Lost my phone, person who stole it now taking pics that upload to my google+

[Mindy]

Sounds good guys, get out there and crack some skulls, or whatever it is that you do.

I suppose you could go ask that nice couple to return the phone they found. That would require some "cajones" (sp?), but let's not overthink this.

Either way I sure hope it's on video, tia.

This doesn't always work. Saw some lovely parents sending their little girl to the student section to steal ICAT t-shirts when no one was looking during the Northern Colorado game. Called them out on it and asked them to return the shirts and they denied the whole thing. Even after I pointed out the bag the mom had stuffed the shirts in.

No video on this, unfortunately.

[OK_Cat]

don't be a bitch, mindy.  they probably were telling the truth.

[kslim]

 

[scottwildcat]

Shoulda punched them in the face Mindy

[Boom Roasted]

Can't wait to find out where this guy works (if he isn't a delivery driver).  Could provide a great sting location depending on what he does. So many crazy opportunities.

[Mikeyis4dcats]

Is it an iphone?

If it is, it should have the find my iphone app.

I'm sure you would know that tho.

No, it's an old Samsung SII.  I used the "find my device" when I lost it and that located it at the theater, but neither I or they could find it when we checked.  Soon after it wasn't locatable. That is when I called Sprint to cancel, etc.

http://www.androidlost.com/


I used this app to recover my wife's SII after a waitress at Blue Moose stole it.   It's fun.   You can make the phone do all kinds of fun stuff, and it installs without them knowing it.

[mocat]

READING THIS THREAD WAS A FABULOUS TREAT FOR ME THIS MORNING!

[Dr Rick Daris]

Is it an iphone?

If it is, it should have the find my iphone app.

I'm sure you would know that tho.

No, it's an old Samsung SII.  I used the "find my device" when I lost it and that located it at the theater, but neither I or they could find it when we checked.  Soon after it wasn't locatable. That is when I called Sprint to cancel, etc.

http://www.androidlost.com/


I used this app to recover my wife's SII after a waitress at Blue Moose stole it.   It's fun.   You can make the phone do all kinds of fun stuff, and it installs without them knowing it.

new plan. i say we do this for a couple of days. you can take pics from the phone and even listen in on convos...


 

Stolen Bionic recovered
What a great app! This app is responsible for getting my Droid Bionic back.
After my phone was stolen from a locker at the local YMCA, I had Verizon turn off the mobile. However, I was able to push this AndroidLost and the AndroidLost Jumpstart onto the phone remotely. The phone skipped around from place to place over the next week until it showed up in an appartment building just outside of town on Friday night. I was able to snap pictures and listen into their conversations throughout the night. I also used the Content Browser to pull pictures they he took of himself shop lifting and spraying graphiti throughout town. I called the police and they didn't seem that interested, but the next morning I still had a connection and was able to get a good picture of they guy as he was playing games on the phone.

Another call to the police in the morning convinced them that I really did have access to the phone and they sent a car over. When they called from the appartment building I sounded the alarm on the phone. They heard the phone and they guy actually looked out the window at that time and they recognized him from the photos I had sent.

Thank you for your efforts at creating this app. Everything worked beyond my expectations! Next time I probably won't be so fast at disconnecting the cellular signal since I would have found him much faster without waiting for him to be on wifi.

 

[Trim]

^^^^ Holy eff.

I might be getting stuck in a meeting tomorrow early afternoon, not sure if I'll have to be at it or can do by phone.  I'd hope I'd be done either way in time to do whatever we're doing.  I figure we probably wouldn't be on the case too early if the idea was to be done and then watch oscar at 7.  Ideally we'd know that the phone's with somebody working in a nice indoor location around 4 and I could work through all day until then.

[Pete]

Nicname, do the Rick Daris app thing!

[Dugout DickStone]

So, where is the phone this morning?

[kslim]

that app is fascinating. 

[Emo EMAW]

You guys are welcome to borrow my GoPro cameras (2).  I have a head mount and a chest mount.  They're (I'm) in KC though.

[Trim]

If not tomorrow, Saturday has a 1pm Cats game and a high of 50 degrees!

[ChiComCat]

You guys are welcome to borrow my GoPro cameras (2).  I have a head mount and a chest mount.  They're (I'm) in KC though.

Overnight them, just save the receipts and turn them into mocat in accounting

[yoEMAW]

Nicname, do the Rick Daris app thing!

If this guy isn't totally convinced that the phone is possessed by a demon at the end of this week, then opportunities were wasted imo.

[mocat]

You guys are welcome to borrow my GoPro cameras (2).  I have a head mount and a chest mount.  They're (I'm) in KC though.

Overnight them, just save the receipts and turn them into mocat in accounting

yes, i can scrounge up an expense report and we'll print you a check by the end of the week

[Emo EMAW]

I'm goign to need assurances that this is in the budget for Q1.

[mocat]

if nicname uses the rick daris app, what should he do to mess with this guy?

play sandstorm at 3 in the morning! wow!

[mocat]

direct any calls the guy makes with the phone to be redirected to 911! wow!

[mocat]

take the photo of him and his wife enjoying jalepcorn, and pak head their faces! or put different oscar faces on their faces and then set that pic as the new phone background/wallpaper! wow!

[Mikeyis4dcats]

that app is fascinating. 

an aside, here's the story of how I used it

Saturday night we were out late at the Blue Moose in Topeka. Somewhere along the way, my wife left her phone there. We didn't realize it until Sunday afternoon. I send a dozen texts and we called it numerous times, to no avail. My wife called the restaurant twice and spoke to the day and night manager hoping someone had found it.

Before we had Sprint brick it, I discovered online that Sprint offers something called Family Locator which allows you to locate the phone via GPS without an app installed. We pinged it and discovered it was in an apartment building in SW Topeka. After a hour or so we decided to file a theft report, knowing it was likely a lost cause.

After we got back from doing so, I was messing around, hoping that they would move with it so we can isolate a location, but it never happened. I began doing some googling, and found Android Lost. Now, I knew there were tons of lost phone apps, but I was not aware there were any that could be installed remotely AFTER the phone is lost or stolen. I registered and the app installed itself.

The app is AMAZING. Among other things, it not only can locate the phone by GPS, it can record audio from the mic, take photos from the cameras, wipe content, make the phone ring or even say several pre-recorded messages. You can remotely transfer your photos off the phone. You can also use it to turn the ringer on, max the volume, and play a siren. All this can be done from a computer or via text messaging.

At 10:30 last night, armed with my laptop, smartphone, I left the house and called the police department, requesting an officer meet me at the location to attempt to locate the phone. About 15 minutes later, the first officer arrives. I explain the situation, and tell him I'd like to split up, each of us taking one floor in the 3 story building, listening for the siren. We cross the basement and first floor, nothing. We meet up and head down the 3rd floor, and I trigger the siren again. As soon as we walk past apartment 19, the siren wails. We look at each other and nod. We move down the hall, and the officer calls in his location. The report comes back the the location is flagged as a known trouble spot. He requests a second officer, and then shortly after also requests the supervisor come so protocol cannot be questioned as to why they were going to knock.

As I wait down the hall, the officers knock, and the tenant's boyfriend answers. He proclaims to not know why they are there. The officer asks him to have his gf (the tenant come to the door), and asks that I trigger the phone again. The siren goes off as the bf closes the door. After about 30 seconds, they ask me to trigger it again, this time they knock and announce entry, and open the door.

The gf arrives at the door, and the officer demands she retrieve the phone. She is still wearing her Blue Moose shirt, having shortly before gotten off work. She begins spinning a tale about how she found the phone, and tried calling some phone numbers (she didn't, the app will send you the last 10 numbers called, and the last 10 texts sent and rec'd). The officer tells her he basically doesn't believe her, and brings me the phone to identify. She has removed the the fairly recognizable case it was in, removed our son's photo as the background wallpaper, and removed the micro-SD card (probably thinking it was the SIM). So we got the phone back, sans the case and the contents of the memory card.

They ask if I want to pursue charges, and I tell them I'm happy to have the phone back, and that I intend to visit Blue Moose today to inform the manager of the situation. He said that was probably more effective justice than pressing charges for a misdemeanor.

Anyhow, long story short - if you have an Android phone, go NOW and download Android Lost. It is an awesome app, and may be the one thing that helps you recover your lost or stolen phone.

http://www.androidlost.com/

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[mocat]

change ringtone to "I'll be Watching You" by the Police! wow!

[mocat]

make the phone ask how to enjoy jalepeno popcorn without getting your popcorn all soggy! wow!

[mocat]

maybe just this 24/7!



wow!