What should I do if I find a phone in the street?

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What should I do if I find a phone in the street?

You should report it to your local police station as soon as you can by calling 101 or going in person. Your network provider will give you your phone’s identification number (IMEI), which you should pass on to the police. Make a note of the crime reference number – you’ll need it if you want to claim on insurance.

Can I keep a phone that I found?

Keeping It Is Illegal The law typically requires that the finder of an object takes reasonable steps to locate the owner and returns the found object to them. If you fail to make any attempts to return the item, you are committing a crime.

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Can u unlock a stolen phone?

You could ask the customer while there with you to call the carrier and request that their phone be unlocked. You can still unlock the bad IMEI phone through many of the unlock providers out there without a guarantee that you could reuse it through the main domestic USA carriers.

Is it illegal to keep a found iPhone?

Unless your state follows common law, it may have its own laws regarding lost and found property. If the owner of the property does not claim it within 90 days, then the finder can keep it. If your state has similar laws, you likely can keep the phone you found as long as you turn it in to the police first.

Can I use a found iPhone?

If the device you found was a late model iPhone you’re essentially holding on to a brick. With the latest versions of iOS, security has become paramount and you won’t be able to use the phone if the original owner has access locked under a PIN or Touch ID.

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What happens if you find an iPhone lying on the street?

If you find an iPhone lying on the street, all bets are off. The chances are the owner won’t find it lying there—and certainly not before it gets stood on a dozen times—so pick it up and read on.

What to do if you have lost your iPhone?

Contact the owner’s Next of Kin and let them know you have found the iPhone. Find My iPhone and Find My Device are really great tools for finding lost phones. Not only do they show the last location of the device, but you can also use them to send a message to the phone.

How do I track down the owner of a stolen iPhone?

The owner’s carrier can use this information to track the owner down and hopefully contact them. It’s best to just visit the carrier’s store where they can then take possession of the iPhone and handle it from there. If you can’t, you can always call the carrier over the phone and start from there.

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What is Find my iPhone and how to use it?

Any iPhone user can use Find My iPhone to enable Lost Mode, which locks the lost iPhone, enables Low Power Mode, and disables Apple Pay. It also allows you to leave a message on the phone’s lock screen.

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