How to find the owner?

[lazyazn]

Hi all
Someone posted that he found an iphone on the street and looking for the owner. the phone is locked right now so the owner can't be contacted. i was wondering if there is anyway to get pass the password or just get a number out of the contacts. I really want to help to find the owner.

thanks

[NeoNightmareX]

Call AT&T and give them the IMEI number. They should be able to find out what account it is currently linked to.

[StealthBravo]

:/ +1

[lazyazn]

that's what i was thinking, but dealing with ATT customer service is not really an ideal situation. Also, i dont know if they can even tell you about the account info if you are not the account holder.

thanks for the +1 btw.

[angiepangie]

Too bad it's not T-mobile huh?
Other than that there really is no way to find the owner.
You can take it to the Polic dep. and see if anybody claims it but that usually is a no-go

[blkcadi]

Trust me, they can find the owner. DO the right thing and see that it gets back to the owner.

[angiepangie]

YES. And thank you for being honest.
Most people would have taken the phone and ran.

Idk what I'd do if I lost my baby.
My life is on that thing.

[blkcadi]

YES. And thank you for being honest.
Most people would have taken the phone and ran.

Idk what I'd do if I lost my baby.
My life is on that thing.

ditto, I'd rather lose my purse than my iPhone.

[angiepangie]

ditto, I'd rather lose my purse than my iPhone.

unless my iPhone was in my purse.

[lazyazn]

could i sync it to my computer. have a back up of the phone's file. Then do something from there? like export all the contacts info to address book or such?

[angiepangie]

could i sync it to my computer. have a back up of the phone's file. Then do something from there? like export all the contacts info to address book or such?

I don't think you can sync with passcode on.
Just call AT&T, it'll be worth it to know you're doing the right thing

[jtesnani]

if the owner really wants his/her phone back, i'm sure the owner would have called by now, so just wait for a phone call

[lifted206]

if the owner really wants his/her phone back, i'm sure the owner would have called by now, so just wait for a phone call

Ditto. I swore that even with a passcode protected phone, if you sync up it would read out the number.

[JJMA]

Go at AT&T I know I would give you a reward just for doing the right thing now days no one do what they should everyone just wants to take what they can and piss on everyone else. That is why our society it in the position it is in. I Thank you for doing the right thing.

[djdraco]

If you plugged in the phone it will give you the number in iTunes, then call AT&T and say you found this phone with this number. They may take your info and have the customer call you. Pretty simple.

[jtesnani]

that's really not going to work, finding the owner's number, because lazyazn has the phone....

[angiepangie]

^^But with the phone number AT&T can get into the account info and find out whose phone it is.

[jtesnani]

^^But with the phone number AT&T can get into the account info and find out whose phone it is.

true but i guess where do you go from there? send him an email perhaps? i guess i question the OP's true intentions

[angiepangie]

If it is on a family plan (which a lot of phones are nowadays) then they can get a hold of someone else's phone within the family, or maybe a house phone?

[lifted206]

true but i guess where do you go from there? send him an email perhaps? i guess i question the OP's true intentions

Holding the phone for ransom