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Found an iPhone

crisss1205

crisss1205

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I was on the NYC Subway today and fond an iPhone 3G. The phone is password protected so I can't look into the phone and see if there is a "Home" contact or something similar. I can't take it to the police because it will get "LOST". Any ideas on what I should do?
 
crisss1205 said:
I was on the NYC Subway today and fond an iPhone 3G. The phone is password protected so I can't look into the phone and see if there is a "Home" contact or something similar. I can't take it to the police because it will get "LOST". Any ideas on what I should do?
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Take it to apple, they'd be able to use the model number etc to find out who bought it perhaps.

This is just a guess but your best bet would be taking to apple or at&t

(BTW) nice to find other people who would return such a thing. nice to know if i lose mine i have a chance and also taking it to apple they can find the imei number and then they would be able to find out through at&t who the phone is registered to
 
Kudos for you making an effort to return the phone to the owner.
Take it to Apple, I'm sure they know how to get around the password to get to the owner's phone number somehow.
 
Called up Apple 5th Avenue near where I found it and they said they could trace the serial number to the owner, thanks anyway.
 
I'll also chime in to agree with the people here saying that you should try taking it to the Apple Sto...

crisss1205 said:
Called up Apple 5th Avenue near where I found it and they said they could trace the serial number to the owner, thanks anyway.
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Aha. Right.

Well, I also wanted to pass on some more Kudos for being the rare guy who is doing the right thing.
 
Indeed - great to see a stand-up guy doing the Right Thing™...

This illustrates why I never pass-code lock my iPhone; how the heck would anyone
be able to call someone in my Favorites or Recents lists in order to contact me? :confused:
 
Yes, like others have said, Kudos on doing the right thing. It would be absolute torture for me to give away a $600 device. Good job and I'm sure the owner will appreciate it tremendously :).
 
Snide said:
Indeed - great to see a stand-up guy doing the Right Thing™...

This illustrates why I never pass-code lock my iPhone; how the heck would anyone
be able to call someone in my Favorites or Recents lists in order to contact me? :confused:
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I have my iPhone password protected (not passcode) and I set the name of my iPhone as "if found call ###-###-####". this way if they plig it into iTunes it will give them my home phone number.
 

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Well, also you can get a bit more information by going to "emergency call only" and then calling your own number. You will then see the iPhone's number as the incoming call, and can let the phone company know you have that person's lost phone.

(Because the iPhone lets you call anyone at all with the "emergency call only" function :confused:)
 
You can also use the "If Found, please..." app by polka, which lets you put a self defined banner on your wallpaper image, and include contact information if you lose it. That way you can have your cake and eat it too. :)
 
ajohnson253 said:
Did you find the owner yet?:confused:
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I don't know I gave it to one of the Genius bar members at the Apple Store by my house. She said they can look up the AT&T account from the phone number loaded on the SIM card and mail it to her/him or contact them.
 
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