I just left the movies and found a Iphone. I talk with the manager and left my buisness card, but he had no reports of a lost I phone. It had one missed call and I tryed calling the number but it was just a cruise line so no info on the owner. I'm a good samaritan and just trying to contact the owner, and return the phone. I tryed the double tap feature but it must be set to "home" so I just go back to the passcode screen. I have contacts via work for ATT, but it's fed so I will only do that as a last resort. Can anyone help me out, please contact me if you can. Thanks
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Found iPhone w/pass code on
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Did you try this hack to get around the passcode and find the owner?
http://tnerd.com/2010/10/25/how-to-bypass-iphone-security-or-passcode-lock/
http://tnerd.com/2010/10/25/how-to-bypass-iphone-security-or-passcode-lock/
Zcott - while I'm sure you had the best intent, and the OP could have dug this up on his own with a little more digging - did you stop to consider if they actually just found a phone - and it isn't someone using the anonymous card on the internet just to get what they want? (access to someone else's device)
Then again, if there are 5,000 other members who would have replied anyhow.
As responce to the first responce, I am keeping the phone on, and charged waiting for a call. As to the others, thanks but I am just trying to contact the owner. Again if anyone from ATT is on here, or anyone with knowlage, please send me a private message. Thanks.
He would then have a new phone with nobody able to call it since it would be wiped out.
Take the sim card out of the phone, if you have a gsm phone pop it in yours and call your house, then you will at least k ow the phone number. Then call ATT and tell them you found a phone and give them the number, they will most likely not give out the info but will contact the owner and he will contact you.
The owner will be amazed he got it back
The owner will be amazed he got it back
FYI AT&T does NOT reunite lost iPhones with owners...more than likely if you bring it to them one of their nefarious employees will keep it...your best bet is waiting for a call...another FYI, most cell users will opt to call the carrier and have service interrupted so if you don't get a call in a day or two assume it's off...
Incorrect. It would maintain the same phone number.
And if another sim was put in, the IMEI could be used to block it.
this is a good idea UNLESS the service has already been suspended which most owners of lost cell phones are quick to do
hopefully the owner had find my iphone turned on...or wait what if its a trap and they track you down and kill you in your sleep!
but yeah i wouldnt take it to AT&T just hang on to it, if no one calls or it dosnt reset its self from the find my iphone then i guess its yours. and i would do the passcode work around. maybe it was your lucky day
but yeah i wouldnt take it to AT&T just hang on to it, if no one calls or it dosnt reset its self from the find my iphone then i guess its yours. and i would do the passcode work around. maybe it was your lucky day
good on you for doing that, but if they call won't you still be locked out from accessing it? I don't know, but after reading that I'm going to put a note or something in mine saying "if you find this phone please call me at this number" as a precaution.
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The phone number is determined by the SIM, though.
LegendKillerUK said:
The phone number is determined by the SIM, though.
hold down the home button and wait for voice control. Then call 'home'
Good call!!
Didn't even think about that one.
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That is a good idea. You could play some music while you wait, too.
That is a good idea. You could play some music while you wait, too.
I remember that little trick where you could go through emergency call to get into someones Phone app on the iPhone. After just trying it out again, after a while, I think it may not work anymore on iOS 4.2.1.
Make sure to give it to a store manager at an Apple or AT&T corporate store. Tell the manager that you're going to email corporate to commend them by name for his/her help returning the iPhone, and that the email will include the lost iPhone's IMEI number.
Does AT&T do IMEI blocking? Even if they did, you could just use the phone on another network.