Find my Phone fun
Left my phone on a table out in front of Cheesecakes this past Friday. Realized it was gone and ran back to the shop to see if maybe I got lucky with someone honest but nope. BUT... I had my laptop so I tracked it and it was stopped nearby, moving around somewhere near the Carolina Theater. I locked it down and put a message on it to bring it by Cheesecakes, then set it to ringing. That particular find my device ring is loud af. Couldn't hear it near the cafe but this sweet guy came up with his phone and was like "dude this just happened to me. Connect to my hotspot and let's go."
So we drove around and it was still around the Carolina Theater but we didn't hear anything. He had to go back to work, so I got back to my car and the cop hanging out on Elm found out what was happening, got out HIS phone, I connected to his hotspot and then got in the back of the cop car and drove around (first time for everything I guess 😂). The entire time I am keeping this phone ringing with a flashing message to bring it to the cafe.
We didn't see anything either but we could see the damn thing moving around at greene and Washington. He parks the car, we get out, walk around the corner and there are two tweakers, one pushing a shopping cart full of crap. I don't relish talking to them but suspect I will retrieve my phone if I do. The cop asks first, thankfully, and after the initial denial I'm like "lemme just make it ring again."
As soon as I get on my laptop to make it ring again the tweaker guy suddenly remembers "oh yeah wait I DID find a phone, there's a phone right over here."
He keeps going off about how he "didn't have anything to do with it man" and I'm like dude I don't even care I just want my f*cking phone. Thanks for your help." I make it ring and this time I can hear it inside the parking deck.
We go walking into the deck and there's a metal door right inside. He points to it. My phone is tucked up under the edge of the door - just enough to dampen the sound of the loud ring, a little.
"It's been ringing a lot, LOUD, " tweaker guy says. He doesn't tell me he couldn't figure out how to turn it off, but I am sure he couldn't. On android you can change the button behaviors. I have mine set so I am the only person who knows how to turn off my phone, just in case I happen to do something stupid like this.
It takes a village lol - happy to have the thing back in my pocket, especially since I just bought it. I should be less careless. But in the meantime make sure you set up find my device and make it hard to turn your phone off. 😂 If you lose your phone make it ring like crazy.