Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Olof's Beard on May 31, 2015, 10:51:59 AM
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I found an iPhone on the floor nearly Wembley and would like to get it back to its rightful owner. It's a female's phone with a bright green casing and 3d floral design. I managed to speak to the owner's Dad as he called but it was too loud to hear him properly. The phone ran out of battery after but before it did, I could see previews messages of commiserations so I know it's a Villa fan's phone. It had a code so I couldn't get in to see the messages.
Long shot but if anyone hears of anyone who has lost one, let me know.
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Any idea what the number is? I had someone come up to me outside the arch saying he'd lost his phone and could I phone it. Obviously doesn't help relocate it as I don't have a way of getting touch, but could be the same one.
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No idea, it is password protected so I can only take calls. Definitely a female's phone though, spoke to 'Dad' and he said it was his daughter's but it was really difficult to have a conversation.
I have a mate with a charger so will get it charged up and see if it rings. If not I will drop it down to the local Police Station.
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No idea, it is password protected so I can only take calls. Definitely a female's phone though, spoke to 'Dad' and he said it was his daughter's but it was really difficult to have a conversation.
I have a mate with a charger so will get it charged up and see if it rings. If not I will drop it down to the local Police Station.
Could you put the sim in your phone?
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He'd still need the password to get in, wouldn't he?
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There's a bloke posting on the villa selling page about losing a phone. Let me have a look.
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Don't think it's the same one as this guy is on about a bear Grylles case!
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Ha, this is definitely not a Bear Gryls case. It's fairly girly.
I tried the sim in my phone but no joy. I have managed to get a mate to charge it up but it is on O2 and we barely get any signal here (Kingsbury) so it's not much use having it sat here. I am sure the person may well cancel the phone if they haven't already, which is a shame. Considering ringing O2 and giving them the serial number thingy off the back of the simcard maybe, see if they can contact the owner and tell her I am looking to return it.
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Ha, this is definitely not a Bear Gryls case. It's fairly girly.
I tried the sim in my phone but no joy. I have managed to get a mate to charge it up but it is on O2 and we barely get any signal here (Kingsbury) so it's not much use having it sat here. I am sure the person may well cancel the phone if they haven't already, which is a shame. Considering ringing O2 and giving them the serial number thingy off the back of the simcard maybe, see if they can contact the owner and tell her I am looking to return it.
If you spoke to dad you'd think there'd be more calls to the device; If O2 can't help, Apple might, either should be able to email her you'd think.
If not it's lost property so as you suggest probably best to hand it in to the police pretty quickly once you've exhausted those couple of phone calls?
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I have a mate who is a Police Officer and he reckons O2 will tell me to take it to the Police. It will put in Property Found and never seen again, particularly as it would be 'any old' Police Station.
But I will try them
I reckon she probably has tried to call it but there is just no 02 signal here. The Dad just wasn't getting my message at all yesterday, it was so loud I don't think he could tell it wasn't his daughter for a while. Not sure what that says about my voice but I have been practising my manly grunting all day just in case. I was trying to tell him to get a pen as I had found the phone and would give him my number but he said he didn't have one.
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Why don't you just take it eith you to work or wherever you go next where there is likely to be a better signal?
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Olof I pm'd you, I'm chatting online with Apple now, can you reply?
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Your best bet is charging the phone and hopefully the owner or a friend of the owner will call the number. If there are no calls or if the SIM has been blocked then theres not much you can do other than accept that you've inherited an iPhone, wipe it down, and keep it...or stick in on eBay. At the end of the day, this is what phone insurance is for, so if you've tried you best then don't feel bad about it.
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Forget Apple. They say it violates privacy to contact someone to tell them someone found their device! They do point out the owner (presuming they know this) can register it lost which will show contact details on the phone in 'lost mode'. I've escalated a complaint about how they won't help...
So O2, or police.
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Why don't you just take it eith you to work or wherever you go next where there is likely to be a better signal?
I work from home. Well actually, I don't really live in the country and leave again on Friday, currently staying with my Dad. I am going to take it out with me later and try voice activation thingy. I am not the best with phones in truth, but I have friends who are much better and have been making suggestions. I suspect the owner may have had it cut off now because they couldn't get hold of me all day. I had signal for about half an hour I reckon. The problem is I don't have use of a car here and it's a Sunday so it's not been great. I needed the signal as she would have been mad not to try and ring it earlier.
Off out soon and will take it with me and see what I can do.
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What happens if you hold down the home button for a few seconds? Depending on the owners phone settings could trigger Siri.
In that case prompted by beep, say "call Dad". The phone could start calling that person right away.
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I lost my wallet at the semi final and the finder contacted the Villa who passed his details on to.me and i was reunited with it within a few days so maybe it's worth contacting them?
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The person clearly cut off the phone, I reckon some time in the early afternoon. I thought it was just out of signal but I went a good five miles and no joy. A bit odd considering the person must have know I had it, they did not call in the hour or so I had both the phone charged and with signal at my mate's around midday and it seems it was cut off straight afterwards.
Someone did suggest the Voice Recognition, I didn't know it had that. That would have been great to know yesterday (never had an iPhone and never taken much interest in them). I tried it earlier but it said I needed to be connected to the internet to use SIRI. I reckon the owner had already cancelled it all by then.
I will try O2 and the club tomorrow and beyond that I can't do much else. Thanks for all the suggestions.
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I can just imagine Olof's Beard desperately searching for the Gibbons are superior to Owls button to press on the iPhone and being a bit confused by it all.....;)
Sorry.
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I can just imagine Olof's Beard desperately searching for the Gibbons are superior to Owls button to press on the iPhone and being a bit confused by it all.....;)
Sorry.
I am still looking for CTRL, ALT, DEL!
I actually recently got my most up to date phone yet - a Samsung S3 no less. I believe that Samsung is one of the biggest names on the market and the S3 is one of their most 'hot of the shelves' models. It really does have it all, you have your texts, your phone calls, your Whatsapps, your W-I-F-I, your calculator.
I am a modern man.
But you can't even get the back off these iPhones to have a look at the battery. What the heck is that about?
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Sounds like you've inherited an iPhone...reset to factory settings, ensure all data is wiped and sell it (or keep for your own use).
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They may have "find my iPhone" switched on, in which case they might turn up at some point.
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Yep somebody mentioned I might get a knock on the door, but apparently it is more likely to be the Police which would definitely please my Dad!
I have spoken to 02, the club and Wembley Stadium and none of them could help. The latter have details so if the person contacts Wembley then they have my details to contact me. 02 need you to pass a security check and quote the number before they do anything, they said it was unusual anyone bothered to call but to hand it to the Police (but I know once it is with the Police it will never find its way to the owner). The club said to contact Wembley.
For all I am a currently jobless following 8 months of pretty expensive backpacking, I am not going to be looking to sell or use the phone because its not mine so if people can listen/look out elsewhere that would be great, the phone will just be sat here in the mean time.