without the help of mobileme or any other service.
Last night, I was playing basketball with some buddies at a local park. We always leave our stuff on a bench literally 10 feet away from the court we play on. We were playing and I noticed a sketchy guy walk by the bench, so I let the play finish and went and checked our stuff. I noticed him getting into a white PT Cruiser as I was walking over to the bench. Upon getting there, I also noticed my phone was gone, along with $20 from my friend's wallet, his debit card, and 2 basketballs. Immediately dialed the phone from my friends phone, no answer. I called AT&T and disconnected the line, and then filed a police report. We've played basketball with this guy before and he's been nothing short of weird and sketchy. I reported who he was and his vehicle and whatnot to the police, and then got super upset and left.
Lo and behold, I wake up this morning to an e-mail from a kind man saying "Joseph, I found your iPhone this morning, please call me back as soon as possible so I can return it to you." I talked to him on the phone and he found it lying on the ground on a street corner less than 2 blocks away. The phone I called my iPhone from last night is that of a friend who also has played ball with the sketchy guy before, and was the one who the guy always passed to. I'm guessing when I called, the contact pictured pulled up and he recognized who he was, and chucked the phone out the window. Sadly, he took off part of my InCase slider so I have a nice big scratch on the top left corner of the chrome bezel, as well as 2 small nicks in the glass, but at least I have my phone back.
Just wanted to share, and to remind everyone to be responsible with their phones (unlike me last night), and to take precautions if your phone is stolen (mobileme, etc.)!
Last night, I was playing basketball with some buddies at a local park. We always leave our stuff on a bench literally 10 feet away from the court we play on. We were playing and I noticed a sketchy guy walk by the bench, so I let the play finish and went and checked our stuff. I noticed him getting into a white PT Cruiser as I was walking over to the bench. Upon getting there, I also noticed my phone was gone, along with $20 from my friend's wallet, his debit card, and 2 basketballs. Immediately dialed the phone from my friends phone, no answer. I called AT&T and disconnected the line, and then filed a police report. We've played basketball with this guy before and he's been nothing short of weird and sketchy. I reported who he was and his vehicle and whatnot to the police, and then got super upset and left.
Lo and behold, I wake up this morning to an e-mail from a kind man saying "Joseph, I found your iPhone this morning, please call me back as soon as possible so I can return it to you." I talked to him on the phone and he found it lying on the ground on a street corner less than 2 blocks away. The phone I called my iPhone from last night is that of a friend who also has played ball with the sketchy guy before, and was the one who the guy always passed to. I'm guessing when I called, the contact pictured pulled up and he recognized who he was, and chucked the phone out the window. Sadly, he took off part of my InCase slider so I have a nice big scratch on the top left corner of the chrome bezel, as well as 2 small nicks in the glass, but at least I have my phone back.
Just wanted to share, and to remind everyone to be responsible with their phones (unlike me last night), and to take precautions if your phone is stolen (mobileme, etc.)!
