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?
You can try waiting any time and then you need to insert your personal one where there will be Internet and that it will be suitable if the phone is locked to the operator AT&T or Verizon or another that can work with the phone
Leave it on and charged do the find my phone feature works. Take it to an iPhone/ phone store if you don’t want them finding their way to your front door 💁
Ugh. I lost my iPhone 12pro someone pickpocketed in Vegas and it was last seen in LA. I wish this was mine ):
Check medical id by pressing volume up and power button
If it comes up SOS, they’ve already written it off
Not true. That’s apples emergency calling service that uses satellites when the phone has no signal. Looks like the sim has been deactivated.
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.
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.
Or wait for someone to call you and answer them enquiring about the owner
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.
These are weird comments.
The only correct answer in this scenario is to see which Carrier is listed on the SIM Card, and take it to the nearest local store. They can look up the account owner’s information there.
If there is no Carrier Listed on the SIM, take it to the nearest Apple Store and they will identify who bought it or have methods to get in contact with the iCloud Account Holder.
The best solution is always Apple in this case because they are the ones able to look at settings and information you won’t be able to access.
Wonder where you live. Cause Apple here in Norway wants to sell new products not reunite a owner with their lost iPhone 15 if the owner isn’t able to find it on their own through the location revealed by others customers apple product service. Even the cell provider doesn’t help identify the customer.
You can hand it to the closest police station from where it was found if you’re out of ideas. They lodge all found property & the owner may naturally check in with them.
I guess you could try iTunes. Try connecting the phone to your computer via a cable and see if it gives you a prompt for the Apple ID this device is connected to. You could try writing an email to that ID.
Put your sim card in. Ask siri, “call my mom, dad, or spouse”. It may call their relatives and you get hold of them.
If find my iPhone is enabled, you can just leave it unlocked near another iPhone and it will be able to be tracked. https://www.macrumors.com/guide/find-my/ “When your lost device is offline but close to another device, it’s able to connect to that other device over Bluetooth and relay its location. That means that your devices are more trackable than ever, and there’s a better chance you can find a device that’s been lost.”
just leave it being charged… hopefully the owner will put in lost mode and you will get message showing how to contact the owner.
Once I found an iPad in an airport, picked it up and called Apple to let them know I’d found it, gave them the serial number and said I’d like to return it. They said they couldn’t provide the iCloud contact, I asked them to send an email to the owner letting them know I’d like to return it, they said that wouldn’t be possible either. I would have liked to have solved it because from the case and the wallpaper it looked like it belonged to a child.
Same here, by the wallpaper I think it’s a child or teen on the Lock Screen. If it was my stuff lost I’d like to hope (know it wouldn’t but still) a Good Samaritan would try to reunite it and me. Again I know it wouldn’t happen but eternal optimist 🤣