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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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    • 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

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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
    johntgeck
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