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So I found a cell phone lying on the road, I almost ran it over. I picked it up and it was almost fully charged. I tried to figure out the owner but the idiot didn't put a scroll message saying call this number if lost. So can I keep it? If I turn it into some police dept they will just toss it in the garbage. Calling the cell carrier without that IDME... number they can't do shit either. I suppose I could factory wipe it and get the number that way, but I'm sure the owner if found would hate that idea. Update: the phone is back with it's very happy owner. Thanks all for your ideas and moral guidance about getting it back to them.

So I found a cell phone lying on the road, I almost ran it over. I picked it up and it was almost fully charged. I tried to figure out the owner but the idiot didn't put a scroll message saying call this number if lost. So can I keep it? If I turn it into some police dept they will just toss it in the garbage. Calling the cell carrier without that IDME... number they can't do shit either. I suppose I could factory wipe it and get the number that way, but I'm sure the owner if found would hate that idea. Update: the phone is back with it's very happy owner. Thanks all for your ideas and moral guidance about getting it back to them.

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[–] • 3 pts

Many phones, allow you to take a picture with a locked phone. Some of those, will allow you to forward that picture to a contact on the phone without unlocking.

You can see if it allows that, if so, write your number and a note, take pic, send to important contact, expect call.

Its a small chance.

[–] • 2 pts

I actually figured out how to do just what you recommended with the picture and that opened up another screen when I used the slide down feature. There was a couple of people who had sent the phone messages and the owner reset their password for Google at like 1:00 in the morning so I sent that Google email address an email telling them I think I have their phone but prove it first so hopefully they will call and we can meet up and I can give it back to them. They actually did try to call I think but I had fallen asleep by then I'm an early to bed early to rise kind of person. Thank you for the tip

[–] • 0 pt

Glad it worked out for you.

[–] • 2 pts

He's got it back now. Dude gave me 50 bucks. I tried to say no but he insisted. He was happier than a pig in shit.

[–] • 2 pts

Not sure if I did it right but I managed to mistakenly take a picture of my cutting board. I found a person somehow in their contacts that they had sent the text to and I don't know if I sent them the picture but the name disappeared so maybe? I'm actually too far away to make it worth my while to drive it back to them if they didn't want to meet me I would just throw it in the mail and call it a day. The owner is Hispanic and there's a picture of someone bent over with no panties on on a screenshot I don't really know what screen this is but it's just there. My phones are very old so I have no idea really how to operate it.