Hi everybody,
Sorry for the long post.
A while ago I lost my Samsung S21 phone in “mysterious” circumstances and I’m hoping somebody here could provide a logical explanation for what may have happened.
I live in a residence with several units along one side of a long (maybe 150 ft.) driveway. My unit is the last one (the farthest from the street).
My car was in the garage facing the back wall (A in the drawing below) and while getting ready to leave, I put my phone on the right side of the hood. I forgot about my phone and drove off backing out of the garage with it still on the hood. About halfway down the driveway, I did a three-point turn, then exited the driveway and turned left on the two-lane street (with a fair amount of traffic), and after about 300 ft, turned right on residential street (with very low traffic).
About 500ft into that street, and probably less than 2-3 min since I had left the garage (B) I remembered about the phone. I stopped the car, and the phone was no longer on the hood. I then proceeded to look for it along my route. I went back and forth probably 5-6 times, and looked everywhere, on the street, under parked cars, under leaves, along the curb, on the driveway, in the garage, but could not find it, intact or not. I quite literally searched every inch of my short route (even looked in some storm drains).
After about 20-25 minutes of fruitless search, I remembered about the Google and Samsung “Find my phone” feature, but they reported that the phone was unreachable, and the last known location was near my garage.
I kept looking for several hours after that but nothing.
I posted ads around the neighborhood, searched on Craigslist lost & found, asked at the police station lost & found office, all for several weeks after, unsuccessfully.
I cannot imagine what happened, especially since the last known position was in or near the garage.
If the phone had fallen off the hood in the garage or while backing out of the driveway, it would not have been damaged (it was covered by a silicone case) and would have been still on and reachable (if for some reason I could not see it).
If the phone had fallen off the hood on the street and gotten run over and damaged by a passing car (suggested by the fact that it was unreachable), I should have found its remains.
These are streets with quite low pedestrian traffic, but even if somebody found it, they would not have been able to turn it off or put it in airplane mode as it was secured with a pin and hard to guess (I think) pattern. In that case, Google would have shown a different last location.
What could have happened?
Thank you
Sorry for the long post.
A while ago I lost my Samsung S21 phone in “mysterious” circumstances and I’m hoping somebody here could provide a logical explanation for what may have happened.
I live in a residence with several units along one side of a long (maybe 150 ft.) driveway. My unit is the last one (the farthest from the street).
My car was in the garage facing the back wall (A in the drawing below) and while getting ready to leave, I put my phone on the right side of the hood. I forgot about my phone and drove off backing out of the garage with it still on the hood. About halfway down the driveway, I did a three-point turn, then exited the driveway and turned left on the two-lane street (with a fair amount of traffic), and after about 300 ft, turned right on residential street (with very low traffic).
About 500ft into that street, and probably less than 2-3 min since I had left the garage (B) I remembered about the phone. I stopped the car, and the phone was no longer on the hood. I then proceeded to look for it along my route. I went back and forth probably 5-6 times, and looked everywhere, on the street, under parked cars, under leaves, along the curb, on the driveway, in the garage, but could not find it, intact or not. I quite literally searched every inch of my short route (even looked in some storm drains).
After about 20-25 minutes of fruitless search, I remembered about the Google and Samsung “Find my phone” feature, but they reported that the phone was unreachable, and the last known location was near my garage.
I kept looking for several hours after that but nothing.
I posted ads around the neighborhood, searched on Craigslist lost & found, asked at the police station lost & found office, all for several weeks after, unsuccessfully.
I cannot imagine what happened, especially since the last known position was in or near the garage.
If the phone had fallen off the hood in the garage or while backing out of the driveway, it would not have been damaged (it was covered by a silicone case) and would have been still on and reachable (if for some reason I could not see it).
If the phone had fallen off the hood on the street and gotten run over and damaged by a passing car (suggested by the fact that it was unreachable), I should have found its remains.
These are streets with quite low pedestrian traffic, but even if somebody found it, they would not have been able to turn it off or put it in airplane mode as it was secured with a pin and hard to guess (I think) pattern. In that case, Google would have shown a different last location.
What could have happened?
Thank you
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