Lost my phone last night

Undercover Brother · 23-12-2012 09:01PM #1

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 · 23-12-2012 09:03PM

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 · 23-12-2012 09:05PM

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.

23-12-2012 09:05PM

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

3ndahalfof6 · 23-12-2012 09:05PM

Contact Blondie.

Undercover Brother · 23-12-2012 09:28PM

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 · 23-12-2012 09:32PM

Is it purple with yellow spots?

3ndahalfof6 · 23-12-2012 09:35PM

Where To wrote: »

Is it purple with yellow spots?

I guess you are confusing this with a fridge.

Dtp79 · 23-12-2012 09:38PM

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 · 23-12-2012 09:40PM

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

keith16 · 23-12-2012 09:50PM

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 · 23-12-2012 09:56PM

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 · 23-12-2012 09:58PM

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 · 23-12-2012 10:01PM

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 · 23-12-2012 10:04PM

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 · 23-12-2012 10:06PM

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

Undercover Brother · 23-12-2012 10:10PM

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 · 23-12-2012 10:21PM

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 · 23-12-2012 10:22PM

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 · 23-12-2012 10:28PM

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 · 23-12-2012 10:30PM

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 · 23-12-2012 10:31PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

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

Jokes?

anncoates · 23-12-2012 10:35PM

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 · 23-12-2012 10:37PM

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 · 23-12-2012 10:45PM

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 · 23-12-2012 10:47PM

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 · 23-12-2012 10:50PM

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 · 23-12-2012 10:51PM

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 · 23-12-2012 10:57PM

Dtp79 wrote: »

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

You assumed correct.

Dtp79 · 23-12-2012 11:06PM

Undercover Brother wrote: »

You assumed correct.

Was the phone off or did it ring out?

carlmango11 · 23-12-2012 11:09PM

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.

Lost my phone last night

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