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Lost iPhone

  • 17-03-2015 4:56pm
    #1
    dnlotoole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭


    I found an iPhone in work a while ago and I want to try to return it. I work in a shop but there are no security cameras so I can't just look back over footage and none of the staff owns or knows who might own the phone. I tried charging it to turn it on but it started beeping which I googled and it turns out that means the screen is broken so I can't even attempt to call "Home" or something. I checked for a sim card but there isn't one and now I'm at a loss as to how to get it back to the right person. I asked a friend in the Gardai and he said turning it in is pointless as it'd likely either sit in a box for eternity or be picked up by someone else at the station. Has anyone any suggestions as to how to find the owner?


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  • #2
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,497 ✭✭✭✭guil


    When you say you tried charging it but it just beeped, what exactly do you mean? Was it only plugged in for a short while or how long?


  • #3
    dnlotoole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭dnlotoole


    guil wrote: »
    When you say you tried charging it but it just beeped, what exactly do you mean? Was it only plugged in for a short while or how long?

    I plugged it in for 24 hours and the beeping never stopped and the phone still wouldn't turn on so I looked up what that meant and found a YouTube video showing an iphone doing the same thing


  • #4
    sw33t_r3v3ng3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 537 ✭✭✭sw33t_r3v3ng3


    Hold down the power button and home button for 10-15 seconds, and see if that changes


  • #5
    dnlotoole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭dnlotoole


    sw33t_r3v3ng3 wrote: »
    Hold down the power button and home button for 10-15 seconds, and see if that changes

    No luck with the hard reset. I'm pretty sure the screen's screwed but I don't really fancy buying someone a new screen in order to give them back their phone.


  • #6
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,497 ✭✭✭✭guil


    Could possibly be is lost mode. I don't know why it would beep if the screen was broke.


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  • #7
    sw33t_r3v3ng3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 537 ✭✭✭sw33t_r3v3ng3


    guil wrote:
    Could possibly be is lost mode. I don't know why it would beep if the screen was broke.

    The charging port or cable could be dodgy causing the phone to continuously beep. The phone could be getting a disturbed current and thinking that its being plugged in and plugged out causing the charging sound to continuously play?


  • #8
    Grab All Association
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,921 ✭✭✭Grab All Association


    I'd say it was an old broken iPhone that was uneconomical to repair/unfixable and someone gave it to a child who lost it in the store.


  • #9
    dnlotoole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭dnlotoole


    Tried another charger but it did nothing. It could be the charging port but again, I don't plan on having the phone repaired for someone who's lost&damaged it. Is there any way to check if it's registered as lost/stolen with a serial number/IMEI?


  • #10
    Grab All Association
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,921 ✭✭✭Grab All Association


    dnlotoole wrote: »
    Tried another charger but it did nothing. It could be the charging port but again, I don't plan on having the phone repaired for someone who's lost&damaged it. Is there any way to check if it's registered as lost/stolen with a serial number/IMEI?

    https://www.icloud.com/activationlock/


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