My tablet was stolen

There is some info (could be dated) here
What To Do When Your Android Phone is Stolen

There may be a more advanced methods if you have 3G and/or already signed up to Samsung / Google / other tracking apps etc

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You are correct that such methods are useless if thieves can merely reset them. Just remember though, that most thieves aren't too bright to start with. Thus, they tend to steal an item and then quickly sell or pawn it for cash. This is what allows tracking to work. If the manufacturers wanted real security, they would embed the security in the hardware, not in the applications. But since most tablets these days are cheap, there is no incentive for them to do so. It would only raise the cost and remove the consumer's incentive to but their product, since no one expects to have their phone or tablet stolen. But you cannot protect the reset sequence since it IS built into the device. The only saving grace here is that the reset clears out virtually all personal information, thus protecting you somewhat if it is stolen. Unfortunately, it may not clear all the personal info on an internal SD card. So be very careful what you leave on the tablet it you leave it lying around.

If you had a password set up it has to be totally reset to be used. Rich

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?

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K

Unfortunately no. If you haven't installed app for tracking you can't track it.

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