Lost Phone on silent: Homing in on its location

Emerson · 17-10-2007 9:18pm #1

I've lost my meteor phone in the building where I work. I've been looking for it for a week. It's on silent mode but still ringing. The phone vibrates but I still cannot hear it. I'm positive it has not left the building but have searched everywhere conceivable.

Is it possible to detect it's signal using any cheap device and home in on it? Unfortunately I'm not hearing any interference on a radio I have.
Would anyone have a lend of a signal detector or have any suggestions?

Cyrus · 17-10-2007 9:20pm

is bluetooth on? not sure how helpful itll be but may give some idea

Emerson · 17-10-2007 9:34pm

Never thought of that, but I think I have it off unfortunately.
It's so frustrating. It's within 50meters of me but has fallen into a box or is in a fridge or something.
Damn silent mode!

MisterKipling · 17-10-2007 9:53pm

i know this sounds sad but remove anything thats making noise, then put your ear to the floor in different locations around where u think u may have lost it and listen very carefully....desperate time, desperate measures!!

1huge1 · 17-10-2007 10:17pm

Im impressed the battery has lasted a week

wba88 · 17-10-2007 10:22pm

1huge1 wrote: »

Im impressed the battery has lasted a week

thats what i was going to say, do you have a set alarm e.g. weekdays at 6am if so go into to work very early

what phone is it out of curiosity?

Random · 17-10-2007 10:26pm

If it's a bill phone I hope you're keeping an eye on your unbilled calls - otherwise you could be in for a nasty surprise if it wasn't the office you lost it in.

wba88 · 17-10-2007 10:30pm

ciaranfo wrote: »

If it's a bill phone I hope you're keeping an eye on your unbilled calls - otherwise you could be in for a nasty surprise if it wasn't the office you lost it in.

good point, another reason why the battery could have lasted so long!

Random · 17-10-2007 10:36pm

Try explaining to your phone company that you don't have any relatives living on the international space station at massive call rates per minute

wba88 · 17-10-2007 10:38pm

ciaranfo wrote: »

Try explaining to your phone company that you don't have any relatives living on the international space station at massive call rates per minute

talking from experience?
happened to my bro, calls to china and australia!

Random · 17-10-2007 10:48pm

Not from personal experience, but I've heard stories

Someone was also complaining on here the last week too.

towel401 · 17-10-2007 10:51pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5201748.stm

Random · 17-10-2007 10:58pm

towel401 wrote: »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5201748.stm

Don't SAT phones come with PIN numbers then? Dam fools!

wba88 · 17-10-2007 10:59pm

One bill included calls to a South Pacific number totalling £289,991 - made to a £5.95 a minute number in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Wow!

Emerson · 17-10-2007 11:08pm

I can tell you now the phone is pre pay and there have been no calls/texts since I lost it.

I too am curious as to how long it has lasted. It's a Sony K750i.
I rang meteor earlier and they said a replacement sim is €7.50 but that its to the discretion of shops to charge. Does anyone know if most Meteor stores charge?

wba88 · 17-10-2007 11:13pm

I went into one in town a few months because my sis lost my sim charged about that price, but the time b4 that about 6 months ago they said they would do it for free (different store), so shop around so to speak

Random · 17-10-2007 11:14pm

Emerson wrote: »

I can tell you now the phone is pre pay and there have been no calls/texts since I lost it.

I too am curious as to how long it has lasted. It's a Sony K750i.
I rang meteor earlier and they said a replacement sim is €7.50 but that its to the discretion of shops to charge. Does anyone know if most Meteor stores charge?

Those batterys can last months! (ok .. so not months, but a good 2 weeks on standby!)

Lost Phone on silent: Homing in on its location

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