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efhmc

(15,000 posts)
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 09:37 PM Dec 2020

Just came home from Walmart without my phone.

I know exactly where I had it last but went back to look for it and it is not there. People were nice and helpful but no one was found it. Trying to track it is crazy. I think I have the right info to sign in but nothing is working. Any ideas? thanks.

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Just came home from Walmart without my phone. (Original Post) efhmc Dec 2020 OP
Please tell us the model of your phone and your carrier. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2020 #1
Can I ask my WCW account to search for it? efhmc Dec 2020 #15
Do you have a tablet? sunnybrook Dec 2020 #2
Plain old iphone. I can get my daughters to call me if that helps. efhmc Dec 2020 #9
Do you carry it in a pocket? Check between your car seats and on the floor in front of tblue37 Dec 2020 #11
My car looks for and tells me if it finds my phone and it did not but I checked anyway. efhmc Dec 2020 #14
Have someone call it. Eventually someone might answere. RDANGELO Dec 2020 #3
Not turned on. efhmc Dec 2020 #5
If it is an iPhone: Nictuku Dec 2020 #4
What the heck is ones Apple id? I have tried what I think it is and it does not work. efhmc Dec 2020 #6
Apple ID Nictuku Dec 2020 #8
Tried what I am sure is the correct id because I use it for itune. But still will not let me in efhmc Dec 2020 #10
If it's an iPhone, you can use the Find My app on another FightingIrish Dec 2020 #7
Hope you are ok. Are you? Glad you found your phone. My problem now is that my landline is not efhmc Dec 2020 #12
I'm fine. I found my phone and drove on to Seattle FightingIrish Dec 2020 #17
Thanks for your help. Are you both home and ok now? efhmc Dec 2020 #19
We're doing fine now after some tough months. FightingIrish Dec 2020 #24
Update on my cell phone: It was at Walmart as I knew it was. efhmc Dec 2020 #25
Did you specifically go to the store's lost and found and bug them to look. And have them call your Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #13
Went to the person who checked me out and to the customer service desk efhmc Dec 2020 #16
Geez, you are getting pounded. Get the land line working in case the store calls you with the found Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #18
Went outside to the telephone box where I have been able to adjust it previously efhmc Dec 2020 #20
Sleep on all of it. The brain is working when we sleep. Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #21
Thank you. I so appreciate it, efhmc Dec 2020 #22
:) Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #23
Went through all of those steps that AT&T say to do before you call for assistance. efhmc Dec 2020 #26
When my daughter was young she lost her cell phone all the time and I used that app frequently. Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #27

efhmc

(15,000 posts)
15. Can I ask my WCW account to search for it?
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 10:21 PM
Dec 2020

This is a fairly small Tx company which has had our account for years. (We had bag phones originally.)

sunnybrook

(1,223 posts)
2. Do you have a tablet?
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 09:44 PM
Dec 2020

If it's Android or Google you can try call my phone. I think it also shows where it is on a map. It's such a hassle when this happens! I hope you are able to recover it!

efhmc

(15,000 posts)
9. Plain old iphone. I can get my daughters to call me if that helps.
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 10:00 PM
Dec 2020

It is weird. I had it in my hand using it to get items my daughter asked for while she is at the ranch. i got a pencil sharpener that my gdaughters wanted, took it off my list and went to check out.When I came home it was no where to be found. Went back to the store to no available. Sad to see how dependent I am on that thing.

tblue37

(66,035 posts)
11. Do you carry it in a pocket? Check between your car seats and on the floor in front of
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 10:06 PM
Dec 2020

& behind the driver's seat. Also, check your coat pocket of you word one but normally carry it in a pants pocket.

efhmc

(15,000 posts)
14. My car looks for and tells me if it finds my phone and it did not but I checked anyway.
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 10:15 PM
Dec 2020

Moved all the seats and felt everywhere. But I appreciate your help. I even drove back to the place that I parked and searched with no luck. To me this is just weird.

Nictuku

(3,855 posts)
4. If it is an iPhone:
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 09:49 PM
Dec 2020

use a computer to log onto icloud.com Use your apple ID to log in. Use Find my iPhone. You will see it on a map (if the feature was turned on), I think you can make it play a loud sound, put a message on the front of the phone.

efhmc

(15,000 posts)
6. What the heck is ones Apple id? I have tried what I think it is and it does not work.
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 09:52 PM
Dec 2020

Here is the kicker, my AT&T land line is not working but thankfully my internet is. I am in Texas so not close to TN.

Nictuku

(3,855 posts)
8. Apple ID
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 09:54 PM
Dec 2020

Every iPhone requires that it be associated with an Apple ID. It is what is required if you install any apps from the store. It will be listed in Settings. It is an email address with a password.

efhmc

(15,000 posts)
10. Tried what I am sure is the correct id because I use it for itune. But still will not let me in
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 10:03 PM
Dec 2020

I have a list of passwords for everything but to no avail. Thanks so much for trying to help.

FightingIrish

(2,719 posts)
7. If it's an iPhone, you can use the Find My app on another
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 09:53 PM
Dec 2020

iOS device. Two years ago, my wife and I were in a serious auto accident. We were T-boned and rolled several times. My phone was ejected and I didn’t realize it was gone until I was released from the ER. Using my iPad, I determined that my phone was still at the accident scene. I drive to the location and pinged my phone with my Apple Watch. I located it on the roadside in the middle of some weeds, under several inches of loose dirt. Don’t give up hope.

efhmc

(15,000 posts)
12. Hope you are ok. Are you? Glad you found your phone. My problem now is that my landline is not
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 10:10 PM
Dec 2020

working so even if someone found my phone that person could not contact me. I feel like I am in some crazy movie after this happened and I came home to pick up my land line and it was buzzing blank.

FightingIrish

(2,719 posts)
17. I'm fine. I found my phone and drove on to Seattle
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 10:29 PM
Dec 2020

where my wife was hospitalized for the next two weeks. Not having a phone would have been horrible.

Maybe this might help.
https://flip.it/L4PnOL

efhmc

(15,000 posts)
19. Thanks for your help. Are you both home and ok now?
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 10:39 PM
Dec 2020

A iphone is certainly helpful but the health and safety of you both is more important. I never tell anyone here but my husband was killed in a head on collision many years ago so I know how life changing and horrifying these events are. Take care.

FightingIrish

(2,719 posts)
24. We're doing fine now after some tough months.
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 10:55 PM
Dec 2020

My wife lost most of her right hand in the accident and resulting infection. She got a bionic hand a year after the accident and has adapted very well. It was horrible but it brought us even closer together. I can’t imagine what you went through. We both could have been killed and feel very fortunate to have survived. You know how fragile life is and how it changes in nanoseconds. Thank you for sharing.

efhmc

(15,000 posts)
25. Update on my cell phone: It was at Walmart as I knew it was.
Tue Dec 29, 2020, 10:42 AM
Dec 2020

Went back this morning and asked again. No was the answer. We only have one which was the same answer as it was when I went last night. Well just in case, let me see it. Sure enough was the same one but while she was digging around in the box, she found another one at the bottom and it was mine!!! Next time (hope there is not one.)I am going to ask that the person check their login page and not just some box to see if it or anything I have lost has been put into the lost and found.

Was so nice to have DUers around when I was freaking out last night. Thanks a big bunch to you all.

Irish_Dem

(56,008 posts)
13. Did you specifically go to the store's lost and found and bug them to look. And have them call your
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 10:14 PM
Dec 2020

number. You just might hear it ring.

Happened to me when I lost my phone at grocery store.

efhmc

(15,000 posts)
16. Went to the person who checked me out and to the customer service desk
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 10:28 PM
Dec 2020

where there was a cell phone but not mine. Left my card but as I said the weird thing is that when I came home my land line was and still is dead. Feel like I am in some weird scifi movie.

Irish_Dem

(56,008 posts)
18. Geez, you are getting pounded. Get the land line working in case the store calls you with the found
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 10:33 PM
Dec 2020

cell phone.

Right, like something from Twilight Zone, the world is cutting you off.

efhmc

(15,000 posts)
20. Went outside to the telephone box where I have been able to adjust it previously
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 10:45 PM
Dec 2020

but looks like it is either locked or screwed down so will have to wait until the morning to mess with it. Can't even call those idiots so wanted to fix it myself and will try in the am. I do appreciate your input. Thanks.

Irish_Dem

(56,008 posts)
21. Sleep on all of it. The brain is working when we sleep.
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 10:48 PM
Dec 2020

Maybe new info and ideas will come to you in the morning.

Sending you good vibes.

efhmc

(15,000 posts)
22. Thank you. I so appreciate it,
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 10:51 PM
Dec 2020

Your kind wishes will make me sleep better. At least I have the internet so i can let my people know I am ok.

efhmc

(15,000 posts)
26. Went through all of those steps that AT&T say to do before you call for assistance.
Tue Dec 29, 2020, 10:47 AM
Dec 2020

Still nothing. Now that I have my cell phone, the first thing I am going to do is set up the app for finding ones phone and then see about getting my landline fixed.

Irish_Dem

(56,008 posts)
27. When my daughter was young she lost her cell phone all the time and I used that app frequently.
Tue Dec 29, 2020, 10:52 AM
Dec 2020

You just set it up on your computer and it tells you where the phone is on a map.
And yes you can now get your land line fixed.
Soon you will be back on the grid.

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