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Lost phone at home on silent mode

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patateaufromage Posted messages 15 Status Member -  
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Hello,

I lost my phone since Monday, at home. I used SFR's geolocation, it gives me a location within 500m, so it's useless. I have no GPS on it, nothing. I only use it to make phone calls, receive calls, send and receive SMS/MMS.

It's an LG Optimus L3.
It's in silent mode and I can't remember where it is.

Is there a way to get more precise geolocation? Like telling me to look in a specific room, more to the right or to the left?

I'm open to all possible solutions!!!
Thanks a lot!!

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    Pierrecastor Posted messages 10830 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   4 215
     
    Hi

    The only solution I see.

    Get yourself a portable speaker (or a PC speaker, something like that), which you will turn on and carry around your house while you try to call your cell phone.

    Normally, a cell phone that accesses the network produces characteristic interference in a speaker that you should hear if you get close to it within 1 or 2 meters.

    As for those fierce soldiers, I say, it's not to snitch,
    but they just roar in our fields.
    -Pierre Desproges-
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    1. patateaufromage Posted messages 15 Status Member 2
       
      A wireless radio, can it work?
      I will try it tonight, but I feel like this phone doesn't produce any interference; I use it in front of my computer, in front of the TV, in front of the radio, and there's never any interference...
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    2. Pierrecastor Posted messages 10830 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   4 215
       
      Can a wireless radio work?

      I think so, yes.


      I’ll try it tonight, but I feel like this phone doesn’t produce interference; I’m on the phone in front of my computer, in front of the TV, in front of the radio, and there’s never any interference....

      Well, that’s too bad, but it’s worth a shot anyway.
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    3. patateaufromage Posted messages 15 Status Member 2
       
      Isn't there a way to do it like in the movies? A precise geolocation?? lol
      I know it's a bit much, but if there's a way, what wouldn't I do to find that guy?
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    4. Pierrecastor Posted messages 10830 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   4 215
       
      No way.

      Don't despair, if you turn your whole apartment upside down, you'll eventually find it.
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    5. zerbout boudjemaa
       
      you are a genius. good idea.
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  2. AliciaRD67 Posted messages 395 Status Member 280
     
    Cleaning thoroughly is the best solution, dusting between the sofa seats, underneath the sofa, under the sink, everywhere everywhere. It's already great to do a big clean, but by doing this, you’re sure to find it again. Good luck!

    --
    All things come to those who wait.
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    1. patateaufromage Posted messages 15 Status Member 2
       
      thank you for your reply.. I'm on the verge of going to SFR, two days without a phone is hard to handle... :(
      I'm going right now
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    2. Pierrecastor Posted messages 10830 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   4 215
       
      If after searching your whole place for 2 days you still haven't found your phone, maybe it's not at home, right?
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    3. patateaufromage Posted messages 15 Status Member 2
       
      he's at my place, I made a phone call on Monday around noon, I tossed my phone somewhere and ran to open the front door, 2 hours later I needed it to call and there's been no sign of life to this day
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    4. Pierrecastor Posted messages 10830 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   4 215
       
      You're not actually going to buy a new phone while the old one is still at home.

      You need to get back to a systematic search.
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    5. Anonymous user
       
      By calling in the dark, a silent phone produces a visible light.
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  3. patateaufromage Posted messages 15 Status Member 2
     
    I'm checking in! Just in case it helps someone
    So it turned up this morning by pure chance... I even have a new loan phone from SFR (they're super helpful in this regard since the loan phone is free and really comes in handy)
    It was in the foldable mattress carpet of my little one, it was actually inside the cover, that’s why I didn't find it, and it was my partner who found it while tidying up this morning, he told me there was something moving around inside when he touched it
    No more silent mode and thanks to everyone
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    1. Pierrecastor Posted messages 10830 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   4 215
       
      Thank you for the feedback. :-)

      And I would have learned that SFR provides loan phones in case of loss.
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    2. AliciaRD67 Posted messages 395 Status Member 280
       
      Ah ah, it’s always in places like this that we lose things.
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    3. AliciaRD67 Posted messages 395 Status Member 280
       
      Cool that you found it.
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    4. %.KOL
       
      I lost my phone in my apartment and it's on silent mode, how can I find it??? I've looked EVERYWHERE but I can't seem to get my hands on it, please help me!!!!!!!
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  6. djjulien Posted messages 7 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4
     
    lg doesn't have a system to geolocate it?

    (long live Sony)
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    1. Pierrecastor Posted messages 10830 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   4 215
       
      To geolocate a mobile phone from a PC, do you need to have installed or configured something beforehand?

      Also, geolocation is rarely accurate to the exact meter, right?
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    2. patateaufromage Posted messages 15 Status Member 2
       
      Well, I don't know, I only use it to make calls and send messages. If something like that exists on LG, I'd be happy to learn how to use it to find it.
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    3. Pierrecastor Posted messages 10830 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   4 215
       
      What kind of phone is it? A smartphone?
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    4. Anonymous user
       
      I would ask the same questions if I wanted to locate a third party who may not want to be found.
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    5. patateaufromage Posted messages 15 Status Member 2
       
      Yes, it's a smartphone, LG Optimus L3
      (sorry, I had to step out)
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