Thieves stole my ipad can they use it ?

With iOS 7 they must have your Apple ID and password to erase the device and use it. If they can figure out the passcode then they can access it and get access to unprotected information. However, if you configured Find My Phone once the device goes online you can have it instantly locked or erased. Sign into icloud.com to set that up if Find My Phone is turned on in the phone. Also, see:

What To Do If Your iDevice or Computer Is Lost Or Stolen

iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad

If you activated Find My Phone before it was lost or stolen, you can track it only if Wi-Fi is enabled on the device. What you cannot do is track your device using a serial number or other identifying number. You cannot expect Apple or anyone else to find your device for you. You cannot recover your loss unless you insure your device for such loss. It is not covered by your warranty.

If your iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch, or iPad is lost or stolen what do you do? There are things you should have done in advance - before you lost it or it was stolen - and some things to do after the fact. Here are some suggestions:

1. Reporting a lost or stolen Apple product

2. Find my lost iPod Touch

3. AT&T. Sprint, and Verizon can block stolen phones/tablets

4. What-To-Do-When-Iphone-Is-Stolen

5. iCloud- Use Lost Mode

6. What to do if your iOS device is lost or stolen

7. 6 Ways to Track and Recover Your Lost/Stolen iPhone

8. Find My iPhone

9. Report Stolen iPad | Stolen Lost Found Online

It pays to be proactive by following the advice on using Find My Phone before you lose your device:

1. Find My iPhone

2. Setup your iDevice oniCloud

3. OS X Lion/Mountain Lion- About Find My Mac

4. How To Set Up Free Find Your iPhone (Even on UnsupportedDevices)

Mac Computer

Find My Mac can be used from Find My Phone at iCloud.com and via Find

My Phone on your iDevice.

The following is third-party anti-theft software:

1. STEM 2.1

2. MacPhoneHome 3.5

3. MacTrack 7.5.0

4. VUWER 1.7

5. Sneaky Bastar* 0.2.0

6. Undercover 5.1.1

7. LoJack for Laptops

8. Hidden 2.0

9. Prey 0.6.2

I think you are trolling.

If Activation Lock has been initiated, there is no way for the iPad to be used

unless the person attempting to use the iPad knows the passcode. If the iPad

had previously been jailbroken, there may be a problem. On a stock, not

hacked, installation of iOS 7 or 8, there is no workaround for Activation Lock.

hculzoni wrote:

will someone be able to use it again?

Not if you had iOS 7 Installed.

Activation Lock in iOS 7 > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818

It all depends,

Did you have a password on it? If so, no they cannot. What you want to do and I STRONGLY RECOMMEND is going to www.iCloud.com, put in your Apple ID information to sign in, and you "find my iPhone" to set the the device as "lost". When you set the device to "lost" you may set another security code, and a message, in which you can tell the thief who, and where to return the device to. You can also see the location of where the device is. If you wish, you may also completely erase the idevice. This all happens and is implemented the next time the device connects to the internet via mobile wifi or wifi hotspot.

Hi guys,

It seems that there is a way to bypass the activation lock if the stolen ipad is reformatted. There are lots of resources in google how to bypass it so it is probable that the thief could use the stolen ipad. What do you guys think?

Just One more question, the thief can't format the IPAD even in recovery mode?

regards,

FG.

No. The iOS 7 activation lock will require the Apple ID and password of the owner even in recovery mode.