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cdinca · 08-26-2007, 08:20 PM

While you certainly might be correct, let me suggest the following.

1. you accidentally throw away your iphone.
2. it is picked up by garbage services, loaded into a yuck truck.
3. no edge signal in the giant metal yuck truck, so not able to auto check email. (it is possible to have phone signal, but no EDGE right?)
4. since it is not able to auto check mail, and is mostly asleep, battery lasts much longer than usual.

I just find this so much more plausible than a theif knowing to disable your auto mail and not being curious enough to visit web sites, or youtube, or something...

Originally Posted by corcor

Cdinca, this is what I'm trying to figure out. I really, really don't think there's any way that I threw my phone out. There were two reasons I was pretty sure it was stolen:

1) The phone was still ringing several days after I lost it, suggesting to me that it was on and had been charged. It was still ringing five days after I lost it, and my phone never lasted that long on one charge.

2) There was no log of any data usage after I lost it, suggesting that the culprit switched off my auto-email checking or disabled Edge.

According to eufo, however, the phone might still ring even if it was switched off. This seems strange to me, but since he seems to be more of an expert on the matter, I am willing to defer to his experience.

There were a few data uses that morning, with the last one being at 1 p.m. After that, nothing. No calls, and no data. It's just bizarre.

08-26-2007, 08:20 PM	#18 (permalink)
cdinca Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 435 Thanks: 4 Thanked 11 Times in 6 Posts	While you certainly might be correct, let me suggest the following. 1. you accidentally throw away your iphone. 2. it is picked up by garbage services, loaded into a yuck truck. 3. no edge signal in the giant metal yuck truck, so not able to auto check email. (it is possible to have phone signal, but no EDGE right?) 4. since it is not able to auto check mail, and is mostly asleep, battery lasts much longer than usual. I just find this so much more plausible than a theif knowing to disable your auto mail and not being curious enough to visit web sites, or youtube, or something... Originally Posted by corcor Cdinca, this is what I'm trying to figure out. I really, really don't think there's any way that I threw my phone out. There were two reasons I was pretty sure it was stolen: 1) The phone was still ringing several days after I lost it, suggesting to me that it was on and had been charged. It was still ringing five days after I lost it, and my phone never lasted that long on one charge. 2) There was no log of any data usage after I lost it, suggesting that the culprit switched off my auto-email checking or disabled Edge. According to eufo, however, the phone might still ring even if it was switched off. This seems strange to me, but since he seems to be more of an expert on the matter, I am willing to defer to his experience. There were a few data uses that morning, with the last one being at 1 p.m. After that, nothing. No calls, and no data. It's just bizarre.