Well don't risk your life over the thing. I'd be pissed too, but not that pissed.
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Stolen WiFi iPad! Located it with Find My iPhone App
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Well don't risk your life over the thing. I'd be pissed too, but not that pissed.
Check to see if he can schedule the next iPad in and then get a lower deductible. Also, was it paid by credit card? Your CC may have some sort of coverage for theft.
BE VERY CAREFUL about attempting to retrieve it yourself!
I left my iPhone at the Valley Village Post Office and Find your iPhone told me it was at a single family residence about two blocks away.
As I was considering (foolishly!) to go to that address and demand it back, I refreshed the screen and the pointer on the map moved back over the Post Office (which is where I found it on Monday, still sitting on the self-service machine where I left it on Friday!)
I left my iPhone at the Valley Village Post Office and Find your iPhone told me it was at a single family residence about two blocks away.
As I was considering (foolishly!) to go to that address and demand it back, I refreshed the screen and the pointer on the map moved back over the Post Office (which is where I found it on Monday, still sitting on the self-service machine where I left it on Friday!)
The iPad and iPhone need "remote self-destruct" commands. Send the command and a confirmation, and the device fizzles into a useless paperweight. It could emit lots of smoke too, just to spite the blight to society who stole it.
The onboard Li-Poly battery has more than enough juice to power this self destruction!
Thieves will be much less willing to steal these devices if shortly after they combust into worthless scrap!
Don't forget the blue dye pack ...
OP, keep tracking the device if possible. It likely isn't going to stay at the apartment forever. You might be able to get it back some other way. For example, they might drive to somewhere else with it, such as a restaurant, which might allow you to narrow the location down. The police most certainly would do something if they had the exact address. Hopefully you get something from all of this!
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I'd message it with $250 cash.
Then again, I deal with these type of people daily. If you're a twig, foget about it.
Regardless, $250 is less than $500. That is, if the criminal is dumb enough to even go for the bite....
Then again, I deal with these type of people daily. If you're a twig, foget about it.
Regardless, $250 is less than $500. That is, if the criminal is dumb enough to even go for the bite....
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Oh man you need a trunk monkey!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T0lEpdaeV4
seriously though hope your insurance can get youanother
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T0lEpdaeV4
seriously though hope your insurance can get youanother
Lol...it's been a while, but it's like seeing an old friend again!
Good luck on retrieving your iPad man, don't give up yet.
If the ipad has a passlock on it, what would the benefit of wiping it be to you? I only see that as taking the thief's currently useless ipad and making it new for him. Unless you think they will guess the password, but I dont think many would believe that as realistic.
Absolutely not true. The cops here won't even come out to take a report for a car that has been broken into an unless you know who did it they don't do anything. You can file a report online.
This is the one thing I still can't understand. Even if there are open WiFi signals nearby, iOS makes you select the network name before joining it. If the iPad is locked, how is it even connecting to WiFi, in order to give off its location?
Is that even possible???
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This is the one thing I still can't understand. Even if there are open WiFi signals nearby, iOS makes you select the network name before joining it. If the iPad is locked, how is it even connecting to WiFi, in order to give off its location?
Is that even possible???
Could be connecting to an AT&T wifi. My iPad and iPhone automatically connected to it first time I ever walked into a Starbucks with it. Or whenever I walk by an AT&T store.
I work in a major west coast city and we (and most area departments) will send a unit if a suspect is present, known, or there are reasonable leads for initial follow-up. Otherwise they will send a CSO (community service officer) to take the cold paper. The victim has an option to file the report electronically in some situations. In any case, my post is dead on accurate, specifically where it pertains to developing leads from pawn shops and how such cases get some resolution and some property returned.
In the very least the serial of the iPad needs entered into the local ASP system.
This is the one thing I still can't understand. Even if there are open WiFi signals nearby, iOS makes you select the network name before joining it. If the iPad is locked, how is it even connecting to WiFi, in order to give off its location?
Is that even possible???
This is speculation, but I believe that a wifi signal only has to be present to determine location. The iPad will pickup wifi signals, which would include IP and location information. The user doesn't need the password to pick up a wifi signal. The user needs a password to make use of the detected wifi networks.
I suggest this because a few weeks ago I was not connected to a wifi network, yet Maps was still able to determine my location. My only explanation was that, although i was not connected to any, there were 3-4 networks being detected.
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I've resigned myself to the fact that if my iPad is *stolen*, the only thing Find My iPhone (iPad) will do for me is wipe the device - if the thief doesn't do it first by himself by trying to enter the pass code more than 10 times (mine is set to wipe after 10 attempts).
As long as the data is safe (destroyed)...the data, which is backed up on to a 50GB iCloud account, is worth more than the iPad itself.
As long as the data is safe (destroyed)...the data, which is backed up on to a 50GB iCloud account, is worth more than the iPad itself.
You might as well give up if it wasn't in a single family home... Same thing happened to my iPhone in February that I paid over $900 for (64gb unlocked) and there wasn't anything I or the cops could do.
The iPad and iPhone need "remote self-destruct" commands. Send the command and a confirmation, and the device fizzles into a useless paperweight. It could emit lots of smoke too, just to spite the blight to society who stole it.
The onboard Li-Poly battery has more than enough juice to power this self destruction!
Thieves will be much less willing to steal these devices if shortly after they combust into worthless scrap!
I Just have to say, I love your profile picture.
And the self-destruct option is something Apple should consider.
The iPad and iPhone need "remote self-destruct" commands. Send the command and a confirmation, and the device fizzles into a useless paperweight. It could emit lots of smoke too, just to spite the blight to society who stole it.
The onboard Li-Poly battery has more than enough juice to power this self destruction!
Thieves will be much less willing to steal these devices if shortly after they combust into worthless scrap!
Forget about fizzing out, I prefer the James Bond car alarm system - the car explodes if you try to steal it / break in.
