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Found iPhone- Help return to owner.

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.
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I'm sure the owner of the phone is a perfectly nice (and soon to be thankful) person, BUT...

you are a murderer/rapist/stalker/con man's dream!!
 
Kevlar said:
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.
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Definitely against Privacy Policies that they have, when they state "All given information is kept confidential" they mean it, they're not allowed to give out that kind of information.

Anyway, I hope you find the owner OP

+6 :cool:
 
I work as a police dispatch supervisor, and the first thing I do whenever somebody reports a cell phone lost or stolen is call it. It rings and eventually somebody answers it. Odd more people don't think of doing this, when they lost their phones. Most people who answer are willing to turn the found phone in to police. The odd one demands a reward.

But yeah, just turn it in and the owner will be contacted. :apple:
 
First off, well done for doing the right thing, and you've earned my respect.

But here's a question.

The passcode. I'm pretty sure this isn't new as of 2.2, but if you mess up on the passcode 10 times, and the iPhone wipes everything, would that include the Contacts as well, let alone the passcode?

Assuming that it does, you could get the phone unlocked (read: no passcode), get the number, take it to Optus, and they find the person. They'll get back basically a vanilla iPhone and have to enter in their contacts again; small price to pay, but they'll have their phone back (if they're smart, they'll have those somewhere else). Apps/music/video/podcasts/etc. are easy to get back..

Outside of that, the others are pretty much spot on. AppleCare may be able to help, since the phone is still under warranty.. Could Optus drop the SIM card into another iPhone and get the number, drop it back into the iPhone you found, and take it from there?

BL.
 
+whatever number we're at

This is sooo nice of you OP, really great honor. Hey! Maybe they'll buy you a 3G of your own! That would be a quirky ironic gift/reward. Please update us on what happens. I wouldn't give the phone to the store as who knows what they'll do with it. I would just ask they call him/her.
 
All hail the OP! :D

On a side note, you wouldn't have happened to see my wireless mighty mouse around, have you? It seems to have wandered off. :(
 
unfortunately the s/n cant be used if the phone is locked because apple decided that with the iPhone 3g they would stop putting the s/n on the back of the product. the only way to view it is in settings which obviously is inaccessible from a locked phone
 
Ok thanks for the compliments everyone:).

I went to Optus today and gave them the phone. They got contact information on there in-store computer and called up the owner, the owner came and collected it and all was good.
 
qwanza said:
Ok thanks for the compliments everyone:).

I went to Optus today and gave them the phone. They got contact information on there in-store computer and called up the owner, the owner came and collected it and all was good.
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Good job, I'm sure you made someone very happy. Congratulations!!!!:D
 
dccorona said:
unfortunately the s/n cant be used if the phone is locked because apple decided that with the iPhone 3g they would stop putting the s/n on the back of the product. the only way to view it is in settings which obviously is inaccessible from a locked phone
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the serial number and IMEI are on the SIM card try. Pop it out, and you'll see them in fine print. Why they would put such important numbers on something that is removable baffles me, but they're still there

info is here
 
greggov said:
the serial number and IMEI are on the SIM card try. Pop it out, and you'll see them in fine print. Why they would put such important numbers on something that is removable baffles me, but they're still there

info is here
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I never knew that! Hmmm, kind of strange, but i guess they think no one would look there?
 
qwanza said:
Ok thanks for the compliments everyone:).

I went to Optus today and gave them the phone. They got contact information on there in-store computer and called up the owner, the owner came and collected it and all was good.
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Did you get a reward? Or a thank you at least?
 
Jailbreak

If you jailbreak it, you can modify the .plist that tells the phone that it has a passcode on it. Turn </true> to </false> and there you go.
 
I commend you for your honesty!
The world needs more people like you =)

Hopefully the phone is returned safely.
 
Glad someone is actually willing to return the phone.

The other day my girl lost her $300 purse, which had her new iphone 3g 16gb in it.....and some cash.

She found it eventually in our house, but damn.... was i scared.
 
If only everyone was like you when they found lost devices.

OP for President! :p
 
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