kagome26isawsome

I’m glad you got your phone back.

I’m curious as to how the carrier was able to trace your phone to a specific person, however. It doesn’t seem like the kind of information they would be able to get by pinging your phone/sim, unless the thief was stupid enough to contact the carrier and provide that information in an attempt to unlock the phone or some other such thing. This has absolutely tweaked the research portion of my brain now, since my carrier wasn’t able to trace my mother’s lost phone because its battery was dead (I wanted gps data on its location).

Just as a side note, I’m one of those exceedingly paranoid people who doesn’t use her phone as a banking link, email hub, or anything much other than as a phone and occasional camera. What happened to you is why, although I’ve never lost my phone, keys, or even an umbrella. Gloves, on the other hand, vanish with alarming regularity...

ok so to answer you @BronxWench, the person who had my phone must have given cricket her name and number because that was the only way i got my phone back. Everyone (including me) thinks she was going to try to get the phone restarted or take the sim card out and put it in a new phone when she couldnt access it.  i couldnt trace my phone cuz it was off. When she  tried to turn it on and off again thinking she could somehow get past my passcode to even access my phone. when my phone boots up, it says cricket right there. She didnt even appologize to me for taking my phone. 

Yea i am now very paranoid now cuz this happened. I happen to use it for work to help stupid customers find what they are looking for at the store (ahh the joy of retail), i dont bank on my phone but i play pokemon go and a couple of my apps that i buy coins from are in my phone. but i am getting them off so incase this happens again.

Well, fortunately the thief was dim enough to give out her real name and number, and it ended well for you. I’m not surprised she didn’t apologize, though. Anyone who’d steal a phone isn’t going to get gold stars for good manners to begin with. But unfortunately, it’s not helping with my plot notion, because I was kind of hoping for dazzling detective work and not self-incrimination by the thief. Ah, well. There’s always “Person of Interest” to stream for inspiration. 

I back up my phone to my desktop monthly, so I don’t lose pictures I might have taken. I also back up my contacts list. That’s really most of what I care about on the phone anyway. As for my mother’s phone, the battery was struggling to hold a charge, and it was one of those inexpensive Jethro phones for seniors, with giant buttons and no ability to use apps. If someone has it, bad cess to them. I’m a believer in karma, and she’s a patient bitch.