OT: Losing your cell phone

[SBR Lou]

Ever lose your cell before - is there anything worse?

Aside from all my contacts on it, private photos etc. I've tried to retrace my steps and if it isn't in the local supermarkets lost and found, I guess I'll have to call and deactivate the # and pay for a replacement.

Was an I-Phone too.

[UntilTheNDofTimE]

Iphones are backed up to your pc or mac using itunes when u get new one and plug it in it will restore itself all contacts settings photos apps etc....

[diogee]

Yep it sucks bad. Usually lose 1 or 2 a year (usually at wedding receptions and whatnot where I end up hammered)

Lost mine at the bash but got lucky when the cab driver answered it the next day.

[SBR Lou]

Iphones are backed up to your pc or mac using iphones when u get new one and plug it in it will restore itself all contacts settings photos apps etc....

I didn't know that.

Is there a specific folder I can access now that I can see all of my stuff? I did have it hooked up to iTunes but never configured anything through my PC other than that, and charging phone.

And would this hold true even if I had my # changed? I wouldn't want my old # active if some knucklehead picked it up.

[flyingillini]

I hate the feeling! I am extremely careful with my Iphone now, I have lost a few phones over the years. I hope you get it straightened out!

[Sam Odom]

Any nudes of Gabriela Sabatini on it

Seriously, that sucks!

[SBR Lou]

Any nudes of Gabriela Sabatini on it

Seriously, that sucks!

There are some photos I'd rather others not see, although the photos I appear in I'm fully clothed, fortunately.

[AMBlai01]

This thread is disturbing especially after meeting Lou and thinking about the photos that could possibly be on that phone....even more disturbing is thinking about who he is sending those photos to...

[RogueJuror]

There are some photos I'd rather others not see, although the photos I appear in I'm fully clothed, fortunately.

nude silentlou, ill pay to see that in a freak circus kind of way

lou make an x tube

[flyingillini]

This thread is disturbing especially after meeting Lou and thinking about the photos that could possibly be on that phone....even more disturbing is thinking about who he is sending those photos to...

Ha! Post of the day right here!

[BadNina]

Oh Loubert, I feel for you. Mr. Nina loses his at least twice a year. He is all the time asking me to resend pictures to his new phone.

Now where are my 25 points?

[tullamore]

I have lost or broken 6 phones so far this year, I stick to the cheap $30 phones because of it. Want an iphone but dont trust myself.

[mmike032]

always drop mine in the toliet when drunk. dont knwo why but some reason always have to pull out my phone when taking a piss at the bar....
and plop... hter it goes

[BadNina]

YAY! But that wasn't what I meant. But you can't have them back. I am selfish.

[RogueScholar]

I'm now accepting bids of SBR points from people who want to see the SilentLou nudes.

[BadNina]

always drop mine in the toliet when drunk. dont knwo why but some reason always have to pull out my phone when taking a piss at the bar....
and plop... hter it goes

Oh one of my nephews threw mine in the toilet the other night. I dried it out and it is still working. LOL. I figured since it survived the sand and salt water dunking it got at the beach earlier this summer that a toilet wasn't nothing.

[mmike032]

Oh one of my nephews threw mine in the toilet the other night. I dried it out and it is still working. LOL. I figured since it survived the sand and salt water dunking it got at the beach earlier this summer that a toilet wasn't nothing.

yer correct, if you can snatch it fast enough, it'll still work. but I'm not dunking my precious hands in a pissy holein the wall bars toliet w/ turds floating.
dropped 1 of mine in the creek fishing 1 day and grabbed it before the 5 sec rule.
took 2 days to dry out but still worked although it did some strange things when prsseing certain buttons

[BadNina]

There was no pee in the toilet. Seth is 3 and thought it would be funny to grab the phone and have me chase him. Then he threw. On the bright side, nice release.

[Shortstop]

Nina, did you name him after Seth Smith of the Colorado Rockies?

[BadNina]

No. His mother named him that cause she liked the name. I thought I should have gotten a choice seeing as she had twins and there was an extra but she was funny about that.

[ijustwant2bpaid]

what service, i might have an old one I could mail u free of charge, I have an old nextel, t-mobile and maybe a few others, let me know if u want me to mail one to ya!

[ijustwant2bpaid]

Oh one of my nephews threw mine in the toilet the other night. I dried it out and it is still working. LOL. I figured since it survived the sand and salt water dunking it got at the beach earlier this summer that a toilet wasn't nothing.

u just have to not turn it on or it will fry it then take it apart and dont fukk with it for at least a few days til its all the way dry, ive saaved more than 1 this way..

[BadNina]

I gave it overnight. It is working just fine.

[yisman]

Yep it sucks bad. Usually lose 1 or 2 a year (usually at wedding receptions and whatnot where I end up hammered)

I still have every phone I've ever had.

[Iwinyourmoney]

if you had mobile me service, you can use the find my I feature. It will show you where it is on a map, and you can remotely wipe data if you cant locate it. Call apple, explain you lost it and see if you can activate the mobile me even if the phone is not in your hands

[Willie Bee]

Any nudes of Gabriela Sabatini on it

No, total disappointment after I went to all that trouble to steal Lou's phone from him too.

[Sam Odom]

Gaby is my kind of girl!

[Teela]

Call and put a hold on the service immediately. You're responsible for any charges on your phone until you temporarily suspend your account. You don't need to get a new phone number - they'll just put your new number on the new phone and it won't work on the lost phone.

[onthewhat]

There are some photos I'd rather others not see, although the photos I appear in I'm fully clothed, fortunately.

This thread is disturbing especially after meeting Lou and thinking about the photos that could possibly be on that phone....even more disturbing is thinking about who he is sending those photos to...

I'm now accepting bids of SBR points from people who want to see the SilentLou nudes.

[keyboarding]

I didn't know that.

Is there a specific folder I can access now that I can see all of my stuff? I did have it hooked up to iTunes but never configured anything through my PC other than that, and charging phone.

And would this hold true even if I had my # changed? I wouldn't want my old # active if some knucklehead picked it up.

No, if you didn't sync your iPhone with iTunes at any point, it would never have made a backup copy of your data. If you decide to get another iPhone, plug it into your computer every week and it will automatically store practically all your data, including text messages.

If you change your number the person with your iPhone now will still have access to all the data that was on it at the time you lost it. Sucks, but that's the way it is. I believe Blackberrys can also by synced and backed up, too.

[SBR Lou]

if you had mobile me service, you can use the find my I feature. It will show you where it is on a map, and you can remotely wipe data if you cant locate it. Call apple, explain you lost it and see if you can activate the mobile me even if the phone is not in your hands

Thanks, I called and was transferred but the Mobile Me dept wasn't available by phone. From looking at the signup page though it seems you need to have set it up beforehand.

I suspended the service last night, saw it hadn't been used but the battery was dead I'm pretty sure, so even if someone wanted to use it they'd have to charge it.

Looks like to order a new phone you still have to pay full retail.

[SBR Lou]

No, if you didn't sync your iPhone with iTunes at any point, it would never have made a backup copy of your data. If you decide to get another iPhone, plug it into your computer every week and it will automatically store practically all your data, including text messages.

If you change your number the person with your iPhone now will still have access to all the data that was on it at the time you lost it. Sucks, but that's the way it is. I believe Blackberrys can also by synced and backed up, too.

Thanks for the info. Looks like I'll either have to order an iPhone GS or a Blackberry, but since I can retrieve my iPhone info via iTunes, since I did sync it several times, might as well try to get my stuff back.

[ivanator]

Iphones came w/ a new feature w/ the 3.0 release, if you have the MobileMe service.

http://www.macworld.com/article/141605/2009/07/remotewipe.html

One of the big security-related features in the iPhone 3.0 software update—at least for those with a MobileMe account—is Find My iPhone’s Remote Wipe command. Should you ever lose your iPhone, you can log in to your MobileMe account on the Web and issue a remote command to securely wipe the phone’s data, making it unrecoverable.

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The MobileMe service will attempt to locate your iPhone or iPod touch and display that location on an onscreen map. Using the Display A Message button, you can send a message to the phone's screen; for example, if you've lost your phone, "This phone belongs to Jane; please call 415-555-1234 for a reward!" Alternatively, if you've just misplaced the phone or iPod somewhere in your house, the same button can make an iPhone or second-generation iPod touch produce a sonar-like sound to help you track it down. (This sound will play even if the phone or iPod is in Silent mode; it won't, however, be audible if you're not in Silent mode but you have the ringer/volume turned down all the way.)
But the feature we're interested in here is Remote Wipe. Click on this button, and you'll get an appropriately ominous warning that proceeding will permanently erase all data and settings. You actually have to check an "I understand" box and then click another button to continue. The good news is that, as I alluded to above, if you end up recovering your phone or iPod, you can fully restore it from the latest iTunes backup by just connecting the device to your computer—a compelling argument for regularly syncing your iPhone or iPod touch with iTunes.