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APPLE I PHONES

If they still work, I try to find the owner and return them.
If the provider is shown on the screen, you can take it to the store and the folks there can find out who the owner is… another way is to see if they have any information in the “emergency” mode which can be accessed even if the phone is locked.
I have returned some using both methods.
If they are toast some sell them for scrap.
I have never tried that.
Also…. If a phone is found and will not turn on, that may not mean it is bad… could be a dead battery…. I found one last summer in the river that had been lost about three months prior to when I found it and after charging it, I was able to turn it on and return it.
 
Oh you mean crapple? Same as above
Usually, now they have Find My phone, they will come right to your house. I did that with a pair of EarPods I found at a boat launch. I was trying to find the owner and he called me. He found that I had them by the locator in them.
 
Yes, I charge and look for Emergency contact info. If all else fails, take it to the nearest police station. All the phones can be tracked now and when an owner sees it is at a police station they are more likely to contact them for its return.
 
Odanscoils said:
Man that tracking tech is really getting nuts.

Did you ever think you'd willingly carry a personal tracking device ??

Now you're wife always knows where you are.
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And we always know where the wife is, lol.
 
Can you imagine your teenage kids knowing exactly where you are and when you are coming home? Man, it is good that stuff wasn’t around when my high school girlfriend and I were together back then! But seriously, some of that tracking stuff is good. I have silenced Apple AirTags hidden in our vehicles, my ebike, and in my expensive detector and camera cases.

Oh, and I also have an Apple AirTag on my wallet and on my keychain too, and those gnomes haven’t come back ever since then. I think they’re afraid of the tags or something!
 
mike k. said:
What do you guys do with the locked I phones that you find in the water ??
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If they have a pass code and I can't return them I sometimes have to damage them in order to get paid from Gazelle or Buy Back World. The last one was a Iphone 17 in perfect condition. I punched a hole in the screen and got $273 from Gazelle. It's a shame but I've learned alot when dealing with Gazelle
 
GotAU? said:
Can you imagine your teenage kids knowing exactly where you are and when you are coming home? Man, it is good that stuff wasn’t around when my high school girlfriend and I were together back then! But seriously, some of that tracking stuff is good. I have silenced Apple AirTags hidden in our vehicles, my ebike, and in my expensive detector and camera cases.

Oh, and I also have an Apple AirTag on my wallet and on my keychain too, and those gnomes haven’t come back ever since then. I think they’re afraid of the tags or something!
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Silenced ?
 
GotAU? said:
When a stranger’s iPhone alerts them that there’s an AirTag tracking them nearby, they can make it beep in order to make it easier to find. Taking out the little speaker (piezoelectric disc) will prevent that.
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Funny story, when I got my new civic in 2022 I hid two airtags in my civic after removing the speakers and I did my boat and truck. 3 years late Im getting the low battery warnings from both in the civic. I remembered where did hide one but not the other. So make sure if you remove the speakers to list where in each is located in the vehicle ..;)
 
OldBeechnut said:
Funny story, when I got my new civic in 2022 I hid two airtags in my civic after removing the speakers and I did my boat and truck. 3 years late Im getting the low battery warnings from both in the civic. I remembered where did hide one but not the other. So make sure if you remove the speakers to list where in each is located in the vehicle ..;)
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You can also get, on Amazon, I suppose, a battery holder that uses two AA batteries for the Apple Airtags - if you use two lithium AA's for it, it will last years longer than the little CR2016 battery disc they normally take. There are also free 3D print files available to make your own (that's what I would like to do- it'll probably last longer than me, and my wife will lovingly think (or swear?) of me every time it beeps her and she'll never find it!! 🤣).
 
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Bluetooth 2.4 GHz - apparently, they ping a connect command every once in a while, rather than using a continuous signal to extend battery life. There might be an app for Android that will sense it, it could be done if not.
 
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