a few days ago my ipod touch 4th gen was stolen and i was wondering if there was a way to track it using the serial number?
iPod touch, iOS 4.2.7
No, 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.
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.
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.
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.
mine was stolen recently, so do u just call 911 and report it? and do they help you???
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.
can you find the serial number on your online account??
yes you can or it would be on your itunes
parastou wrote:
can you find the serial number on your online account??
"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.
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
where on the itunes store would you find the serial number?
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.
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!
Where dio I find "preferences" in Itunes? I'm not seeing it.
is there a way to find a stolen ipod with the serial number?
