Found iPhone- Help return to owner.

qwanza · Dec 1, 2008

Today I was walking Home from Krav Maga. While i was walking I noticed a White iPhone on the floor. I have tried looking for details on the phone but unfortunately it's locked. Is there anyway I can find the owner from looking at the Serial Number or something like that?

Btw It's Australian and is on Optus.

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richard.mac · Dec 1, 2008

thats very nice of you!

is there a number on the SIM that you can either ring or give to Optus and they may be able to track the owner?

bluelondon · Dec 1, 2008

richthomas said:
thats very nice of you!

is there a number on the SIM that you can either ring or give to Optus and they may be able to track the owner?

very nice of OP.

i agree with the above.

Pixellated · Dec 1, 2008

bluelondon said:
very nice of OP.

i agree with the above.

+2 - Really good of you to return it! If you take it to a store they can ID the owner. Optus can do the same

qwanza · Dec 1, 2008

Thanks for the quick replies, Will take to Optus in the morning.

Pixellated · Dec 1, 2008

qwanza said:
Thanks for the quick replies, Will take to Optus in the morning.

Just out of interest, was it damaged at all?

qwanza · Dec 1, 2008

Pixellated said:
Just out of interest, was it damaged at all?

Some minor Scratches.
Nothing serious.

andreab35 · Dec 1, 2008

Wirelessly posted (iPhone: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 2_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.1 Mobile/5G77 Safari/525.20)

This is so kind of you to do. Hope that the owner can be tracked down. Update us on what happens.

synth3tik · Dec 1, 2008

There are far too few people of your caliber.

.adam · Dec 1, 2008

Sorry if this is a silly response but have you tried calling 'Home' or 'Dad' or 'Mum'?

One of these people could probably give you the person's address.

sammich · Dec 1, 2008

Usually ring the most recently made call that isn't a business.

Maybe whoever left the phone there was so pissed at Optus' overloaded and oversold 3G network.

Tallest Skil · Dec 1, 2008

.adam said:
Sorry if this is a silly response but have you tried calling 'Home' or 'Dad' or 'Mum'?

One of these people could probably give you the person's address.

He already said it was locked.

OP, I commend your humanity. You are an exemplar among lesser men.

ratboy.90 · Dec 1, 2008

you're cool, dude

craig1410 · Dec 1, 2008

I hope the owner appreciates your honesty and offers a reward. Even if you are not prepared to accept a reward yourself I would suggest that you donate it to the charity of your choice.

If I had lost my phone and had it returned in this way then I would feel compelled to reward you or your chosen charity.

Good on you!
Craig.

sergiuria · Dec 1, 2008

I SAY KEEP IT!!!!!

Knowlege Bomb · Dec 1, 2008

sergiuria said:
I SAY KEEP IT!!!!!

Why upset the horde?? You know, even though you're kidding, that people are going to jump all over you for saying that. Hope your flame suit is squared away.

OP, bravo.

draperm25 · Dec 1, 2008

What i would do is go into the shop and see if they have any details of them, ask them to contact them and give them your cell number so you could meet and give it in person.

I would prefer to give the iPhone back to the owner myself rather than giving it to someone in the shop and then you not knowing if they got it or not, not that i am saying anyone in that store is dishonest but.

Just my thoughts and what i would prefer to do.

nickspohn · Dec 1, 2008

Thank god for people like you.

What I would do is contact Apple and have them look up the serial number. Chances are that person might of contacted Apple or their wireless provider already and reported it lost.

Kevlar · Dec 1, 2008

draperm25 said:
What i would do is go into the shop and see if they have any details of them, ask them to contact them and give them your cell number so you could meet and give it in person.

I would prefer to give the iPhone back to the owner myself rather than giving it to someone in the shop and then you not knowing if they got it or not, not that i am saying anyone in that store is dishonest but.

Just my thoughts and what i would prefer to do.

Yea I totally agree. Couldn't you contact apple with the S/N and maybe get an email or somekind of other info, since you have to register the phone when you activate it in itunes. This assuming the phone isn't jailbreaked.

TheConfuzed1 · Dec 1, 2008

It's locked, but can't you make an "Emergency Call?"

I've never used the feature, but as I understand it, that will enable you to get to the "Favorites" phone numbers.

Surely, someone there will know who's phone it is.

nickspohn · Dec 1, 2008

TheConfuzed1 said:
It's locked, but can't you make an "Emergency Call?"

I've never used the feature, but as I understand it, that will enable you to get to the "Favorites" phone numbers.

Surely, someone there will know who's phone it is.

It doesn't let you get to the favorites. The emergency bug is fixed.

Apple will have all the info of the user by the serial number on the phone.

TheConfuzed1 · Dec 1, 2008

Hmmm...

Well, I suppose there's still the slim chance that this phone hasn't been updated to current software, which plugs that particular hole?

nickspohn · Dec 1, 2008

TheConfuzed1 said:
Hmmm...

Well, I suppose there's still the slim chance that this phone hasn't been updated to current software, which plugs that particular hole?

Yeah but they can't still can't access the favorites. Only thing in this situation with the emergency unlock bug to benefit is having whoever found the phone call Apple directly from the phone.

cWeems · Dec 1, 2008

very nice of u! i bet they r freaking out!!

cellocello · Dec 1, 2008

Returning this phone will get you some serious karma.

Good on ya.

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