[vitaminG]

found white iphone 5 in whalley on 133a and 104 ave, theres a lock on the screen, no info on it. theres no sim in the phone. i have the IMEI and the background pic of the persons kids.

also 10% battery left and i have no charger for it. phone is currently off

how to return to owner?

[b0unce. [?]]

Make a post on the community > lost & found section on Craigslist.
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[jeedee]

Any contacts on the phone?

Emails? Texts that can identify the person?

[ShadowBun]

find the carrier and ask them to give it to the person

[vitaminG]

phone is pin locked, cannot access. No sim how can I find which carrier? Read the post people.
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[parm104]

phone is pin locked, cannot access. No sim how can I find which carrier? Read the post people.
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No sim? Based on that and the location, I'm sure it was already stolen before you found it. Good luck trying to get it back to the owner.

[vitaminG]

No sim? Based on that and the location, I'm sure it was already stolen before you found it. Good luck trying to get it back to the owner.

But why would someone steal it and just drop it though?
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[corollagtSr5]

How to return lost iPhone 4 w/passcode to owner??? - MacRumors Forums (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=967043)

According to this thread you can return it to an Apple store. They will find the owner and return the phone to them. You probably should get a reference on who helped you so that person doesn't take the phone for themselves.

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

because they're clumsy as fuck.

[b0unce. [?]]

^ Omg ahahhahab
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[4444]

Nice work OP, take it apple store, they're best to deal with these things

[chunk_stir]

Bring it to the local police detachment. They will hold it for x amount of time and you can request it once their period to claim is up. My daughter found a iPod and dod this. You are doing what's right and have the option if no one claims it. Actually not sure about phones, because I remember the cop
Asking if it was a gone but I'm sure you can ask them
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[racerman88]

How to return lost iPhone 4 w/passcode to owner??? - MacRumors Forums (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=967043)

According to this thread you can return it to an Apple store. They will find the owner and return the phone to them. You probably should get a reference on who helped you so that person doesn't take the phone for themselves.

This sounds like the best option.

[parm104]

But why would someone steal it and just drop it though?
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Lol because crackheads have more use for needles than iPhones lol. Probably got irritated when the phone kept asking for an Apple ID lol.

Bring it to the local police detachment. They will hold it for x amount of time and you can request it once their period to claim is up. My daughter found a iPod and dod this. You are doing what's right and have the option if no one claims it. Actually not sure about phones, because I remember the cop
Asking if it was a gone but I'm sure you can ask them
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Really, I don't think anyone is calling in the police stations looking for this phone. Unless you can personally find a way to recover any data that links this phone back to the original owner, I don't see any point in taking it to the police department or the Apple store. The Apple store won't release any private information to you and I doubt they are responsible for finding owners of lost phones.

You placed a notification on here, maybe put one on Craigslist, but keep the phone in your possession. Just cause you're Mr. Good Guy Samaritan doesn't mean an Apple store employee will be or the police station lost and found will be.

[vitaminG]

How to return lost iPhone 4 w/passcode to owner??? - MacRumors Forums (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=967043)

According to this thread you can return it to an Apple store. They will find the owner and return the phone to them. You probably should get a reference on who helped you so that person doesn't take the phone for themselves.

but what does apple do with phone if owner cannot be located? i honestly want to find the owner, but if the owner cannot be found id rather keep it than have some greedy apple genius keep it.

also im in surrey and there is no apple store anywhere near where i live. it could be weeks before im around an apple store during business hours.

[Anjew]

i'm sure the apple store has records of who originally purchased the phone based on IMEI.

[parm104]

i'm sure the apple store has records of who originally purchased the phone based on IMEI.

They do, but their legal sense and privacy policies will restrict them from doing the "right thing." Finding the true owner is also more difficult than it seems. Chances are the phone could've been sold. The original registered owner has no more rights to that phone than the new finder does. In fact, the new finder has a legal right to it that overtakes all except the true owner. I'm just looking at it from a realistic point of view...

[vafanculo]

Its an iPhone 5, so there's a good chance its a locked phone. Go to diff stores and ask to pop in diff Sim cards. If one finds service, u know it belongs to that service provider. If the Sim works, they can call their tech support and the imei will be registered to the test Sim card. Then they can use the imei to find the account using that imei. Then they will call the owner.
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[ilovebacon]

you can give it to me! :fullofwin::fullofwin:

[Razor Ramon HG]

Keep the phone for now and make a post on Craigslist in B&S and lost and found sections saying that you found a lost iPhone 5 and for the owner to send you an image of the kid.

Even if Apple sends it back to the original owner, he or she might've sold it to someone else.. the other guy could still get fucked. Last option IMO if no one messages you.

[dvst8]

A shot in the dark but since the phone has a pic of owners kids. Try uploading(take a pic of phone) it to
Search by Image ? Inside Search ? Google (http://www.google.ca/insidesearch/features/images/searchbyimage.html)

[zx7rrrr]

Ill give you $350 for it

[TOPEC]

Its an iPhone 5, so there's a good chance its a locked phone. Go to diff stores and ask to pop in diff Sim cards. If one finds service, u know it belongs to that service provider. If the Sim works, they can call their tech support and the imei will be registered to the test Sim card. Then they can use the imei to find the account using that imei. Then they will call the owner.
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U do know there is an easier way to find the imei, which is engraved onto the back cover

[vafanculo]

U do know there is an easier way to find the imei, which is engraved onto the back cover

Maybe. I haven't had an iPhone since the second gen so I wouldn't know. If that's so then even better.
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[snails]

put a sim card in it and wait till the cops show up at your door!

:fullofwin:

[fishCak3s]

give it to the police?

[underscore]

try this to bypass the lockscreen, then from there check the call history/contacts and make some calls?

Passcode Exploit: How to Bypass the Lock Screen on an iPhone Running iOS 6.1 « iOS softModder (http://ios.wonderhowto.com/how-to/passcode-exploit-bypass-lock-screen-iphone-running-ios-6-1-0142518/)

[sdubfid]

just edited my background pic because of this thread. I put some text in saying:
reward if found: email@email.com
free heroin: email@email.com

Covers both angles if an honest person finds it or a vagabond acquires it

[vitaminG]

Well apple care said they have no records for the imei. Already put ad on Craigslist asking for pic of kids to claim phone, lol.
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[Brad Fuel]

Police stations can contact the big service providers to determine who owns the phone. Not breaching any policy as the service provider will contact the owner and tell them to pick it up at whatever station.

Yeah it may have been sold. But then you're still in the same point of having no one to turn it over to. And if it was sold, and a false owner went into the station to claim it, it would be difficult for them to unlock it. A cell phone nowadays has so much personal information in there that it would be easy to verify the true owner.

[rsx]

Here's a thought, try capturing the image of the background with the kids onto your computer and then google image search the picture, maybe it's on a social networking site and you can trace it.

[Kim Jong Un]

^That might work but if the person's fb was private then you're SOL.
Good on the OP for doing a good deed though. :thumbs:

[doritos]

just take out the sim card and check what provider is on it...?

[iwantaskyline]

Just keep the damn phone..lol

[spideyv2]

Take a pic of your cawk and return it to where you found it
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[nma]

After this much effort I think you deserve to just keep the phone... Good on you. I've returned every single phone I've found.. Last one was also an iphone5 that I found in the back of a cab. Need more honest people like you.

[Anjew]

yea you already posted the craigslist ad. If nothing comes of it i think its safe to say you have earned it.

[Gridlock]

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRin_JHllXMERbwnoFU7xHlO-a-Jlp2Fp6AWYXSTWFLHwvWS2-8gg

http://www.sectalk.com/board/public/imported_images/assets.diylol.com/i-ain-t-reading-all-that-meme-generator-whoa-there-i-ain-t-reading-all-that-shit-bro-6b90f3.jpg

http://cdn.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/spider-man-1.jpg

Seriously, the OP was like 20 words.

[rsx]

If you could hold it until you can get to an apple store, it would be great. Losing pictures of family and kids would be a damned shame!

[meme405]

Lets be realistic, you found a phone with no simcard in it, in whalley. The phone was stolen to begin with...

If nothing crops up nobody is going to try and do more than you did, not the apple store, not the police, the phone will end up in a drawer somewhere or in the police auction. I'd say if nobody collects the phone from you in a few days sell it cheaply and quickly, somebody gets a good deal and you make a little money, no harm no foul.

Edit to be clear its the idiots fault for making it this hard to return his phone, I have my name and email right on my lock screen for this exact reason, most people who find a stolen phone even if they want to return it are not going to put a whole world of effort into it. So make it as easy as possible for them to do the right thing...

[underscore]

If you could hold it until you can get to an apple store, it would be great. Losing pictures of family and kids would be a damned shame!

Although honestly their own fault if they never backed it up.

[JesseBlue]

saw the ad...so good job...also saw an ad where an 11 year old lost his/heriphone in white rock...parents put an ad in cl as well...wtf?

[freakshow]

You could try to post the pic of the kids on Facebook and see if your friends know someone.. the world is surprisingly small sometimes..

[Stormspirit]

sell it?