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May 14, 2011 4:22 PM in response to johnfromarcadeby roaminggnome,★HelpfulNo, there is not, just as you cannot track your computer or tv or car stereo, or cell phone, or most any other product by its serial number.
Sorry.
Report it to the police and change your password.
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May 14, 2011 4:27 PM in response to roaminggnomeby johnfromarcade,thanks its kind of stupid that they cannot do that i mean we have the technology to do it i just dont understand why we dont put it to use.
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May 14, 2011 4:31 PM in response to johnfromarcadeby roaminggnome,What technology? There is no GPS on the ipod.
You saw how much trouble Apple and Google got into for tracking phones. Imagine how fast they would be in front of congress or the court system if they began tracking all products by their serial number.
This would be a huge violation of privacy laws.
Sorry about your ipod, but this is not something that can or should be done by anyone unless prompted by a legal warrant from law enforcement.
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May 14, 2011 4:41 PM in response to roaminggnomeby johnfromarcade,yeah but there is still a way that you may track a phone i dont see why they cannot use the same thing to find an ipod especially an itouch they could use the wifi to track the serial number if it is reported stolen which i already have talked to my local police and filled a report.
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May 14, 2011 4:45 PM in response to johnfromarcadeby parastou,mine was stolen recently, so do u just call 911 and report it? and do they help you???
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May 14, 2011 4:47 PM in response to parastouby johnfromarcade,you have to have the serial number which i had the box and the recipt still so yeah they just get that and some information on it.
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May 14, 2011 4:50 PM in response to johnfromarcadeby parastou,can you find the serial number on your online account??
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May 14, 2011 4:51 PM in response to parastouby johnfromarcade,yes you can or it would be on your itunes
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May 14, 2011 4:53 PM in response to parastouby roaminggnome,parastou wrote:
can you find the serial number on your online account??
iPod: How to find the serial number
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May 14, 2011 4:56 PM in response to johnfromarcadeby roaminggnome,"yeah but there is still a way that you may track a phone"
Yes. GPS and Cell tower triangulation. They also appeared in front of congress to answer for doing this. And they will NOT track a lost iphone either.
" i dont see why they cannot use the same thing to find an ipod "
They will not track a lost iphone either, for the same reason.
"hey could use the wifi to track the serial number"
No they cannot for the reason provided. Privacy law violations among other things.
You could have used the find my ipod app to do this. Apple cannot, just as no other manufacturer of devices will do it.
Sorry.
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May 14, 2011 5:39 PM in response to roaminggnomeby johnfromarcade,that is kind of pointless they could at least notify you if you device is plugged into another computer especially if it was reported stolen but instead i have been wasting gas checking the pawn shops daily and keeping in contact with my local police
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Apr 27, 2012 9:02 AM in response to johnfromarcadeby Jared6,where on the itunes store would you find the serial number?
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Apr 27, 2012 9:39 AM in response to Jared6by lllaass,To find SN:
iPod: How to find the serial number
or on your syncing computer go to iTunes>Preferences>Devices and hover the mouse pointer over the iPod backup and the SN will pop up.
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Jun 5, 2012 5:33 PM in response to johnfromarcadeby melmel54,this *****! 2 of my ipod touches have been stolenwithing 6 months! this is getting expensive! someone please help! this device helps me in so much ways i listen to music to drown out people on my bus calling me names, so please! i really need help!