A while back I posted how to find your phone when it is missing.
Suprised was I when yesterday my phone was missing. It was not on the
table whee I put it, or the other table, or in my car. Maybe I left it
at the supermarket. It took several minutes to remember that earlier
that day I was in an Uber**. Long story shorter, I remembered that I'd
left my car at a hospital and taken an uber the next day to get it.
I also remembered www.android.com/find and by golly it worked. It
showed on a map that it was at an Xfinity store about 3 miles away and
it stayed there for a long time**. I marked it as lost, which required
me to come up with a password (since I don't lock my phone), and I told
it to play a sound, and the webpage claimed it was.
This will also work. https://www.google.com/android/find/
**I tried to call the Xfinity store, but I could only find an 800
number, Business accounts transferred me to personal accounts, who told
me that there was no number I could use to call the store, and they had
no number call for me. I had to go there. Isn't that delightful.
I tried Uber, but since the bill was paid and I'd accidentally finished rating the ride, it was gone, but Google said I could go to https://help.uber.com/am/riders/article/change-driver-rating?nodeId=e960a4b9-6d2e-4b1f-8fc4-1c3214e59753
and rides.uber.com might have been mentioned, and I got to the page two
ways, but it said, "You have no old rides. Book one". even though I
took one that morning, they sent me a reciept, and same thing a couple
months ago. So I coudln't reach the driver that way.
So I made noise again, and about 30 minutes later, she called me, and I offered to go to her home to get the phone but she brought it by in 2
hours. I had said there was no rush.
This on-topic thing might not be good. You folks are the most likely to already know how to do this. I should post to other groups, but I don't
want to be off-topic.
My only experience is that I dropped my phone when sightseeing on a
park. On a tiny hill after taking some photos I put the phone in my coat >inner pocket, which was zipped, but apparently I missed the pocket and
it dropped to the ground and I felt nothing.
I continued walking, and maybe 200 meters away I noticed it was missing.
I went back, asking passersby, went to the hill, saw some kids and
asked. Yes, they had found it and were trying to find how to contact >somebody who knew me. Difficult, my phone was locked.
Good end. I have to be more careful in the future. I hate getting older.
On 1/30/26 2:59 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
My only experience is that I dropped my phone when sightseeing on a
park. On a tiny hill after taking some photos I put the phone in my
coat inner pocket, which was zipped, but apparently I missed the
pocket and it dropped to the ground and I felt nothing.
I continued walking, and maybe 200 meters away I noticed it was
missing. I went back, asking passersby, went to the hill, saw some
kids and asked. Yes, they had found it and were trying to find how to
contact somebody who knew me. Difficult, my phone was locked.
I put "If found please call xxx-xxx-xxxx" on my lock screen which is the wife's cell phone number so even though my lost phone's locked I can hopefully still get a found your phone call. Your phone may have that capability also.
Good end. I have to be more careful in the future. I hate getting older.
Yup. Course the alternative is much worse...
On 1/30/26 2:59 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
My only experience is that I dropped my phone when sightseeing on a
park. On a tiny hill after taking some photos I put the phone in my coat >>inner pocket, which was zipped, but apparently I missed the pocket and
it dropped to the ground and I felt nothing.
I continued walking, and maybe 200 meters away I noticed it was missing.
I went back, asking passersby, went to the hill, saw some kids and
asked. Yes, they had found it and were trying to find how to contact >>somebody who knew me. Difficult, my phone was locked.
I put "If found please call xxx-xxx-xxxx" on my lock screen which is the
wife's cell phone number so even though my lost phone's locked I can hopefully still get a found your phone call. Your phone may have that capability also.
Good end. I have to be more careful in the future. I hate getting older.
Yup. Course the alternative is much worse...
In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:28:39 -0000 (UTC), AJL ><noemail@none.com> wrote:
On 1/30/26 2:59 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
My only experience is that I dropped my phone when sightseeing on a >>>park. On a tiny hill after taking some photos I put the phone in my coat >>>inner pocket, which was zipped, but apparently I missed the pocket and >>>it dropped to the ground and I felt nothing.
The coat I was wearing has almost horizontal pockets when I'm sitting
down. I must learn to remember that. Could have put the phone in my
pants pocket. Last time I took an uber, my keys fell out. Lucky for me
the driver drove 100 yars and then turned around so I could stop him.
I continued walking, and maybe 200 meters away I noticed it was missing. >>>I went back, asking passersby, went to the hill, saw some kids and >>>asked. Yes, they had found it and were trying to find how to contact >>>somebody who knew me. Difficult, my phone was locked.
I put "If found please call xxx-xxx-xxxx" on my lock screen which is the
When you lock it with www.android.com/find it puts a message like that
on the screen with my other phone number. That's how she called me. I
don't know her number, because she called me on my phone.
But now that my phone was once lccked there is a new screen that appears
when I turn the phone on. It's not a lock but it wastes my time.It has a >tulip in the bottom left which refers to Wallpaper. I've tried to turn
it off
wife's cell phone number so even though my lost phone's locked I can
hopefully still get a found your phone call. Your phone may have that
capability also.
Good end. I have to be more careful in the future. I hate getting older.
Yup. Course the alternative is much worse...
Tat's what my mother often said.
On 2026-01-30 23:28, AJL wrote:
On 1/30/26 2:59 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
My only experience is that I dropped my phone when sightseeing on a
park. On a tiny hill after taking some photos I put the phone in my
coat inner pocket, which was zipped, but apparently I missed the
pocket and it dropped to the ground and I felt nothing.
I continued walking, and maybe 200 meters away I noticed it was
missing. I went back, asking passersby, went to the hill, saw some
kids and asked. Yes, they had found it and were trying to find how to
contact somebody who knew me. Difficult, my phone was locked.
I put "If found please call xxx-xxx-xxxx" on my lock screen which is the wife's cell phone number so even though my lost phone's locked I can hopefully still get a found your phone call. Your phone may have that capability also.
I can stick a paper label to the protective phone case.
Good end. I have to be more careful in the future. I hate getting older.
Yup. Course the alternative is much worse...
--
Cheers, Carlos.
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