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LiveItUp
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How to get a found cell phone back to owner? Update!
Found a cell phone in the street in my neighborhood when I was taking my kids for a walk. It's locked with a passcode and also set to Spanish, which I can't read or speak. What do I do with It? Wait for someone to call, and hope they speak English, or should I bring it to the nearest police station? Would they even bother trying to get it back to its owner? Any other ideas?
Update: we found the owner! Dh is way better at tech stuff than me, and he noticed there was an external storage card for pictures, so he took it out and popped it in our computer and looked up the location of the last picture taken and we brought it to that house and sure enough found the owner, who was very happy to have it back. All stuff I never would have thought to do in a million years. 
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ANewDayHasCome
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How to get a found cell phone back to owner?
I've brought it back to the cell carrier store. AT&T , Verizon, etc.
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| Posted 8/6/17 7:15 PM |
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LiveItUp
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Re: How to get a found cell phone back to owner?
Posted by ANewDayHasCome
I've brought it back to the cell carrier store. AT&T , Verizon, etc.
The problem is not only is the phone set to Spanish, but even all the manufacturer info on the back is in Spanish, so I think maybe it was purchased in another country.
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MsSissy
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Re: How to get a found cell phone back to owner?
I'd just wait till they try calling.
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| Posted 8/6/17 7:33 PM |
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LiveItUp
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How to get a found cell phone back to owner?
From what I can tell I think it's possible a pay-as-you-go phone from a Spanish speaking country. When I turn it on the welcome screen says Tigo.
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| Posted 8/6/17 7:34 PM |
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springchick
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How to get a found cell phone back to owner?
Check the SIM card if they might be using an international phone with an American plan
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| Posted 8/7/17 9:31 AM |
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Maybe-Baybe
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Re: How to get a found cell phone back to owner?
I would wait for someone to call.
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| Posted 8/7/17 9:39 AM |
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w8andsee
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Re: How to get a found cell phone back to owner?
It's going to be virtuously impossible. My MIL found a T-Mobile phone and took it to the T-Mobile store. They couldn't help (or couldn't be bothered). I called up T-Mobile and asked if they can find the owner based on the serial number of the phone (we couldn't unlock it). They told me no.
I don't know if they really can't or if they don't want to because they want to sell more phones.
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| Posted 8/7/17 9:41 AM |
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LiveItUp
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How to get a found cell phone back to owner? Update!
Update! We got it back to the owner!
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| Posted 8/8/17 6:38 PM |
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MarathonKnitter
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How to get a found cell phone back to owner? Update!
so happy to read that there are good people out there.
SO lost his phone over the weekend. he believes he saw a bunch of kids who might have picked it up, when he turned around to look for it. we called and texted the phone and offered a reward... nothing.
was a rough weekend with an angry man yelling about those teenagers.
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ANewDayHasCome
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How to get a found cell phone back to owner? Update!
Oh wow, that's pretty impressive detective work.
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| Posted 8/8/17 7:17 PM |
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StaceyWill
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How to get a found cell phone back to owner? Update!
That is so awesome.
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| Posted 8/8/17 7:23 PM |
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Funkybutt
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How to get a found cell phone back to owner? Update!
That's another reason you should have an emergency number. For iPhone, press "emergency" on the screen where you would enter the PIN number. Then go to "medical ID".
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| Posted 8/8/17 9:56 PM |
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LiveItUp
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Re: How to get a found cell phone back to owner? Update!
Posted by MarathonKnitter
so happy to read that there are good people out there.
SO lost his phone over the weekend. he believes he saw a bunch of kids who might have picked it up, when he turned around to look for it. we called and texted the phone and offered a reward... nothing.
was a rough weekend with an angry man yelling about those teenagers.
That really sucks! I'd be pissed off too. 
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| Posted 8/9/17 11:05 PM |
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LiveItUp
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Re: How to get a found cell phone back to owner? Update!
Posted by Funkybutt
That's another reason you should have an emergency number. For iPhone, press "emergency" on the screen where you would enter the PIN number. Then go to "medical ID".
Good idea! I never knew this, but I just added an emergency # to my phone. Thanks for the tip!
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| Posted 8/9/17 11:06 PM |
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