Comments on: Lady Loses iPhone, Laptop, Gets Mocked on Own Facebook Page

By: cleon dann

cleon dann — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:41:41 +0000

i love that handset ... i am nokia mobile follower and only purchase nokia handset .. is there any new releases?

regards cleon dann

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:59:53 +0000

Antelope– What I do is have my wallpaper display my phone number and email address, so that if an honest person does find it they can still return it to me even though the screen is locked. There are various apps that help you add notes like that to any wallpaper you like.

By: mech

mech — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:40:11 +0000

just lock it. apparently on OS3.0 the lockscreen emergency phone call option will let whoever finds it call you (if they are not too non-tech-bright )

By: fastlane

fastlane — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:05:55 +0000

Matt B

Even if you do have a passcode they can still steal the phone. Then restore it and use it.

Agree.

Its kind of pointless…

Disagree. Neither is it pointless to lock my doors just because someone can still break in. If it took me five seconds or more to enter a passcode each time I used my phone, I’d agree with you. But it literally takes less than one second to type two numbers (next to each other) twice, and the thief’s inaccessibility to my apps would give me more time to remotely wipe it.

Sure, a thief could restore it and use it. But someone unfamiliar with iPhones, who simply finds it if lost, might not… and could possibly even return it. So, an extra half second of my time is not “pointless” in my opinion.

By: Matt B

Matt B — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:05:13 +0000

Even if you do have a passcode they can still steal the phone. Then restore it and use it. The passcode only prevents the thief from accessing your info. Its kind of pointless unless you have all your credit card numbers, your adress, and socail security number in there, which most people don’t do…

By: BetterSafe

BetterSafe — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:04:09 +0000

For goodness sake just lock it especially now that people are starting to do banking via their phones too it takes 2 seconds to unlock

By: Joe McG

Joe McG — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:59:42 +0000

Passcode lock is ALSO handy when your wife checks your phone for calls from said girlfriend...

I'm just sayin again...

By: Levertis brock

Levertis brock — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:59:14 +0000

Question???

i thought if u restore your phone it would wipe out the pass code for people who forgot it?

By: shadowagent

shadowagent — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:23:50 +0000

@Antelope You were lucky because the person who found it was honest. He/she could also have contacted your service provider and returned it to them, (I am sure they can trace ownership with the SIM card info or serial number) and had it returned to you. Regardless, screen lock the phone. It’s the safest bet. Nothing worse than a thief having auto login to your social networking sites, email, contacts, and all other sorts of personal information.

By: Mojo Tooth

Mojo Tooth — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:37:01 +0000

Antelope you are lucky, but the same effect could have been obtained by simply calling the lost iPhone. You don’t need to unlock the phone to answer a call