Posted: 11/4/2016 9:56:30 AM EDT
One of my employees left her Ipad at my office the other day and when she got home it was not with her. She had a brain aneurysm and thought it would be a good idea to turn on because she can be forgetful at times.  I asked if she looked around and made any stops - she said no. I asked if she has the "Find my Ipad" app on it and enabled - I am not an Apple guy but I heard they have that feature. Anyway, I will be reviewing my cameras tomorrow but does anyone know how it works? She does not have a 3/4G or anything, just the wireless /wifi version. I assume it needs to be near a wifi signal. Does the app turn on the wireless if it is off? I hope my cameras do not show anything. We share the office with another business and the closet it was in is a storage closet that occasionally they need to get in.  |
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So long as there's an internet connection of some kind, it will ping it's location every 15 minutes. If it's not near a wifi or not connected, you will see the last time it pinged in the "find my device" feature.
If it IS connected, you can find its exact location and can even force it to make a sound. |
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Quoted: So long as there's an internet connection of some kind, it will ping it's location every 15 minutes. If it's not near a wifi or not connected, you will see the last time it pinged in the "find my device" feature. If it IS connected, you can find its exact location and can even force it to make a sound. This is what I though. Hopefully it works! |
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you need to turn on the find function in settings>icloud before you misplace your ipad If you lose or misplace your Find My iPhone-enabled iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, or iPod touch, Find My iPad allows you to locate your device on a map. In addition, Find My iPad allows you to send a message to, play a sound on, remotely lock, or remotely wipe, the device you're trying to find. When you enable iCloud, certain features of Find My iPhone (namely, send a message to, play a sound on, remotely lock and remotely wipe) are automatically enabled. If you have Location Services turned on, Find My iPad can also help you locate your device on a map if it is connected to the Internet. To access the service, use the Find My iPhone app (available for free on the App Store), or visit icloud.com/find from a computer with a web browser. To locate a missing device, you must have first enabled Find My iPad on the device or paired iPhone, and the device must be connected to the Internet. Each time your device is located on a map using Find My iPad, your device's location, as well as information about your device and your account will be sent to and retained by Apple so Apple can provide you with the service. Once you have requested your device's location, and the device has been located on a map, you can view the last location of your device after your initial request for a period of up to 24 hours. Apple then deletes that information within 7 days of your initial request. You can turn off Find My iPad on your device by opening Settings, tapping iCloud, and turning off the Find My iPad switch. If you choose to enable the Last Location feature, your device's last known location will be automatically sent to and retained by Apple any time the battery of your device reaches a critically low level. You can view this last location for a period of up to 24 hours after it is sent to Apple. Apple then deletes that information within 7 days. You can turn off Last Location by opening Settings, tapping iCloud, tapping Find My iPad, and turning off the Last Location switch. At all times, information received by Apple will be treated in accordance with Apple's Privacy Policy, which can be found at www.apple.com/privacy. |
| I believe you stated it was not the cellular version. Only those models have a GPS chip, and therefore are able to give an accurate location via Find My Phone. the WiFi only versions will give a location based on the WiFi signal they can receive, which is not as accurate or specific as GPS. It is solely based on the signals it can use for triangulation. |
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I believe you stated it was not the cellular version. Only those models have a GPS chip, and therefore are able to give an accurate location via Find My Phone. the WiFi only versions will give a location based on the WiFi signal they can receive, which is not as accurate or specific as GPS. It is solely based on the signals it can use for triangulation. Yep, exactly why I dont have an iPad, no GPS chips in the Wifi versions, useless to me. |
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If you buy the WiFi & cellular version you get the GPS and the ability to use it with any cellular carrier. Every iPad is unlocked.
It's not a requirement of the GPS system, but it's pretty handy to have cellular data service on a large screen while mobile. I pay $8.50 a month total ($10 -15% Vet discount) for 2Gb of data from T-Mobile for each of my iPads. There are no extra taxes or fees, since they are not phones. They each have a phone number and can do FaceTime calling though. |
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I believe you stated it was not the cellular version. Only those models have a GPS chip, and therefore are able to give an accurate location via Find My Phone. the WiFi only versions will give a location based on the WiFi signal they can receive, which is not as accurate or specific as GPS. It is solely based on the signals it can use for triangulation. My 1st gen iPad and my wife's 1st gen iPad mini (both wifi only) are accurate enough that we can tell which end of the house they are on if one of the kids misplaces them. The most useful feature to me is the "play sound" feature. Makes a pinging noise at full volume even when the devices are silenced. |
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I suspect your WiFi iPad location accuracy is due to the fact that they have been at the same location for a while. It has probably had plenty of time to refine the location. Most home modems these days also broadcast their geographic location quite accurately.
I may be mistaken, but if you relocate one to a new location, it might take quite a while to actually show that kind of accuracy. I used my first non cellular iPad as a mapping app for a few roadtrips, and it frequently would show me on a parallel road a few hundred feet or more away. That would be fine for a cross country trip, but not so good for downtown in a city of any size. |