Found 3G!
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The bus drivers in Gainesville aren't the brightest of people (not all of course) and I don't know how many of them would even recognize an iPhone.
That being said, try and return the phone. If it was yours you would want someone to do the same.
That being said, try and return the phone. If it was yours you would want someone to do the same.
I can understand your frustration but what do you think is going to actually happen to the person who gets caught trying to activate your husbands phone? Chances are the person who tries to activate it illegally knows the ins and outs of the judicial system and will know how to weasel their way out of any real serious trouble.
To the OP, all you had to do is contact either Apple or AT&T they would have made arrangements to have the phone mailed back to them, end of story.
Hi Youngbinks! How R U?!?!? Nah, the person who has the phone is a child and they know nothing of the ins and outs of the judicial system. When my husband called the phone, they asked my husband for the passcode for Gods Sakes. They are, in a word, STUPID! We have a flag on the account with AT&T as well as Apple. If the person tries to go in, there is a note on the account with that serieal number that the phone was stolen, not sold or gifted, stolen. We asked them to put a further note to call us at my number or my husbands number to alert us if someone has tried to activate it. Now if they do it that would be great. What they really do is anyones guess. I don't know and don't care. My husband bought another phone at the promotional price which was awesome because the Manager at the Apple Store did not have to do that. But he did and that was great.
If this phone is activated we were told by the police that we can have the activatee arrested because we have the police report with all the info on it including the serial number. All it takes is for them to activate it or sell it and that person try to activate it. The sold to person can take up the info on who sold it to them with the cops. So, according to the police that we dealt with, not according to me, there is legal action that can be taken.
This person more than likely will not get caught. They have a brick and we have a better experience for it. We know to make sure the phone has the password on at all times with the option to erase the phone after 10 failed attempts.
We know that Apple has nothing in place for when things like this happen, but with my husbands persuasiveness, the flag is on the account and AT&T as well as Apple knows about it. I seriously doubt that the phone with the serial number on it that has been flagged as stolen will have a chance to be legitamately activated. They can jaiilbreak and or sell and or do whatever they want with the phone.
I considered that, to be fair, but the drivers are responsible. If they get merchandise and don't turn it in and there is a follow up on it, then they can get fired, at least here in New Jersey. If you find it and you turn it in then it is not your problem any more. If the driver gets crafty then its up to the person who lost it to back track, like my husband did. He had the driver search the area where he was sitting (only 10 minutes after he got off - so a lot of time did not pass and according to the other passengers (3 total) there was no one else who sat in that seat but my husband and the thief) and the other passengers gave a detailed description of the person who had his seat after he got off. This is guy (child) did the wrong thing and there are three people who saw him and can Id him. If he just gave it back to the driver then all would have been fine. He's such an IDIOT!
your also an IDIOT because I doubt there will be charges and arrests made for this item...
No, I'm not an IDIOT. I am a person who has taken the time to consult with the authorities on this matter. I have my police report and I have my witnesses, so I'm pretty good. If I found a phone I would turn it in. Your doubts are just what you said they are.
I have no doubt. If the person is found there will be repercussions the person, child, IDIOT will have to deal with. If not that is fine too. They have a brick.
So, sir, I am not an IDIOT. LOL!
Adnurah not here to insult as we are getting off topic but if the person is a "child" what do you think the authorities are going to actually do to him/her? Slap on the hand, call their parents and send them on their way.No, I'm not an IDIOT. I am a person who has taken the time to consult with the authorities on this matter. I have my police report and I have my witnesses, so I'm pretty good. If I found a phone I would turn it in. Your doubts are just what you said they are.
I have no doubt. If the person is found there will be repercussions the person, child, IDIOT will have to deal with. If not that is fine too. They have a brick.
So, sir, I am not an IDIOT. LOL!
Hi Tug: Thanks for the question. As I am not a criminal I could not tell you what happens to peole who are caught with stolen property.
The witnesses said he appears to have been in his 20's. When my husband spoke to him he said he was in high school. My husband said he sounded older than that.
If he is of age and gets caught with stolen property, he will be dealt with accordingly, if he is underage and gets caught with stolen property, I am confident that he will be dealt with appropriately. What that will entail, I have no idea. I don't wish to guess or speculate. I have no idea if this person has priors or has been through the system. All of that will come into account.
I don't wish to anger people who are of the believe that this is just so cut and dry. When you are persistent and you follow through, the correct things can happen. I have all the confidence that he will surface sooner or later and when he does he will be dealt with whatever that may be.
Any child over the age of 12 years old can be convicted of a crime in juvenile an domestic court and considering the price of the item in question as well as the knowledge of stolen property will result in a nice secure detention facility. Not willing to return it with the price will make it larceny. 
Just clearing it up. I hope good things come of it, how much did you get on the phone at promotional price?
For skidmatic, I'd say call up Apple or AT&T.. but I'm doubtful you'll get far with keeping it.
Just clearing it up. I hope good things come of it, how much did you get on the phone at promotional price?For skidmatic, I'd say call up Apple or AT&T.. but I'm doubtful you'll get far with keeping it.
Ok so what have we learned here? Someone looses a phone...they call it to get it back. If they never do that they obviously don't want the phone. So back to the reason this thread was created, I think @skidmatic should keep the phone even though theres not much he can do with it.
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Just curious but there was no 'Mom' or 'Wife' or other names that would give you an idea of the original owner? I'd call one of those numbers and ask if the user lost their iPhone...maybe there's a reward.
Regardless if they called it or not...the service was turned off a few days later so maybe they didn't know till then.
Regardless if they called it or not...the service was turned off a few days later so maybe they didn't know till then.
That's right. I more or less meant to call when he first found it...
What about getting the SIM card out and contacting AT&T to report a found iPhone?
Thanks Emerica! After telling the Manager at the Apple Store the Story and him talking with other Managers, he agreed to just give my husband the phone for the promotional $299. price he paid in July. We had the police report and everything but they didn't even look at it. He thought the story was bad and he as well as the others hates how people can be with the iPhone and he felt bad so he gave us the original price. We are so happy about that. We can't afford the retail and it wasn't like we weren't buying another phone. THey were great! It was really a relief for us.Any child over the age of 12 years old can be convicted of a crime in juvenile an domestic court and considering the price of the item in question as well as the knowledge of stolen property will result in a nice secure detention facility. Not willing to return it with the price will make it larceny.
For skidmatic, I'd say call up Apple or AT&T.. but I'm doubtful you'll get far with keeping it.
Adnurahs what goes around comes around so you have to be doing something right and I am happy for you and your husband, Even at the promo price $299 is a lot of money.
Can we please go back to elementary school and learn the difference between "your" and "you're". It really is not all that complicated and makes you look like less of a jackass.
No restore on a locked phone is a great measure. If its locked, its locked for a reason...and thats to keep you out. No workarounds (via restoring to bypass the lock) and all the exploits that i know of have been patched over granted the phone is 2.2.1 firmware.wait... you cant even restore it? thats no good...
If a phone is locked, there is NOTHING you can do but enjoy looking at it, maybe clean it, cuddle with it, use it as a mirror, or use it as a paperweight. Some could even go as far as to "profile" or pose like they have an iPhone even tho they know it dosent work.
A locked phone connected to iTunes wont do anything. U cant restore it, jailbreak it, tether it etc. No calling out, no ipod(i think)... no nothing. The only thing it will do is connect to edge, or 3g, receive calls and charge. Mistype the passcode a few times and i think the phone memory dumps itself and you're SOL.
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