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If you found a mobile phone where would you bring it?

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  • 05-08-2011 7:05am
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    Run_to_da_hills
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    If you found a phone which was tossed into your garden would you leave it into the Gardai, leave it into the service provider which corresponds with the sim or do a bit off detective work and chase up numbers in the sim and see who owns the phone if it was unlocked.?


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    Mimikyu
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    PCPhoto
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    try to phone last dialled or home and let them know you have the phone and can be contacted.

    failing that drop it into Gardai or phone provider.


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    Run_to_da_hills
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    Captain Morgan wrote: »
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    I tried the usual ie dad, mum, etc and couldn't find them, however there is a number that frequently crops up in missed calls etc. I could give that a try. The leather cover looks well chewed up and it smells as if a fox or dog had it. Phone escaped damage and powered up straight away once I had it on charge however it was locked.


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    Nyum Nyum
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    Enivirofone :D




    (Just kidding, I'd drop it into the network provider's shop)


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    srsly78
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    RTDH I would have expected better from you. Clearly the NSA para-dropped the phone into your garden to spy on you. It's now recording your location and movements in real-time, thus negating the effectiveness of your metallic headgear ;)


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    seamus
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    Yeah, last dialled, Dad, Mum, home etc.

    I found a mobile at a gig once, sent a message to the last person texted and then got a couple of phone calls but they had crap coverage and couldn't get their **** together - they had no idea where they were and weren't interested in coming into the city to get it from me cos they had a bus to catch.
    Eventually they texted me an address up north to send it to. So I did.


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    Run_to_da_hills
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    srsly78 wrote: »
    RTDH I would have expected better from you. Clearly the NSA para-dropped the phone into your garden to spy on you. It's now recording your location and movements in real-time, thus negating the effectiveness of your metallic headgear ;)
    Being an IPhone 3GS dropped in by a fox I would probably suspect that. :p

    I was told that if it had been reported stolen / IMEI blocked and a new phone was handed out through insurance it then becomes the property of the service provider / insurance company and they are not obliged to hand it back or reactivate the IMEI. So basically it becomes a paperweight.

    Contacted a number on the phone that traced it back to a neighbour two doors up. :)


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