I have a wifi only iPad 4. I have set up "Find My iPad." I have set up the 4-digit password. If someone steals my iPad, and can't get log into a network, how will I find my iPad? It doesn't seem to be able to find it if it hasn't accessed the internet.
iPad, iOS 6
Since your question has nothing to do with the subject of this thread which deals with find my iPhone, and is several months old, I suggest you start your own thread and provide as much detail as possible about your issue. That way you can get better help geared towards you issue, and not an entirely different issue.
1. You can't track it if it is not turned on
2. If the person who stole your iPad wipe it, there's no way to track it.
Correct. Find my iPad requires the iPad to be turned on, and connected to the internet.
If its not there's no way to find it. Also if the iPad is wiped, and restored to Factory settings, it won't be able to find it.
After some thought, I found a way to help recover a wifi iPad and I elaborated on it in our company blog at http://weshoot.com/wordpress/?p=591 . While it is not a guarantee that you will recover a lost or stolen iPad, it tips the odds in your favor!
i have an ipad mini i musplaced it and tried finding it with the find my app. so far nothing. can they turn it off?
can they wipe it without the pin
As said before, to be found it needs to be connected to the internet. It may not be connected to Wifi currently.
As far as wiping goes. in February of 2013 when this thread was last active iOS 7 was not yet released and such devices could be restored / wiped to unlock.
Today, while they can still be restored, by connecting them to a computer in DFU mode. Once restored, and if Find My iPhone is on, it will request the iCloud Apple ID used to set up find My iPhone.
Unless that is provided, the device will remain at activation lock and unusable.
It will no longer be able to be located if it is wiped though.
Well a simpler way, if people know iPhone/ipad is to use Siri. You can push the home button to access Siri & ask, What's my name. When I just did that on my locked iPad it showed my name & email. Can't remember if it showed my phone #.
But it looks like otherwise, Find my iPhone/iPad is rather useless to find the device, except for ones w cellular.
I left my iPad in my car last night (locked) & didn't realize it until rather late. When I couldn't find it inside, I figured it was probably in the car. Tried find my iPad but it showed offline. So, as others said, in most cases if it was left some place it would be offline--unless we had accessed wifi there.
So maybe we should make it a point of accessing wifi at places we might have our iPad even if we don't actually need to use wifi there. But I guess I have logged into wifi at various places such as my office, church, Starbucks & Burgerville & some other places.
But I've noticed that it seems like it may lose that when iOS is upgraded.
I am having major issues with my IPad I'm constantly reset my wifi connection
have a AppleIPadAir 2 It also doesn't have wireless connection
Can't find my iPad with "Find My iPad!" . . .
