iPhone 12 Pro Abandoned iPhone 12 pro

[BF1M]

Brand new, abandoned at a job site. We’ve waited 30 days; no contact with anyone, carrier says nothing they can do re: contact info for privacy concerns.

Can I give it away?

 

[Eso]

Sure! My address is...

Practically speaking, If it was reported lost or stolen to the carrier, the IMEI might be locked, meaning it can’t be activated on a cell plan although the device would be perfectly functional. Legally speaking, who knows, but I wouldn’t worry about it. Consult with an attorney (as if). I’d at least have some documentation about it being lost property (when it was found, who found it, etc.)

 

[BF1M]

It’s brand new in a box. The carrier can’t tell who it may belong to and wouldn’t tell me if they could; their words not mine.

I assumed about the IMEI, not sure how to check it, figured give it as a parts phone....

 

[snow755]

Brand new, abandoned at a job site. We’ve waited 30 days; no contact with anyone, carrier says nothing they can do re: contact info for privacy concerns.

Can I give it away?

better yet you can return it too apple

 

[Never mind]

Turn it into the police and file a found property report. The right thing to do.

 

[BF1M]

Turn it into the police and file a found property report. The right thing to do.

We called about that and was told they don’t do a general lost and found sort of thing unless it was something illegal or dangerous. I haven’t tried county sheriff though....

 

[AndrewR23]

better yet you can return it too apple

apple store, carrier, and police won't do a thing. Same thing happened to me OP few years back with the XS

 

[BF1M]

apple store, carrier, and police won't do a thing. Same thing happened to me OP few years back with the XS

That’s what I’m finding out; I’m not trying to make a quick buck. It’s either someone does something with it or I have a paperweight on my desk..

What did you end up doing?

I should mention of course I tried Apple, that was first thing.

 

[snow755]

well you could all ways turn it on and find out if this belong too some one or if this is a sim free model

 

[Shadowbech]

well you could all ways turn it on and find out if this belong too some one or if this is a sim free model

Probably best not open the product to find out tho. If it's sealed, I'd leave it sealed.

 

[Banich2]

Craigslist missing items page, or the nextdoor app

 

[djlythium]

they don’t do a general lost and found sort of thing unless it was something illegal or dangerous.

So, if people lose something legit, the police don’t GAF, but they have a L&F for illegal/dangerous contraband, as if someone’d call in to them like ‘Hey, bruv, did anyone happen to turn in a little baggie filled with white powder and stuff? ‘Cause I lost mine, so, that’s probably mine. Imma come get it.’

🤔😄 WTH kind of nonsense is that?! 🤣🤣🤣

 

[Never mind]

So, if people lose something legit, the police don’t GAF, but they have a L&F for illegal/dangerous contraband, as if someone’d call in to them like ‘Hey, bruv, did anyone happen to turn in a little baggie filled with white powder and stuff? ‘Cause I lost mine, so, that’s probably mine. Imma come get it.’

🤔😄 WTH kind of nonsense is that?! 🤣🤣🤣

When I was a police officer in Los Angeles, when someone gave me a phone that they found, I would file a report (found property report). Then I would put it back in property after checking the serial number if I could find one, and notify the owner also if possible. Not hard to do. Unknown about other police jurisdictions, but we would not just dismissed this. If the owner later would file a lost Report listing the serial number and description, we would have this in the our computer system.