Barmy Rules

[allenlondon]

Mrs A, in hospital, isn't allowed to have her iPad or mobile charging on the wall behind her overnight, so the nurses have to take the devices away for recharging.

And, inevitably, they've 'lost' her iPad...

They might well find it, but so annoying. Why such a daft rule about not having charging by the beds? Oxygen? Don't know, nor does anyone there...

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[barry1010]

You can also use a Windows pc or any device with a browser https://www.icloud.com/find

[allenlondon]

Apple only barry, no Windows round here.

So Mrs A (and me) will have to download a Find My app to our Samsung phones before the Find My thing on the iPads will work, yes? The Apple Support page doesn't go into enough fine detail for me...

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[barry1010]

You can't download Apple apps to Android devices (as far as I know) but this is the work around
https://www.samsung-messages-backup.com/resources/find-my-iphone-from-android.html

[allenlondon]

Bloody hell, it'll be easier to buy a new one! I've never seen anything so complicated. Only seems to work if you've got an iPhone (we haven't, we've both got 2018 Samsung J3 androids).

Mrs A will keep her iPad close for the duration of her stay in hospital, and if the charger gets knicked, well, it's only 35 quid. Then when she's home (insh'allah) we'll sort all this out!

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[barry1010]

It doesn't. Download the app to the iPad (easy peasy) and the last link I posted is straightforward if you follow the steps on ANY Android device, including your phone.

[allenlondon]

I suppose if I asked Mrs A to look at that link, Barry, and try and work her way through it, she might manage it. She is highly intelligent, although like many 70+ women, thinks technology is beyond her (it isn't).

On the other hand, she is ill. Not a slight cough or cold, but very ill. So I shall forget it for now, let her keep her iPad close to her, and as I say, if she gets the charging unit knicked, tough.

It's hard enough trying to do fiddly things on phones when they are on the desk in front of you. When they are five miles away, it's another level of forget it!

Thanks for your advice.

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[barry1010]

You need to borrow a teenager, allen

[allenlondon]

At the very least, Barry. Appreciate, if you can, trying to do these things on two phones, two ipads, with 5 miles separating them. It might take my mind off things, but....

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