Londoner wird das Ipad geklaut – nach 6 Tagen hat er es zurück

Has anyone ever recovered a stolen iPhone/iPad using the Find My Phone app?

My iPad was stolen from Shoreditch on Friday and I’ve been following it’s adventures today.

It started out on a park bench in the grounds of St Leonard’s church and then went to Mikkeller for a pint. pic.twitter.com/70jv87pih9

— Jonathan Downey (@DowneyJD) 28. Januar 2019

Coming to terms with the fact that my iPad may not have been stolen but has left me for a better life in a more central London location. 😕

— Jonathan Downey (@DowneyJD) 29. Januar 2019

So, there’s (sort of) a happy ending to my iPad story. It has been missing (but still alive) for six days now.

After tracking its movements all day yesterday - moving in and around a tight loop of regular stops in Shoreditch, I figured out that it was either with: pic.twitter.com/N45oXrmqdQ

— Jonathan Downey (@DowneyJD) 30. Januar 2019

(a) a catering student at Hackney Community College who works at Ceviche in the evenings; or
(b) a homeless person wandering the area - moving from park bench to soup kitchen to Ladbroke’s.

Last night, we decided to go out and find the thief.🤨

— Jonathan Downey (@DowneyJD) 30. Januar 2019

I woke at 06.30 and saw immediately that my iPad was on the move again.

Great Eastern St at 06.17. Worship St at 06.47. Our office is right between the two.

The bastard is taunting me. No student gets up this early. It must be with a homeless person. pic.twitter.com/VsFr4wUBjS

— Jonathan Downey (@DowneyJD) 30. Januar 2019

At 07.06 he was on Leonard St, yds from our office.

Quick shower, jump in the car and drive down from Dalston to meet my mate Rick.

We would track him, get close, remote sound the iPad’s alarm to fix his location and then POUNCE.

It’s 07.56. Moving again. Corsham St now. pic.twitter.com/EQhetycMXN

— Jonathan Downey (@DowneyJD) 30. Januar 2019

The App has located him with pinpoint accuracy.

He’s an older man. Maybe the same age as me but obviously homeless with a collection of plastic bags and a black backpack.

“Hello,” I said. “I think you’ve got something of mine.” I pointed to his backpack. “In there.”

— Jonathan Downey (@DowneyJD) 30. Januar 2019

There it was. My iPad was RIGHT THERE in his backpack. I’d followed its movements for 6 days and we’d finally tracked it down to a backpack on a park bench in a churchyard in Hoxton. Incredible.

I reached in to pull it out. “This is mine,” I said. “Thanks for looking after it.”

— Jonathan Downey (@DowneyJD) 30. Januar 2019

And here it is. Back where it belongs, with me. It still had 37% battery life and was unscathed after a six day staycation in Shoreditch.

Thank f•ck for that. pic.twitter.com/WvFwHnl7Z9

— Jonathan Downey (@DowneyJD) 30. Januar 2019