Bollocks - Lost iPhone

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by Gavin, May 30, 2011.

  1. Gavin

    Gavin Guest

    Went for a small bimble today from Peel, stopped at Ramsey for a cuppa,
    out my hand to my fleece pocket to find it was open and my wallet and
    iPhone were missing.

    Amazingly found the wallet and all cards[1] at the side of the Poortown
    road, but no phone.

    Its on and it rings and MT tell me that the cell its connected to is in
    my area, but it supports about a 5 mile radius... more annoyingly is I
    dont have the "find my iphone" app, so cant GPS pinpoint it.

    So presuambly its buried in a ditch somewhere - Im amazed that its still
    ringing, as where I found the wallet is about a 150MPH straight!

    [1] spread over 200 yards or so...

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    Gavin.

    For the fast road: Suzuki GSXR600K1
    For the slow road: Moto Guzzi California Aquila Nera - FOR SALE.
    For the track: <gone>
    For everything else: Citroën Berlingo

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    Gavin, May 30, 2011
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  2. Gavin

    wessie Guest

    haven't you got the TomKat app?
     
    wessie, May 30, 2011
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  3. cant you load it remotely
     
    steve robinson, May 30, 2011
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  4. Gavin

    Derek Turner Guest

    Give thanks to your favourite deity that you have been saved from the
    phone with far more style than substance. Let this be a lesson to you.
     
    Derek Turner, May 30, 2011
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  5. Gavin

    Tosspot Guest

    Just send the brickit code ffs. Get a new one, reload the contacts from
    the cloud, jobs a goodun.

    Unless you bought it outright, then it might be a bit more of a conundrum.
     
    Tosspot, May 30, 2011
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  6. Gavin

    Monkey Guest

    On a GSXR600?
     
    Monkey, May 30, 2011
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  7. Gavin

    Simon Wilson Guest

    Why not? They're quick enough, ain't they?
     
    Simon Wilson, May 30, 2011
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  8. Gavin

    Monkey Guest

    158mph flat on the tank on a *very* long straight. You'd maybe get close on
    a downhill gradient or with a stong tailwind, but you'd really have to be
    trying hard to Vmax it - unlikely you'd get more than 130-140 in normal
    cuntish riding, I'd say.
     
    Monkey, May 30, 2011
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  9. Did you have it on silent ring, or something?
     
    Grimly Curmudgeon, May 30, 2011
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  10. Gavin

    Gavin Guest

    LOL - yup, indicated is right, actually prolly waay off since I
    re-geared the bike.

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    Gavin.

    For the fast road: Suzuki GSXR600K1
    For the slow road: Moto Guzzi California Aquila Nera - FOR SALE.
    For the track: <gone>
    For everything else: Citroën Berlingo

    Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby
    Blog: http://eekafreek.com
     
    Gavin, May 30, 2011
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  11. Gavin

    Gavin Guest

    No - but even if I call it, I dont know where it is, so cant hear it if
    it did ring.

    Its now off and I have had the sim cancelled, Ill send it a flatten
    command later when I can get on my Exchange box.

    --
    Gavin.

    For the fast road: Suzuki GSXR600K1
    For the slow road: Moto Guzzi California Aquila Nera - FOR SALE.
    For the track: <gone>
    For everything else: Citroën Berlingo

    Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby
    Blog: http://eekafreek.com
     
    Gavin, May 30, 2011
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  12. Gavin

    Cab Guest

    Erm, this ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    May have an issue with this.

    I wouldn't worry though. If you had a password on it, after 10 (?)
    tries, it'll delete any data, won't it?
     
    Cab, May 30, 2011
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    Simon T Guest

    Heh I did the same thing last year - phone met its demise while I was
    going over a cattle grid in Cumbria, low speed though and a call later
    proved it was dead/turned off. Probably got into water in the cattle
    grid and died... Would have preferred to think of it expiring at high
    speed down the M6 but much more likely to be in the cattlegrid,
    especially as I as beeped by a car behind me after I crossed the grid.
     
    Simon T, May 30, 2011
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  14. You really are full of shit. Can't be bothered to waste my time
    justifying that statement.
     
    stephen.packer, May 30, 2011
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  15. Gavin

    Lozzo Guest

    You've lost an iPhone, just be grateful.

    Personally I can't abide the 'fleece over leathers' look

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    Lozzo
    Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
    in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
    BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
    they churn out)
     
    Lozzo, May 30, 2011
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  16. Gavin

    Gavin Guest

    Gavin, May 30, 2011
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  17. Gavin

    Gavin Guest

    If someone with a dataplan sticks their own sim card in the device, and
    they successfully guess my 8 digit unlock code then they have access to
    my data.

    The wipe command sends to the phone not to the sim, afaik.

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    Gavin.

    For the fast road: Suzuki GSXR600K1
    For the slow road: Moto Guzzi California Aquila Nera - FOR SALE.
    For the track: <gone>
    For everything else: Citroën Berlingo

    Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby
    Blog: http://eekafreek.com
     
    Gavin, May 30, 2011
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  18. Gavin

    B 650 Guest

    yeah, but *how* does it send it to the phone?
     
    B 650, May 30, 2011
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  19. Gavin

    SteveH Guest

    But only if it's connected to wifi / a mobile network.

    Now you've had it blacklisted, it won't connect to any mobile network.

    The plan of action if you lose an iPhone is that you need to zap it
    before you have it disconnected.
     
    SteveH, May 30, 2011
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  20. Gavin

    Gavin Guest

    Its the SIM thats blacklisted, not the device itself.

    So if someone puts a DIFFERENT sim in then the wipe command will still
    work the next time it connects.

    Im not that arsed as its probably shattered, and in the middle of a
    field scaring cows.

    --
    Gavin.

    For the fast road: Suzuki GSXR600K1
    For the slow road: Moto Guzzi California Aquila Nera - FOR SALE.
    For the track: <gone>
    For everything else: Citroën Berlingo

    Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby
    Blog: http://eekafreek.com
     
    Gavin, May 30, 2011
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