iPad Stolen

[NateSJ408]

I was at a gas station and I always hide it when outside the car, I guess someone saw me hide it!

Is there anything I can do to track it? My peronal emails and info are all over the place, is there anything I can do about that??

Thanks

 

[BacklitFirefly]

Do you have the remote wipe feature? (Not sure if that works the same on iPad as on iPhone.) That sucks. I am sorry your iPad got purloined.

 

[NateSJ408]

Do you have the remote wipe feature? (Not sure if that works the same on iPad as on iPhone.) That sucks. I am sorry your iPad got purloined.

I don't have a remote wipe feature that I'm aware of.

 

[Scuba-EMT]

Hopefully you use Mobile Me, if so you can both track and remotely wipe you IPad.

 

[BacklitFirefly]

If you have MobileMe, you should have it. Here's how it works:
http://www.apple.com/mobileme/features/find-my-iphone.html

If you don't have MobileMe...I don't think there is a way.

 

[smithrh]

Hopefully you put PIN protection on...

I thought I heard that after 10 unsuccessful PIN entries that it would wipe, but that may just be the iPhone...

 

[ucfgrad93]

Be sure that you change any passwords to accounts that you access on your iPad. You wouldn't want that scumbag to have access to your email, facebook, bank accounts, etc.

 

[lavrishevo]

Erase after 10 incorrect pin attempts is a feature for both the iphone and iPad. You, of course, have to enable this option. I have the pin password enabled on both of mine.

Without mobile me you are out of luck as far as remote wipe goes. Next time, make sure to password all your mobile devices in case something like this happens to you.

Does the gas station have video surveillance camera's. Go and talk to them to see if they can be of any help.

 

[patp]

how did they get into your car?

 

[MICHAELSD]

how did they get into your car?

I'm curious to knew this, too. MobileMe is the only service that can track it.

 

[scarboni21]

I was at a gas station and I always hide it when outside the car, I guess someone saw me hide it!

Is there anything I can do to track it? My peronal emails and info are all over the place, is there anything I can do about that??

Thanks

Are you sure you just didn't hide it too well and just cannot find it yourself?

 

[Chris.Thomson]

You could locate your iPad easily. It is given in this tutorial. Read it, locate it and also don't forget to give a complaint to the authorities.
How to Locate Stolen/Lost iPad

It's only easy if the OP has MobileMe, which I'm doubting because (I'm assuming) most people don't use it.

 

[iSingandiDance]

Sorry OP.

It's gone.

 

[antiprotest]

It is lost forever, along with a lot of your private information.

Let this be a warning to others. Defend your iPad.

 

[kbfr08]

Check out craigslist and ebay, the thief may be dumb enough to list it there. I've seen stolen iPods replaced at the apple store for clean ones, ask the apple store if it was replaced by anybody. They can't give out a name or address, but I'm sure they'll give police it.

 

[phpmaven]

This is a good argument for SquareTrade insurance. I've got it on my iPad.

 

[MadeTheSwitch]

This is a good argument for SquareTrade insurance. I've got it on my iPad.

Not really!!!! SquareTrade is a great thing for damage, but their plans do NOT guard against THEFT. For something like that, you would want something like what Safeware.com offers.

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

Sorry to hear this.

 

[Tulipone]

Having tried Mobileme and deciding that it was far too expensive for what it is, the remote wipe may be a feature I'd like. How good is it? What happens if you were to think it lost, wipe it and then find it?

 

[crut]

Having tried Mobileme and deciding that it was far too expensive for what it is, the remote wipe may be a feature I'd like. How good is it? What happens if you were to think it lost, wipe it and then find it?

You plug it into your mac/pc and do a restore from the most recent backup.

 

[Gymgenius]

Sorry to hear about your stolen iPad

Out of interest, does anyone know it alpha-numeric passcodes are available as standard? or if not, does iPad accept emailed templates to allow this option via the iPhone Configuration Utility?

 

[greemie]

It might be covered by your credit card.

 

[Karnivore]

I was at a gas station and I always hide it when outside the car, I guess someone saw me hide it!

Is there anything I can do to track it? My peronal emails and info are all over the place, is there anything I can do about that??

Thanks

Was your car broken into or you neglected to lock it? If its former your car insurance will definitely cover it provided you, if it's latter you're probably SOL. Did you call the police? Theft in excess of $300 is a felony just about anywhere. Given that you were at the gas station there should be survailence cameras.

 

[phpmaven]

Not really!!!! SquareTrade is a great thing for damage, but their plans do NOT guard against THEFT. For something like that, you would want something like what Safeware.com offers.

My bad. You are right of course. There is another company called Worth Ave Group that provides theft insurance for a low price. I'm going to look into it.

 

[flynz4]

There are two different things going on here, the first being small, and the second is large.

1) The loss of a physical device: Hopefully for most people, this is just an inconvenience. An iPad simply is not worth that much... and probably not worth insuring, even if such insurance is available.

2) The loss of your data which compromises your identity, banking, securities, retirement, etc. If you have any net worth, you should certainly do whatever possible to secure your data. Certainly password protect your device. Enable the "10 attempts forces a wipe" option. Subscribe to Mobile me.

/Jim