Losing my iPhone 3G
Yesterday wasn't among the most fun days I've had in a while.
While driving back from meetings in Saint John, I put my iPhone 3G on the car seat. When I dropped my rental car back off to the agency, I forgot it in the car.
I didn't realize I was missing the phone until I got home. I quickly called the agency to see if they could search the car. But they had already dispatched it out someone else and were in the process of dropping it off. I tried calling the phone to alert the driver. No answer. Now I was getting really worried.
I drove to the rental agency wondering how I was going to explain to my wife how I had misplaced a $500-$700 phone. Thankfully, the rental agency was able to get a hold of the new renter, who after some digiligent searching, found my phone and actually came back to the agency to drop it off.
I've learned a few painful lessons that day. One - the new find my phone feature in MobileMe doesn't work unless you've turned it on the phone (go to Settings - Mail, Contacts, Calendar - (YourMobileMeAccount) and turn on find my phone. This enables a couple of cool features:
- GPS location for your iPhone
- Ablity to send a large text message with annoyning sound to help you or others find the phone
- Ablity to wipe the phone remotely (warning, doing this will result in the loss of the ablity to find the phone and communicate with it).
And two - it's always a good idea to password lock your phone. The above mentioned find my phone feature can be turned off unless you've password locked your phone.
A special thanks to the rental agency, Enterprise, and their helpful staff along with the really nice gentleman from Jacques Whitford who returned the iPhone.
