2:58 PM in response to fetta

This doesn't appear to be Apple's approach anymore. What number did you call to report the iPad you found? I have had one posted on Craigslist for over a week with no hits. The police will just put it in an evidence locker.

Aug 7, 2015 3:15 PM in response to Go_Linux

Go_Linux wrote:

This doesn't appear to be Apple's approach anymore. What number did you call to report the iPad you found? I have had one posted on Craigslist for over a week with no hits. The police will just put it in an evidence locker.

The post to which you're replying almost 5 years old.

Here is Apple's current support article:

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

How to find the owner of an ipad that my dad found?