HT201472: If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is lost or stolen
Learn about If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is lost or stolen
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May 27, 2016 8:13 AM in response to carlosfromwaterburyby lllaass,lost/stolen
No app on the iOS device is required.
- If you previously turned on FIndMyiPod/iPhone/iPad on the iOS device in Settings>iCloud and wifi is on and connected or cellular data is on and connected for, on a computer browser go to iCloud: Find My iPhone, sign in and go to FIndMyiPhone. If the iPod has been restored it will never show up or continue to show off-line.
- You can also wipe/erase the iOS device and have the device play a sound via iCloud.
If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is lost or stolen
iCloud: Erase your device
iCloud: Use Lost Mode
- If not shown, then you will have to use the old fashioned way, like if you lost a wallet or purse.
- Change the passwords for all accounts used on the device and report to police and school
- There is no way to prevent someone from restoring the erase (it erases it) using it unless you had iOS 7 or later on the device. With iOS 7 or later, one has to enter the Apple ID and password to restore the device.
- Apple will do nothing without a court order
Reporting a lost or stolen Apple product
- iOS: How to find the serial number, IMEI, MEID, CDN, and ICCID number
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May 27, 2016 8:13 AM in response to carlosfromwaterburyby Skydiver119,Theoretically, yes. however the 'find my' apps have a fatal weakness, devices have to be on the internet to be seen. So unless the thief takes your iPod to a place you've gotten on the internet before (and you have it set to automatically connect to known hot spots) then it's invisible to the app.
And I'm sorry to say, this isn't Apple you're speaking to, this is a user to user support forum, I'm just a user like you.