My father found an iPhone while out walking his dogs. it’s case and screen protector looked like it saw better days. I finally got it charged, took the screen protector off because I couldn’t take it looking that way 🤣 and it has an sos in the top right corner. It doesn’t have any lost mode information on it but I’ve seen alerts come up for medication and games.

Since my trying to figure out how to find the owner gotten me into this iPhone unavailable, is there anything else I can try to reunite the phone and owner or should I call it a day and dispose of it?

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    1 year ago

    Can you plug it into a Mac at home or take it to an Apple Store? The serial numbers will be attached to the owner.

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    1 year ago

    Whenever I find a stray iPhone (which I’ve found a few), I just ask Siri to call mom. Let someone know I found the phone and I’m leaving it at this or that lost and found. So far I haven’t come across one that didn’t have mom saved in their contacts

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      Sometimes people have their Siri set up to not activate at first without a passcode. Seems to be the case with this one.

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    Hold the lock button and when siri pops up say call mom, dad, husband, or wife. One of those will almost always work.

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      1 year ago

      That’s if Siri is enabled. I keep Siri disabled. I don’t care for something that’s always listening. Outside of Frasier that is 😀

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      I can’t ask Siri, it just says to enter passcode to use Siri.

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      1 year ago

      Apple employee here: don’t do that, we are not allowed to do anything about lost phones.

      Take it to the nearest police station.

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          It’s like the game of hot potato. No no don’t take it to the police station they won’t do anything.

          Take it to the nearest recycling bin

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          1 year ago

          He’s just reciting Apples policy. If you mention a lost phone they gotta say take it to the police. If someone says they lose their phone you gotta tell them to call the police.

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    1 year ago

    When I found a phone , I restarted it and saw the service provider. So I just bought it to them. I’m sure they figured it out from there.

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    Can you press and hold volume up and side button where they have any emergency contacts set up?

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      1 year ago

      Not true. That’s apples emergency calling service that uses satellites when the phone has no signal. Looks like the sim has been deactivated.

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        1 year ago

        Its not the satellite thing. It’s just within range of any cell tower. By law they have to let you make emergency calls even without a sim or plan. This shows up as SOS on iOS.

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    1 year ago

    Ugh. I lost my iPhone 12pro someone pickpocketed in Vegas and it was last seen in LA. I wish this was mine ):

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    Or wait for someone to call you and answer them enquiring about the owner

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    If there’s an Apple Store nearby just give it to them. They may be able to locate the owner. At the very least I believe they have software to get into the device.

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    If there’s no improvement in the situation and it’s just been a paperweight for some time you could possibly sell it for parts, as a last resort. That’s if the owner has become impossible to find.