What to do if you lost your phone? Tips to help those who have lost. How to return a lost phone

But when the phone was found by someone and used illegally by someone, then there is a crime here and it’s called theft.
Ostapyrko Sergey

No, this is not true at all.

The objective side of the crime provided for in Article 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation is that the thief confiscates property from the owner. In other words, property is removed from the owner’s possession against the will of the latter and as a result of the actions of the thief.

If the property is lost by the owner, and the latter does not know about its location, then this property has already left the owner’s possession. It is lost. The one who finds him cannot in any way be recognized as a thief, because he did not seize the property from the owner’s possession. He found already lost property, the owner of which may be unknown.

The appropriation of found property does not constitute a crime under the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

In the old Soviet Criminal Code of the RSFSR, there was an article providing for criminal liability for the misappropriation of found property, but only if the misappropriated found property was “socialist”, i.e. belonged to the state, collective farm or other “socialist” organization (the church, for example, was not considered a “socialist” organization, and theft of church property was punished as theft of personal property belonging to a group of citizens, sic!)

Responsibility for the appropriation of lost personal property of citizens (the concept of “private property” applied only to the legislation of the so-called “capitalist” states) was not included in the Soviet criminal code.

beauty in cassation did not prevent either the investigation from initiating a case and bringing it to trial, or the trial court from passing a verdict
Ostapyrko Sergey

Yes, for the following reasons:

1) in the investigation and the court of first instance there are “literates” who do not distinguish between the appropriation of a find and theft. Dropouts and “failing students,” alas, now fill the investigative and, especially, prosecutor’s offices.

2) the lack of money for many accused under this article to invite a qualified lawyer who can explain to “law enforcement officers” their errors. And always - the pressure of the criminal investigation department, convincing the “appropriator” to write a “confession”, for which he will only receive a small fine; then a lawyer appointed by the investigator appears, who convinces the unlucky “appropriator” to “confess everything” and file a petition for a special trial procedure in order to receive a minimum sentence.

The motive for the UR's actions is obvious: for a lost and found item, the detectives will receive nothing, no carrots; at the same time, each “crime” “solved” in this way improves the performance of the SD. However, these are generally known truths.

3) general principle domestic administration of justice, according to which acquittals are allowed only in the most extreme cases, since an acquittal is inevitably followed by “organizational conclusions” regarding the investigator and the prosecutor. And the judge, you understand, is the same state official as the representatives of the prosecution, they are “of the same blood”, and besides, they work in constant contact. Naturally, the investigator and the prosecutor are much closer to the judge than some Vasya Pupkin. Imagine, our powerful country, a sixth of the land, the third Rome, etc., etc., will fork out monetary compensation for the rehabilitation of some Pupkin??? Yes, it’s easier to put him in jail, who is he...

Only as a result of such a criminal policy, the “stick system” for assessing the work of the criminal investigation department and the availability of a law degree for the ignorant and ignorant, the practice of accusing people of theft, which exists in some places, became possible. who appropriated the find.

The loss of information in the 21st century is a shock for any person. What if the data entered into a mobile phone, which people never part with day or night, disappeared? For example, the “needed” phone numbers? Now this is a real disaster. Are there ways to “reanimate” information? Here, as they say, options are possible.

Lost data from SIM card

It is clear that a SIM card, like any other electronic device, may be damaged. Why can data be lost?

* It happens that the SIM card gives errors when trying to make or receive a call. This may happen due to damage to the SIM card detection device.

Sometimes the SIM card flap becomes weak. As a result, the latter stops functioning as it should and cannot receive or send a call.

* The electronic circuit that reads information from the SIM card may fail.

* Finally, the failure may occur in the card itself.

In the latter case, it will be necessary not only to replace the card, but also to restore the data located on the damaged card. And this is already a headache. You'll have to turn to specialists.

Phone is stolen or lost

Option #1. Further actions - contact mobile operator to use the Call Details service. Not for the year, of course, but, say, for the last quarter. They will give you a printout of telephone calls and indicate the numbers, although without names. Then everything depends on your memory or the help of work colleagues, acquaintances and relatives. As a result, of course, it will not be possible to restore the entire database, but the most required numbers phone numbers and the names of their owners will be saved.

Option #2. You are an active user of ICQ or Mail.ru Agent. Take a look there. If you find the right people among your contacts, consider that they are in touch with you again. But it’s better to take phone numbers again, because this or that person may rarely appear on the Internet.

Option #3. If you do not want to waste time looking for your acquaintances, find one person who has the coordinates of at least six to eight people you “lost.” This, of course, is a banal everyday method, long and tedious, but, as they say, the game is worth the candle.

Help from outside

Last year, information appeared that, thanks to an Internet service called mobyko, the theft or loss of a mobile phone does not mean the end of the “mobile” life of its owner: the data stored in the mobile phone will not be lost. Telephone numbers, any records and similar data can be stored online in the mobyko database and at the same time be accessible anytime and anywhere. Thus, all data from a lost phone can be transferred to new phone. To work with the mobyko service, you need to register on the website www.mobyko.com.

So that the “irreparable” does not happen again

Get a notebook where you enter new numbers from time to time. If it disappears, make a home “telephone piggy bank”, where you put small pieces of paper with the coordinates of new acquaintances. Information security is 100%.

By the way, you can store people’s business cards at home: the phone number goes straight into your cell phone and address book, ICQ and email numbers go into your contacts, but don’t throw away the business card!

You can buy a spare SIM card. From time to time, insert it into your mobile phone and copy the numbers. To avoid loss of information when rebooting the phone (if a failure occurs), write down new numbers both in memory and on the SIM card.

Another tip, but implementing it is troublesome. Write down new numbers in SMS messages and save them in the archive. Then, if you lose your phone, you can use the same “Call Details”: it contains information about SMS messages saved on your phone.

Finally, the last thing. If you have a computer at your disposal, use it as a notebook. Create a document (Word, Excel) and enter the addresses and phone numbers of the people you need into it.

Some time ago my phone was stolen (white Acer Liquid A1). How it happened and why is not important; that's not what the story is about. Like any reasonable and savvy modern technologies man, I tried to find the phone and return it.

What does a person who has lost a legally purchased phone usually have in their hands? I personally had the following:
1. Packaging.
2. Remains of the package (all kinds of cases, headphones, instructions, which end up on the shelf along with the packaging at home).
3. Warranty card.
4. My own phone number (the SIM card with the number is lost along with the mobile phone).
5. IMEI number.
The last point actually turns out to be the most valuable.

After a little thought, I only had a few ways to try to locate the phone:
1. Contact the operator cellular communication to determine the phone's location by IMEI.
2. Write a statement to the police (at that time it was still the police, if anyone cares).
3. Use a third-party phone search application that was installed on it.
4. Browse popular places for selling equipment, trying to find your phone (for example, VKontakte advertisements, etc.).

Contacting the operator

Immediately after the loss, you should call the operator to:
1. Block the SIM card (to prevent money from leaving the account “to the left” and for further restoration of the number).
2. Try to find out the current location of the phone (or at least the last known location).

The first point is fulfilled clearly and quickly, but serious problems arise with the second. After 30 minutes of conversations with a senior operator technical support(I was switched from the “lower” to the highest level at my own request), my request is denied. In short, the dialogue looked something like this:
- I want to locate my lost phone by IMEI and/or block it.
- We do not have such technical capabilities.
- You have such an opportunity, I know.
- We have such an opportunity, but this happens through our Security Service only through the Police.
- Please connect me to the Security Service.
- Security Service does not communicate with clients; all requests to it go through the police.
And then in a circle.

Contacting the police (police)

To write an application, the following is required:
1. Passport
2. Original packaging with IMEI number (just having the number will not work, it is checked when filling out the application).
3. A receipt (!) confirming the fact of purchasing the phone.
4. Patience for standing in lines and writing numerous applications.
If someone follows in my footsteps, I recommend writing “loss” and not “theft” in the application - you will save your time on filling out papers + the theoretical time for processing the application and transferring it to the telecom operator’s security service.

“In secret,” the policeman told me that:
- There are 10 people like you, guy, every day. Do you think your phone will be found?
- What do the statistics say?
- Nobody will do this - the case will hang for 30 days and will be closed upon expiration.

I’ll say right away that I expected something like this and, looking ahead, the police and SB couldn’t find my phone number and the telecom operator.

Third party app to find/lock your phone

No matter how sad it may be, but third party applications At the time I lost my phone, I didn’t have it installed, so I’m writing this part of the article based on the results of my testing with the new device.

All applications that help you find your phone require the following conditions:
1. The application must be installed on the phone.
2. The phone must be turned on and connected to the network via WiFi/GPRS.
3. The phone should not be reflashed/reset to “drain” after loss.

As you understand, with last point and a problem arises. After the phone is lost, the SIM card, battery and memory card are removed from it; after which the phone with the memory card (at best) is formatted, at worst it is reflashed, and the memory card is thrown away or placed in another phone. This method works only in 5% of cases when the phone, after theft, falls into the hands of amateurs (alas, not my case).

Advertisements for sale

I looked through ads on VKontakte, ads on Avito.ru and “From Hand to Hand” for a month after the loss. During this time, I saw only three advertisements for the sale of a similar phone.
1. The first ad was removed due to the reason “New phone, packed, never taken out, complete set.” Of course, I now understand that it would be a good idea to check it as well, but the likelihood that my (rather unpopular phone) was fully restored was extremely low.
2. I was honestly late for the second ad, although it fit the description (“Phone + non-original case + cable for the computer, I threw the box away after purchase”). I was informed that the phone had been sold and said goodbye.
3. The third ad was also suitable (“Excellent condition, phone + charger, no box”), and I was in time for it. I made an appointment with the seller and, while inspecting the phone, checked the IMEI on the sticker under the battery - alas, it did not match mine.

Of course, there were still various markets/trays/thrift shops, etc., but in St. Petersburg there were so many of them that it was simply impossible to find a phone in this pile “manually”.

In the process of searching for a phone through advertisements, the police called me and informed me (as promised) that the case was closed after the deadline had expired and my phone was not found.

The system is not perfect

The phone number could not be found (did you think there would be a “Happy End”?). I would like to note two main reasons that prevented a quick and easy recovery:
1. The reluctance of the telecom operator to search for a phone by IMEI at the user’s request. Because formally, this procedure is carried out only through the police (where such statements are made in a car and a small cart), the “investigation” is delayed and it is not at all a fact that it will be carried out.
2. Third-party software for smartphones can be easily erased by more or less experienced “lost phone resale specialists.”

If you think a little, the solution to the problems comes to mind by itself:
1. The end user should be able to independently find a lost phone without the help of a telecom operator and/or the police.
2. This functionality should be available regardless of the state of the phone’s firmware and the set of applications installed on it; current logins in Gmail, etc. Roughly speaking, it should be a native system that does not depend on any external factors.
To understand how such a feature should work, you need to once again understand what is usually available to the owner after losing the phone. Essentially, this is a box with pieces of paper and a copy of the phone's IMEI.

Idea

In the box with the phone you need to put, say, a “PIN envelope” with a unique key that works in conjunction with the phone’s unique IMEI. On some official website of the phone manufacturer (or the OS installed on it), the user can enter IMEI + IMEI PIN, through which the phone’s coordinates and related information become available to him (for example, the current phone number, the Wipe All Data option, etc.).

Of course, you should understand that the system in this form is not secure enough (since you can lose the phone box, despite the fact that you may still have the phone. Extra Security can be achieved by linking (using Android as an example) a Google account to a similar service. The logic is simple:
1. The IMEI of your device is linked to your Google Account only upon request and entering the IMEI PIN.
2. When you enter the correct data (Google Login + Password, IMEI + IMEI PIN), you see the current status of the device.
3. If the phone has been reflashed and is used with another Google account (although it was previously used with yours), this information is available to you.
4. You cannot use this functionality if your Google account IMEI PIN is not entered on the current device.
5. IMEI PIN cannot be changed, cannot be resent to email", is not available on the phone itself in open form. If you lose your IMEI PIN, you lose the ability to restore your device.
6. When, say, reselling a phone, you give the buyer the IMEI PIN, with which he “unlinks” the phone from your account and links it to his own.

Instead of a conclusion

Of course, such a system will not be a 100% guarantee of recovery.
Of course, such a system is vulnerable to loss of IMEI PIN number.
Of course, you can change your phone's IMEI.

Having at least a 50% chance of finding your phone is better than a 5% chance of finding your phone.
You can lose the phone box with the IMEI PIN, but no one bothers you to store the IMEI PIN in another place (for example, on a flash drive or in a piggy bank).
Changing the IMEI of a phone is already a criminal offense, as opposed to “I just found it, lying in the bushes.”

Thank you

I hope that the first part of my story will give a little idea of ​​how things are with finding a phone now.
I hope that the second part of my story will someday be embodied in a more sensible form than just an “idea”, and will find its application in life.
Hope you never lose your phones!

Tags: smartphones, data security, cellular communications, life story, gopniks

Some time ago my phone (white Acer Liquid A1) was stolen. How it happened and why is not important; that's not what the story is about. Like any reasonable and technology-savvy person, I tried to find the phone and return it.

What does a person who has lost a legally purchased phone usually have in their hands? I personally had the following:
1. Packaging.
2. Remains of the package (all kinds of cases, headphones, instructions, which end up on the shelf along with the packaging at home).
3. Warranty card.
4. My own phone number (the SIM card with the number is lost along with the mobile phone).
5. IMEI number.
The last point actually turns out to be the most valuable.

After a little thought, I only had a few ways to try to locate the phone:
1. Contact your cellular operator to determine the location of the phone by IMEI.
2. Write a statement to the police (at that time it was still the police, if anyone cares).
3. Use a third-party phone search application that was installed on it.
4. Browse popular places for selling equipment, trying to find your phone (for example, VKontakte advertisements, etc.).

Contacting the operator

Immediately after the loss, you should call the operator to:
1. Block the SIM card (to prevent money from leaving the account “to the left” and for further restoration of the number).
2. Try to find out the current location of the phone (or at least the last known location).

The first point is fulfilled clearly and quickly, but serious problems arise with the second. After 30 minutes of conversations with a senior technical support operator (I was switched from the “lower” to the highest level at my own request), my request was denied. In short, the dialogue looked something like this:
- I want to locate my lost phone by IMEI and/or block it.
- We do not have such technical capabilities.
- You have such an opportunity, I know.
- We have such an opportunity, but this happens through our Security Service only through the Police.
- Please connect me to the Security Service.
- Security Service does not communicate with clients; all requests to it go through the police.
And then in a circle.

Contacting the police (police)

To write an application, the following is required:
1. Passport
2. Original packaging with IMEI number (just having the number will not work, it is checked when filling out the application).
3. A receipt (!) confirming the fact of purchasing the phone.
4. Patience for standing in lines and writing numerous applications.
If someone follows in my footsteps, I recommend writing “loss” and not “theft” in the application - you will save your time on filling out papers + the theoretical time for processing the application and transferring it to the telecom operator’s security service.

“In secret,” the policeman told me that:
- There are 10 people like you, guy, every day. Do you think your phone will be found?
- What do the statistics say?
- Nobody will do this - the case will hang for 30 days and will be closed upon expiration.

I’ll say right away that I expected something like this and, looking ahead, the police and SB couldn’t find my phone number and the telecom operator.

Third party app to find/lock your phone

As sad as it may be, I didn’t have any third-party applications installed at the time I lost the phone, so I’m writing this part of the article based on the results of my testing with the new device.

All applications that help you find your phone require the following conditions:
1. The application must be installed on the phone.
2. The phone must be turned on and connected to the network via WiFi/GPRS.
3. The phone should not be reflashed/reset to “drain” after loss.

As you understand, the problem arises with the last point. After the phone is lost, the SIM card, battery and memory card are removed from it; after which the phone with the memory card (at best) is formatted, at worst it is reflashed, and the memory card is thrown away or put in another phone. This method works only in 5% of cases when the phone, after theft, falls into the hands of amateurs (alas, not my case).

Advertisements for sale

I looked through ads on VKontakte, ads on Avito.ru and “From Hand to Hand” for a month after the loss. During this time, I saw only three advertisements for the sale of a similar phone.
1. The first ad was removed due to the reason “New phone, packed, never taken out, complete set.” Of course, I now understand that it would be a good idea to check it as well, but the likelihood that my (rather unpopular phone) was fully restored was extremely low.
2. I was honestly late for the second ad, although it fit the description (“Phone + non-original case + cable for the computer, I threw the box away after purchase”). I was informed that the phone had been sold and said goodbye.
3. The third ad was also suitable (“Excellent condition, phone + charger, no box”), and I was in time for it. I made an appointment with the seller and, while inspecting the phone, checked the IMEI on the sticker under the battery - alas, it did not match mine.

Of course, there were still various markets/trays/thrift shops, etc., but in St. Petersburg there were so many of them that it was simply impossible to find a phone in this pile “manually”.

In the process of searching for a phone through advertisements, the police called me and informed me (as promised) that the case was closed after the deadline had expired and my phone was not found.

The system is not perfect

The phone number could not be found (did you think there would be a “Happy End”?). I would like to note two main reasons that prevented a quick and easy recovery:
1. The reluctance of the telecom operator to search for a phone by IMEI at the user’s request. Because formally, this procedure is carried out only through the police (where such statements are made in a car and a small cart), the “investigation” is delayed and it is not at all a fact that it will be carried out.
2. Third-party software for smartphones can be easily erased by more or less experienced “lost phone resale specialists.”

If you think a little, the solution to the problems comes to mind by itself:
1. The end user should be able to independently find a lost phone without the help of a telecom operator and/or the police.
2. This functionality should be available regardless of the state of the phone’s firmware and the set of applications installed on it; current logins in Gmail, etc. Roughly speaking, it should be a native system that does not depend on any external factors.
To understand how such a feature should work, you need to once again understand what is usually available to the owner after losing the phone. Essentially, this is a box with pieces of paper and a copy of the phone's IMEI.

Idea

In the box with the phone you need to put, say, a “PIN envelope” with a unique key that works in conjunction with the phone’s unique IMEI. On some official website of the phone manufacturer (or the OS installed on it), the user can enter IMEI + IMEI PIN, through which the phone’s coordinates and related information become available to him (for example, the current phone number, the Wipe All Data option, etc.).

Of course, you should understand that the system in this form is not secure enough (since you can lose the box from the phone, despite the fact that you may still have the phone. Additional security can be achieved by linking (using the example of Android) a Google account to such service. The logic is simple:
1. The IMEI of your device is linked to your Google Account only upon request and entering the IMEI PIN.
2. When you enter the correct data (Google Login + Password, IMEI + IMEI PIN), you see the current status of the device.
3. If the phone has been reflashed and is used with another Google account (although it was previously used with yours), this information is available to you.
4. You cannot use this functionality if the IMEI PIN is not entered into your Google account on your current device.
5. IMEI PIN cannot be changed, cannot be “sent again by email”, and is not available on the phone itself in clear form. If you lose your IMEI PIN, you lose the ability to restore your device.
6. When, say, reselling a phone, you give the buyer the IMEI PIN, with which he “unlinks” the phone from your account and links it to his own.

Instead of a conclusion

Of course, such a system will not be a 100% guarantee of recovery.
Of course, such a system is vulnerable to loss of IMEI PIN number.
Of course, you can change your phone's IMEI.

Having at least a 50% chance of finding your phone is better than a 5% chance of finding your phone.
You can lose the phone box with the IMEI PIN, but no one bothers you to store the IMEI PIN in another place (for example, on a flash drive or in a piggy bank).
Changing the IMEI of a phone is already a criminal offense, as opposed to “I just found it, lying in the bushes.”

Thank you

I hope that the first part of my story will give a little idea of ​​how things are with finding a phone now.
I hope that the second part of my story will someday be embodied in a more sensible form than just an “idea”, and will find its application in life.
Hope you never lose your phones!

Tags: smartphones, data security, cellular communications, life story, gopniks

Losing a mobile phone is as unpleasant as it is unexpected, since it can happen almost anywhere: on the street, in a store, on a minibus, on a train or even at home. What to do if your phone is lost? Actively search, get depressed or run for something new? Let’s try to talk about exactly what actions you need to follow if this unpleasant event happens to you.

Action plan

At the moment when an ordinary day gives you a very unpleasant force majeure in the form of an empty pocket instead of a mobile phone lying there, many react differently: someone will feel lonely and put an end to the loss, others will tell friends or relatives, buy a new phone and promise to be more careful in future.

For this category of people, this article will end with this paragraph, but if you are going to be as active as possible, and only one thought is itching in your head: your phone is lost, what to do - know that you have to put a lot of effort, time and nerves into searching for the loss, especially that no one can give any guarantees in this difficult matter.

When you lose your phone, there is often a second person present - a pickpocket or any other attacker, so the faster you react, the higher the chances of a successful result.

What to do if you lost your phone on the street, in a crowded place or on a minibus? Try casting a suspicious glance around the people present: what if someone gives themselves away with an involuntary gesture or begins to look away. Ask a passerby, acquaintance or fellow traveler for his mobile phone (explaining the situation) and call your number. If the attacker did not manage to escape, then you have every chance of hearing a familiar melody. In the case of a vibration alert, you will have to strain your hearing.

It often happens that after a call from a third-party phone you will feel calming signals from your immense handbag or briefcase.

Contacting the police

What to do if you lose your phone at a train station, beach or in a store? After you have made a control call and made sure that your phone is not in your purse or somewhere nearby, the first thing you should do is contact the nearest police station. In theory, police officers on duty should quickly cover the area of ​​the loss, but in reality, law enforcement officers are very reluctant to rush to search for your phone.

Sometimes it happens that some police officers know local individuals involved in such a business and can quickly talk to them before your device is sold or dismantled.

Blocking a mobile phone SIM card

What to do if your Android phone is lost? You shouldn’t immediately block your SIM card when it goes missing. If your phone is stolen and a careless pickpocket makes a call from it within the first few hours, it will be much easier for the police to find it.

You must contact your telecom operator to block the SIM card two to three hours after it is lost. Instant blocking would only be reasonable if a significant amount of money or other confidential information is stored on your personal account.

Statement to the police

What to do if your phone is lost and the police officers on duty were unable to find it without delay? Write a statement and take it to the duty station. The statement is necessary not only for the police to start working on the fact of the loss, its copy is a significant reason for cooperation for your telecom operator, otherwise he may refuse to disclose the location of the mobile phone to you.

It is important to note that it is necessary to contact the police department at the place of the abduction, and not at your place of residence. The application is submitted in free form, but when writing it is necessary to take into account some nuances. What to do if you have lost your phone and the case has moved forward, do not under any circumstances mention that it is missing, write that it is stolen, otherwise the entire search procedure will be significantly delayed.

Indicate your full name, contact information where you can always be reached, the place and time of the phone theft, and technical specifications. In theory, any regular police officer is required to accept your application.

After submitting the application, be sure to write down its registration number from a special journal, otherwise it will get lost in the mass of the same ones. Using this number, you can easily find out the name of the investigator who is working on your hopeless case, and you can follow the further search for the phone.

IMEI code

What to do if you have lost your Android phone, and you have the documents about its purchase along with the warranty card in your hands? As was written above, the application, among other data, also indicates the technical characteristics of the device, where one of the most important details is the IMEI ("IMEI") of the missing device.

IMEI is a kind of fingerprint of your smartphone, consisting of 15 characters, which reflects brief information about the device. With the help of “have”, the operator can track the movement of your smartphone in GSM spaces and find out its current location with fairly high accuracy. Operator mobile communications, knowing your IMEI, is able to block the missing phone at the level of its subnet.

On most smartphones, “have” is indicated in four places: program code, under the battery, in the warranty card and on the phone packaging. To find out the IMEI in operating system“Android”, just dial the combination *#06# and write it down somewhere.

In many European countries, searching for a missing phone by IMEI code is a priority. In our country, things are very sad with this search method. According to the law, a cellular operator can provide a report on the movement of a phone by IMEI only after a request from the police, which greatly delays the case. In addition, savvy attackers can replace your “have” with another, after which it is almost impossible to find the loss.

Don't get complacent

What should I do if I lost my phone and all the above steps have been completed? Continue to be persistent, call your investigator and frequently inquire about the progress of the investigation. Establish normal human contact with the police officers who are involved in your case, then the chances of success will increase significantly.

Try to walk around places where stolen goods are bought or sold, and suddenly, among the many gadgets, you come across that one and only phone. Then at least in this, albeit very unpleasant way, you will solve your problem.

Phone found

What to do if you lost your phone at home or found it yourself? First of all, call your police investigator and thank him for successfully solving the case, then notify your telecom operator to avoid blocking or other GSM bans and try not to lose your phone again.

To sum it up

After you have carefully and point by point completed all of the above, you can praise yourself: now you know what to do if your phone is lost. And if you couldn’t find him, then you don’t have to get depressed, you fought to the last and did everything in your power.

There are special forums, blogs and projects where people who have lost their mobile phones unite, and as moral support and at least some peace of mind, you can bury your device with honor, indicating the city and date of loss, and at the same time add a comment wishing health to the thief .

It is almost impossible to predict whether your phone will disappear or be stolen, but if such a nuisance does happen to you, then remember that no one but yourself is interested in finding it.

You can, of course, be sad at your leisure about the loss, and then go to the store for a new phone, but someone will go on a bold search for their favorite smartphone and, if a fortunate combination of circumstances, will find it, especially since a month after the loss of the gadget is that period when his return is a real thing.

All that remains is to wish all the owners mobile phones never lose them, and if you do lose them, find them quickly. Be vigilant and store your gadgets in safe places, away from the sun and deft hands.