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Activeted Lost mode on more iPads than one

  • September 13, 2023
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JamFm
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Hi all,

Is there a solution to mark several iPads via Jamf and trigger a LostMode?

e.g. 20 or more 50 iPads are stolen from a school and you want to activate the Lostmode with the appropriate message.

How could we trigger this as quickly as possible and without much time expenditure with a message?

Without having to set the LostMode on the iPad individually?

Nice Regards

Peter

Best answer by TrixMedia

Hi JamFm,

As far as I am aware, there is no way to do this currently within Jamf School but it is a feature that the Jamf team are looking into. It was recently put into a feature request on Jamf Nation. 
I would advise you upvote this as this allows the Jamf team to see that this is a wanted feature.

https://ideas.jamf.com/ideas/JN-I-25219

Many Thanks,
Matt

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      TrixMedia
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      • September 13, 2023

      Hi JamFm,

      As far as I am aware, there is no way to do this currently within Jamf School but it is a feature that the Jamf team are looking into. It was recently put into a feature request on Jamf Nation. 
      I would advise you upvote this as this allows the Jamf team to see that this is a wanted feature.

      https://ideas.jamf.com/ideas/JN-I-25219

      Many Thanks,
      Matt

        JamFm
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        • September 13, 2023

        Hi JamFm,

        As far as I am aware, there is no way to do this currently within Jamf School but it is a feature that the Jamf team are looking into. It was recently put into a feature request on Jamf Nation. 
        I would advise you upvote this as this allows the Jamf team to see that this is a wanted feature.

        https://ideas.jamf.com/ideas/JN-I-25219

        Many Thanks,
        Matt


        Thanks Matt 👍

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          • mschlosser
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          • September 13, 2023

          In the past, I have used this script to do what you describe via jamf pro, hope this helps.

           

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          #!/bin/bash
           
          # server connection information
          URL="$JSSFQDN"
          userName="$apiaccount"
          password="$apipass"
           
          # Lost Mode messaging
          lostModeMsg="$messagehere"
          lostModePhone="$phonehere"
          lostModeFootnote="$footnote"
           
          # path to list of serial numbers
          deviceList="$serials.txt"
           
          xpath() {
              # the xpath tool changes in Big Sur
              if [[ $(sw_vers -buildVersion) > "20A" ]]; then
                  /usr/bin/xpath -e "$@"
              else
                  /usr/bin/xpath "$@"
              fi
          }
           
          mobileDeviceList=$( /bin/cat "$deviceList" )
           
          # send Lost Mode command to every device in mobile device list
          for aDevice in ${mobileDeviceList[@]}
          do
              # get Jamf Pro ID for device
              deviceID=$( /usr/bin/curl -s "$URL/JSSResource/mobiledevices/serialnumber/$aDevice" \\
              --user "$userName:$password" \\
              --header "Accept: text/xml" \\
              --request GET | \\
              xpath '/mobile_device/general/id/text()' )
           
              # API submission command
              xmlData="<mobile_device_command>
          <general>
          <command>EnableLostMode</command>
          <lost_mode_message>$lostModeMsg</lost_mode_message>
          <lost_mode_phone>$lostModePhone</lost_mode_phone>
          <lost_mode_footnote>$lostModeFootnote</lost_mode_footnote>
          </general>
          <mobile_devices>
          <mobile_device>
          <id>$deviceID</id>
          </mobile_device>
          </mobile_devices>
          </mobile_device_command>"
           
              # flattened XML
              flatXML=$( /usr/bin/xmllint --noblanks - <<< "$xmlData" )
           
              /usr/bin/curl -s "$URL/JSSResource/mobiledevicecommands/command/EnableLostMode"\\
              --user "$userName":"$password" \\
              --header "Content-Type: text/xml" \\
              --request POST \\
              --data "$flatXML"
           
              echo "Sending Enable Lost Mode Command to Device ID: $deviceID..."
          done
           
          exit 0
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