Lost Samsung A55 in Bristol....

[GloverMart]

Think this might be a needle in a haystack but there you go.

Son went out in Bristol last night with his work mates, left them just after midnight, booked an Uber which he got into at 12.07am and arrived home (outskirts of Bristol) around 12.30am.

First realised his phone was missing this morning when waking up and he then fired up "Smart Things Find", an app for locating stuff like this. Showed it in the Broad Plain area of the city and for the rest of the day, it's been to Warminster, Bath and now it's currently showing in the City centre again. Last ping was 7.07pm tonight (think it works off other Samsung devices pinging it IIRC).

He's contacted Uber who have messaged back saying they haven't found it, presumably they have contacted the driver? He can't message the driver directly unless it's from the number that ordered the Uber (another dead end). He has a name for the driver but that's not much good either. He knows it was a Dacia Jogger but nothing else.

He's just got back from USA on Wednesday night, lots of photos on there not backed up and running out of time and battery now, I guess.

Is there anything else I've forgotten?

Edited by GloverMart on Friday 5th December 21:53

[skyebear]

Drive round Bristol chasing the pings like the CIA hunting Bin Laden's courier in Zero Dark Thirty?

Have you tried ringing the phone to see if the driver answers it? Or does your son tend to leave it on silent?

[GloverMart]

skyebear said:

Drive round Bristol chasing the pings like the CIA hunting Bin Laden's courier in Zero Dark Thirty?

Have you tried ringing the phone to see if the driver answers it? Or does your son tend to leave it on silent?

It's usually set to silent, yes. It's been going to voicemail since when he first called it this morning.

Think the thing that upsets him the most are the photos. His storage is/was full up so the photos he took in the States are saved to the device and not the cloud so barring a miracle, he's lost them.

Edited by GloverMart on Friday 5th December 22:06

[Defcon5]

If he increases his cloud storage will they automatically upload?

Or will his settings prevent this happening when using mobile data?

[GloverMart]

Defcon5 said:

If he increases his cloud storage will they automatically upload?

Or will his settings prevent this happening when using mobile data?

Apparently not, I've been told.

Maybe for the reason you suggested, but appreciate you trying.

[the-norseman]

Get somebody to book uber for him, but go right next to the local the phone is showing.