Left my bag on a London bus

someanonbloke

Don't ask how/why but I left my bag on the bus in London. Unfortunately my tablet was in it along with some other things. Nothing of great value other than personal information on the device.

I've changed the password on the linked gmail account and so that should help secure it but maybe I should erase all the data though I guess I'm holding out for a good Samaritan to hand it in.

I've called the bus depot but no luck thus far.

I've filled out the tfl lost property form. The MET police site just fobs you off with 'contact the bus depot' and so I can't report it as missing with them.

My conclusion is that someone took it off the bus.

Anyway, is there anything I missed with regard to chasing it up?

societys_child

is there anything I missed

Have you crossed your fingers? It's the only thing I can think of.

couriervanman

Did the tablet have a tracking device on it

someanonbloke

Did the tablet have a tracking device on it

Yes, it's a well known model of tablet and so will be trackable. It's possible to check the activity of the tablet remotely because I can log into the gmail account linked to the tablet. According to the google log there's been no activity since I lost it.

baza52

someanonbloke wrote: »

Yes, it's a well known model of tablet and so will be trackable. It's possible to check the activity of the tablet remotely because I can log into the gmail account linked to the tablet. According to the google log there's been no activity since I lost it.

Thats because you changed the password. probably been factory reset by now

stragglebod

baza52 wrote: »

Thats because you changed the password. probably been factory reset by now

Changing the password on an Android tablet doesn't factory reset it. It just logs you out.

baza52

stragglebod wrote: »

Changing the password on an Android tablet doesn't factory reset it. It just logs you out.

if the op changed the google password then the tablet wont be able to log into the google account to update its location.
Im aware changing a password does not factory set it but all you have to do is go to settings on the device and the option to do it is there