Lost phone

[dispudet]

I left my phone on the train the other day and is has not been handed in by a kind soul. I rang O2 the same evening and they 'deactivated' the SIM. Is there any way I can ring this phone and appeal to the person's better nature to hand it in? There are lots of photos on it I don't want to lose going back a couple of years. I would even offer a reward for handing it in though I guess that would be practically difficult to arrange.

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

@dispudet 

The phone and sim are now barred so it won't connect in anyway.

You need to claim off any insurance or buy a new phone now.

O2 will send you a new sim in the post.

[gmarkj]

If the sim card has been deactivated then it won't be able to receive normal calls @dispudet .

Not sure if iMessage/FaceTime would work.

Did you not have a "find my phone" set up, or an account to sync photos to (Apple or Android)?

[dispudet]

Thanks @gmarkj and @MI5. Regrettably, I didn't set up a synch. Just one of those things I never got round to. Paying the price for it now. Just trying to recover what photos I have shared via WA.

[gmarkj]

You might have something set up even if you didn't realise @dispudet 

Was it an Android phone and did you sign up/in to a gmail account?

Log in online, and check the Photos app. Fingers crossed you might be surprised...