Sinéad writes:
“I left my phone – a black Sony Z3 (like the one pictured above) – in a taxi on Thursday evening. I got the taxi from Donnybrook to Harcourt Street in Dublin and realised I didn’t have it five minutes after I got out of the taxi, and immediately began ringing it. It’s still ringing so it must have been charged as its battery should have died by now. I have been able to track it to its approximate location but I’m at a loss as to what to do. Other readers must have had this issue – seems a waste to cancel and replace as it’s somewhere!!”
Anyone?
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tell the cops?
Any anecdotal evidence I’ve seen suggests the cops are very unhelpful when it comes to missing phones, even when provided with coordinates etc.
Surprise surprise. The gardai are no help.Superannuated,whingers are useless!
Got to the area where the phone is.
Look for a car with taxi plate. Then knock on house doors asking who owns the taxi. When you get to the taxi owner, tell them your phone is in the car.
Have another mobile device to hand to show the taxi driver the screen showing the location.
Worked for me once
You never made me breakfast that morning darling <3
weirdo
@Nice Jung Man tell me about it..he covered me in strawberry sauce…
Are you a pop tart then fluffy?
Awe.. do we have Broadsheet’s first RL romance?
i doubt these two are the first to have to take a wet wipe to the keyboard on here, if you catch my drift.
The tax driver mightn’t have it. The next passenger in his car might though.
If you think someone has charged it up and they’re not answering you, there’s a good chance they’re using it to make some calls. Report the loss/theft to your mobile phone company, so they can cancel the service, so you don’t get stuck for a big bill.
Other than that, if you know the approximate location, you could walk up and down the street all day looking for it.. :)
Or what Clampers said..
It’s all a bit weird, the person can’t be using it as it locked by a 8 digit code. But yes it has been charged.
Going to try head to the general area, but don’t understand why they just won’t answer the phone!
Have asked the Gardai to look into, awaiting a response still.
It may be on silent…
Have you tried your Google Device Manager (if you set it up?) https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
You can set the phone to ring loudly for a short while, whether it’s on silent or not.
Keep us updated! I want to know how this plays out now!
In my case, the phone was under the seat and the driver had no idea it was there.. it was on silent.
Good luck!
Sma ething happened to me, I tracjked my phone, went to Pearse street Garda station, they went and got it back. Rang me a couple of hours later to pick up at station. They were extremely helpful.
Was the keyboard set to Croat when you got it back?
i suggest leaving your phone to whatever poor unfortunate picked it up and buy yourself a decent one.
glad to help :)
Taxi Lost Property
http://garda.ie/Controller.aspx?Page=100&Lang=1
I find the accuracy of the find my phone features fairly dubious. For example, my phone regularly thinks it is sitting in my neighbour’s living room. Doesn’t sound like too big a deal, until the police knock on the door and look for a phone that isn’t there.
Got it back! Down a really sound guard!! He’s one in million :)
Cheers for your help
You went down on a really sound guard?