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Anonymous Posted on Jul 25, 2014

How to restore a stolen iPad to factory settings

I bought a iPad from a private party and now i believe it was stolen. How can I restore it to factory

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Even if you restore the device to factory settings and clear the previous owners settings, images etc from the device the device will still have the same serial number which apple or the previous owner may be able to trace when the device goes to register online (something it will need to do to access the itunes store).

There are also apps which allow owners of stolen devices to take a photo of whomever is holding their device which they can then bring to the police along with the GPS location settings showing where the device is.

Of course, if the previous owner had the device set up to upload images to their cloud account images you have taken of you, your friends and surroundings may already be in their possession......

Woman says photos of iPhone thiefs family showing up on her iCloud

Questions: if the device is indeed stolen,

1 - do you really want to answer to the police why you are in possession of a stolen device?

2- if it was your ipad that had been stolen, wouldn't you appreciate someone helping you get it back?

Have a Magical Day

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SOURCE: How to restore an ipad to factory setting and then set it up as a new device

The procedure for doing this can be found at this weblink http://ipad.about.com/od/iPad_Guide/ss/How-To-Wipe-Your-iPad-And-Erase-Data.htm

Hope this helps.

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SOURCE: How to restore my iPad back to factory setting

The procedure for doing this can be found at this weblink http://ipad.about.com/od/iPad_Guide/ss/How-To-Wipe-Your-iPad-And-Erase-Data.htm

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