Lost my phone last night

Undercover Brother

Got a new S3 about 2 months ago. Yesterday I went to work (work in a pub part time) ended up getting horribly drunk with the rest of the staff. Woke up this morning with no phone. I assumed it was in the pub but its not so I must have dropped it on my 20 minute walk home, which I can barely remember. I've lost phones before but this time I'm fuming. For 6 months before I got this phone I was using a crappy old brick and I couldnt lose that piece of sh1t if I tried. This is not a very interesting story I know but I think that must be about 6 phones I've lost over the years. Anyone else have this problem when they're out?

Shryke

I've lost a few phones and was never too bothered but my current one is a galaxy S2 and if I lost that it would be a very different story.

danniemcq

you didn't have security stuff on there like lookout or find my phone?

onl;y other thing i can think of is see if anyone logs into your gmail or dropbox (check IP address in history)

you can at least see then if someone has it and roughly where it is

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5sb29rb3V0Il0.

Thankfully I have never lost a mobile phone in the 14 odd years since I got my first one.

3ndahalfof6

Contact Blondie.

Undercover Brother

danniemcq wrote: »

you didn't have security stuff on there like lookout or find my phone?

onl;y other thing i can think of is see if anyone logs into your gmail or dropbox (check IP address in history)

you can at least see then if someone has it and roughly where it is

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5sb29rb3V0Il0.

Na, didn't have anything like that. It had a passcode so anyone who finds it won't be able to get into it anyway. I'm insured so they're sending me a new one, but I won't get it till Thursday. So glad I got the insurance now. I don't usually. Have to pay £50 excess but really its just the inconvenience of not having it, especially around Christmas. I'm not really into gadgets, but I have to say the S3 is some piece of kit! I had a lot of stuff stored on it, passwords and addresses and stuff which will all be lost now

Where To

Is it purple with yellow spots?

3ndahalfof6

Where To wrote: »

Is it purple with yellow spots?

I guess you are confusing this with a fridge.

Dtp79

Undercover Brother wrote: »

Got a new S3 about 2 months ago. Yesterday I went to work (work in a pub part time) ended up getting horribly drunk with the rest of the staff. Woke up this morning with no phone. I assumed it was in the pub but its not so I must have dropped it on my 20 minute walk home, which I can barely remember. I've lost phones before but this time I'm fuming. For 6 months before I got this phone I was using a crappy old brick and I couldnt lose that piece of sh1t if I tried. This is not a very interesting story I know but I think that must be about 6 phones I've lost over the years. Anyone else have this problem when they're out?

Should've downloaded an app " find my iPhone"
Oh wait

0ph0rce0

You can track it online on the Samsung site even if the sim card was changed, its linked to the phone.

keith16

Dtp79 wrote: »

Should've downloaded an app " find my iPhone"
Oh wait

There is an app called Cerberus for android. Does the exact same thing.

How do you know someone has an i-phone?

Dtp79

keith16 wrote: »

There is an app called Cerberus for android. Does the exact same thing.

How do you know someone has an i-phone?

Ha how

nlgbbbblth

Undercover Brother wrote: »

Got a new S3 about 2 months ago. Yesterday I went to work (work in a pub part time) ended up getting horribly drunk with the rest of the staff. Woke up this morning with no phone. I assumed it was in the pub but its not so I must have dropped it on my 20 minute walk home, which I can barely remember. I've lost phones before but this time I'm fuming. For 6 months before I got this phone I was using a crappy old brick and I couldnt lose that piece of sh1t if I tried. This is not a very interesting story I know but I think that must be about 6 phones I've lost over the years. Anyone else have this problem when they're out?

No.

My first mobile - 1995
Second - 2001
Third - 2006. Still using it.

Fr_Dougal

keith16 wrote: »

There is an app called Cerberus for android. Does the exact same thing.

How do you know someone has an i-phone?

Because they're not jealous of iPhones and don't try to make up jokes about them?

johndoe99

still have my Nokia 3210, in the past 12 years have never lost it. Still going strong, well the battery ain't, need to charge it every day..

Undercover Brother

I'm definitely putting one of those find your phone apps on the replacement when I get it.

Undercover Brother

johndoe99 wrote: »

still have my Nokia 3210, in the past 12 years have never lost it. Still going strong, well the battery ain't, need to charge it every day..

The indestructable 3210. I had one of those as well. Simpler times:). The one thing I don't like about smartphones is the battery life. They have to be charged every day as well.

The Aussie

Been through 4 phones this year, none lost all broken the most pathetic was a Nokia that was in my pocket with a packet of chewing gum and came out with a shattered screen.

EuskalHerria

Never lost a phone, although I don't know how. I don't often get too drunk but one night I was offered too many free drinks and shots, fell asleep in Eyre square on one of the benches with my iPhone in my hand. Woke up two hours later, phone still in hand. Still don't know how that happened.

michellie

Oh I would lose my mind if I lost this phone, I've a HTC one x and have a year contract left ! I have a tracker set up from my anti virus that's on the phone.

I'm terrified of losing it when I'm out at night, normally zip it away in my bag and panic about 30 times a night

Miike

keith16 wrote: »

There is an app called Cerberus for android. Does the exact same thing.

How do you know someone has an i-phone?

They'll tell you.

keith16

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Because they're not jealous of iPhones and don't try to make up jokes about them?

Jokes?

anncoates

michellie wrote: »

I'm terrified of losing it when I'm out at night, normally zip it away in my bag and panic about 30 times a night

I can only imagine how much you worry about important things

seklly

If I were you I'd root the new one and install avast app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.avast.android.mobilesecurity

Once you've set up the anti-theft feature you can uninstall the app and the anti-theft application is completely hidden. Even if thief factory resets phone the app stays.

Works brilliantly, my phone was stolen in Poland at the Euro's and I managed to track it down 2 weeks after I got back even though it had been factory reset and got someone over there to recover it for me!!

tuxy

Good thing most thieves are not smart enough to reflash the rom

Do people that still have a 3210 find they have to change the rubber keypad every few years. Mine was indestructible but I did have to change the keypad twice.

Undercover Brother

Yeah I'll put the tracking software on the new one. I'll also just try to be more careful in future. In all honesty I can't even remember leaving the pub last night so for all I know I could have been mugged on the way home or gave the phone to a beggar in a moment of drunken philanthropy lol

Dtp79

johndoe99 wrote: »

still have my Nokia 3210, in the past 12 years have never lost it. Still going strong, well the battery ain't, need to charge it every day..

Dont feel bad I charge my iPhone every night too

Dtp79

Undercover Brother wrote: »

Yeah I'll put the tracking software on the new one. I'll also just try to be more careful in future. In all honesty I can't even remember leaving the pub last night so for all I know I could have been mugged on the way home or gave the phone to a beggar in a moment of drunken philanthropy lol

I'm assuming u sent a text to your phone and tried to ring it

Undercover Brother

Dtp79 wrote: »

I'm assuming u sent a text to your phone and tried to ring it

You assumed correct.

Dtp79

Undercover Brother wrote: »

You assumed correct.

Was the phone off or did it ring out?

carlmango11

Log into your Google account and hit install here. Slim chance but worth a try.

My only advice is to get insurance on the next one. Phones aren't just phones anymore, they're expensive sophisticated computers and they're far too easy to lose, drop, spill something on etc. Insurance is well worth it.

Also if you do get another Android phone install a load of those security apps straight away. I use one called Prey but there's loads of others.

tuxy

carlmango11 wrote: »

Also if you do get another Android phone install a load of those security apps straight away. I use one called Prey but there's loads of others.

Yeah install 10 or 15 of them, should do the trick.

peterk675

Hate that feeling of having something lost. Sorry to hear OP

michellie

carlmango11 wrote: »

My only advice is to get insurance on the next one. Phones aren't just phones anymore, they're expensive sophisticated computers and they're far too easy to lose, drop, spill something on etc. Insurance is well worth it

Definitely, my htc and the boyfriends s2 were covered on our house insurance for only a extra 30 euro for the year. My daughter dropped my phone down the toilet in July, they gave me a cheque for the full amount and I got a brand new One X, traded in the old one and had money left over !

tuxy

michellie wrote: »

Definitely, my htc and the boyfriends s2 were covered on our house insurance for only a extra 30 euro for the year. My daughter dropped my phone down the toilet in July, they gave me a cheque for the full amount and I got a brand new One X, traded in the old one and had money left over !

Is that not a minor case of insurance fraud?

danniemcq

Undercover Brother wrote: »

Na, didn't have anything like that. It had a passcode so anyone who finds it won't be able to get into it anyway. I'm insured so they're sending me a new one, but I won't get it till Thursday. So glad I got the insurance now. I don't usually. Have to pay £50 excess but really its just the inconvenience of not having it, especially around Christmas. I'm not really into gadgets, but I have to say the S3 is some piece of kit! I had a lot of stuff stored on it, passwords and addresses and stuff which will all be lost now

passcode isn't perfect, whats really needed especially they way you describe it is to have security on it,

I don't have to much on mine but i still have lookout so i can remote wipe and find it if lost, even if battery is dead it will ping the current GPS just before it dies so you know where to start and if you have passwords on it then look into something like msecure.

I dunno if these are available on Windows 8 or iphones but look for similar and install what suits you.

And I wouldn;t just do that with a shiney s3 but any phone i have, in these times of social engineering and our linked lives on and offline the security is only as strong as your weakest link

Standard Toaster

Nope, never had any issue with losing phones thankfully.





Sent from my found Samsung Galaxy S3

tuxy

danniemcq wrote: »

passcode isn't perfect,

True, passcode and patern unlock can be removed from an android phone with out a reset if usb debugging is enabled.

michellie

tuxy wrote: »

Is that not a minor case of insurance fraud?

How would it be insurance fraud ? They gave me the cost of the phone that I had originally paid for - I got a new one with the money, I got €50 off cos I traded in my original broken one that was totally un repairable.

Undercover Brother

michellie wrote: »

How would it be insurance fraud ? They gave me the cost of the phone that I had originally paid for - I got a new one with the money, I got €50 off cos I traded in my original broken one that was totally un repairable.

Of course its not insurance fraud. Its what insurance is for. If you have comprehensive insurance on your car and you accidentally crash it they have to cover your losses.

starlit

Have you set it up with a samsung account to track it Op?

Undercover Brother

doovdela wrote: »

Have you set it up with a samsung account to track it Op?

No. No point now, the phone's been cancelled and I'll get a replacement on Thursday.