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Could I find my iPod just knowing my account information?

Asked by Marchofthefox (787points) January 28th, 2011

I lost my iPod inside my home and I cannot find it. If I know my login information can apple find it? Its not registered..

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Tropical_Willie's avatar

I know this is in “General” but…............................ check the washer and dryer.

Marchofthefox's avatar

I did, I basically turned the house upside down and no dice. :<

MissAnthrope's avatar

I don’t believe so. I’m pretty sure the iPod Touches don’t have any sort of GPS or tracking. Even if you had the WiFi on and it was connected to your home network, I’m not sure there’s any way, certainly no way to pinpoint within a house where it is. That’s pretty damn accurate. :)

lillycoyote's avatar

No, there really isn’t. There are apps that allow you to find certain Apple mobile devices but, if you’re asking this question, I would assume you almost certainly have them and have them set up to find your device. Even then they are not that accurate, not to the degree that they can tell you where the thing is in your house. It will turn up, you’re just going to have to find it the old fashioned way.

This is the second lost iPod question this week and I will suggest this again: do you have skype number and have it set up on your Touch? Then you could call your iPod and try to find it that way.

XOIIO's avatar

No, there is no GPS on the ipod touch. My advice, and I strongly suggest you do it, is jailbreak your ipod. Install insomnia, veency and ssh in it. Them when you are at home leave have insomnia activated. From you rPC you can VNC into it and play a song, and find your ipod. It has saved me many, many times.

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BarnacleBill's avatar

As I mentioned on a similar question, I have used my iPod Touch as a means to cultivate better habits in general. I cannot afford to replace it (well, I can, but I have better use for my money) and have consciously developed better consistent habits for keeping track of it. I have a small zippered cloth bag that I put it and the ear buds in, along with some other things, like cash, receipts, etc.

What i’ve found is that I do a better job of putting other things away because of the effort of keeping up with the iPod. All the charging cords now go in one drawer, the keys go on the hook, all the scissors are in a box, all things that are adhesive are in a box (glue, tape, glue gun).

While I’m not exactly tidy, at 50, I’m finally following my mother’s directive of, “touch it once, or touch it twice.” It takes less time in the long run to get up and put something where it belongs the first time, than to have to hunt it, or pick up a whole room. The trick appears to be identifying where things go. If you can’t decide where it goes, you probably don’t need it.

A bare minimum, put a small basket in each room, and drop everything small in there. That way, don’t have to look twice for something.

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