I work in the cash office of a large "big box" retailer. My office is also where lost and found valuables are held. We hold items for 30 days and then they are destroyed.
Employees at the front of the store are awful lazy about lost and found. They just drop it off with out any effort to locate the owner. Over the years some very nice items have been destroyed after waiting for an owner that never shows.
From my experience, I have done a few things to make my own phone easy to return if its ever lost. Especially since it is locked. You might consider the same. It won't guard against theft, but it can help in case of lost & found.
*My lock screen has my name and home phone number on it.
*I enabled siri, and told her my contact info. Even when phone is locked, If you press siri and ask "who am I" my contact info comes up.
*Now with the Health App, I put Medical ID (spouse, home phone) so it can be looked up in the emergency call page.
When a phone is turned in to lost and found, I do my best to locate the owner. My only form of communication in my office is by phone. (not mail, etc...)
This weekend, an iPhone 5s was turned in. I was gone for 3 days. Battery long dead before I found it today.
I charged it with my own charger. No "Find My Phone" lost notification on it.
Phone is locked by passcode.
No luck asking siri "who am I?"
I was able to access the camera from the lock screen. I took a photo of a piece of paper stating "your phone is in Lost & Found at XYZ store" Thinking perhaps their photos are on a cloud?
Anything else I can do? I am surprised the owner was safety conscious enough to put a passcode on the phone, but not activate the Find my Phone app in the last 3 days.
Only other thing I can think of, is by charging the phone, maybe it will get a signal? Signal is weak at my store (center of a big metal building, no windows)
Employees at the front of the store are awful lazy about lost and found. They just drop it off with out any effort to locate the owner. Over the years some very nice items have been destroyed after waiting for an owner that never shows.
From my experience, I have done a few things to make my own phone easy to return if its ever lost. Especially since it is locked. You might consider the same. It won't guard against theft, but it can help in case of lost & found.
*My lock screen has my name and home phone number on it.
*I enabled siri, and told her my contact info. Even when phone is locked, If you press siri and ask "who am I" my contact info comes up.
*Now with the Health App, I put Medical ID (spouse, home phone) so it can be looked up in the emergency call page.
When a phone is turned in to lost and found, I do my best to locate the owner. My only form of communication in my office is by phone. (not mail, etc...)
This weekend, an iPhone 5s was turned in. I was gone for 3 days. Battery long dead before I found it today.
I charged it with my own charger. No "Find My Phone" lost notification on it.
Phone is locked by passcode.
No luck asking siri "who am I?"
I was able to access the camera from the lock screen. I took a photo of a piece of paper stating "your phone is in Lost & Found at XYZ store" Thinking perhaps their photos are on a cloud?
Anything else I can do? I am surprised the owner was safety conscious enough to put a passcode on the phone, but not activate the Find my Phone app in the last 3 days.
Only other thing I can think of, is by charging the phone, maybe it will get a signal? Signal is weak at my store (center of a big metal building, no windows)
Maybe thats why I had no luck today.