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Situation

So i have a ET with a terribly cracked screen and cannot use TEP because they want an affedavid and i do not have a proper ID. Ive already made a claim before i realized i neeed such but im not sure if the system has it recognized that the ET is what i was clamining. Im wondering , if i put the ET on someone else account , wait a few hours , and then make a claim , have the phone sent , and then put on my account wit a couple hours after that. Would this pluasibly work? Any one else do any sort of "trick" like this? Its not really a scam or any thing , lol . I just dont have an ID. Will they know theres already a claim on the specific phone or even notice?

do you have a repair center near you
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There are so many repair centers that can fix screens, why take the chance on your account being shut off, and oh yeah Sprint can tell the difference, so why risk a possible arrest for fraud. Find the repair center, cost maybe under 120.00 if there no internal damage.

Go pay the $20 to your state for a I.D. Card. They will issue a Temp I.D. that is a acceptable form of I.D. for the next 3 or 4 weeks, until real one arrives.

Ive abandoned the idea and am waiting for an ID in the mail , lol. Patience pays. What a Stupid thread I made. My apologies. Thanks for the responses though.
Cant wait to be able to complete the claim and get my beast of a phone back. Until then , stuck with the original Epic. O and for some reason the lcd+digitizer for the ET is absolutley impossible to find any where. Ive tried all over google , and every repair center in my area.

Yeah, I think you would have to wait 30 days if you switched phone to someone else's account. At least, I know you have to wait if you add it to existing account.
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I love the way how some people's minds think.

jasone4gt said:
I love the way how some people's minds think.
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I pay for insurance on both of my phones to avoid situations like this. If I canceled my insurance, my phone would break the next day...that's the kind of luck I have
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Never Buying any samsungs again.

bought a new galaxy nexus for 599.99 on febuary and already there is problems with losing signals and biggest problem of all is that my phone wont charge the only way to charge it is to turn it off and charge and that sometimes works and sometimes doesnt i have to keep unplugging and plugging back the usb.
i read alot about this issue on google and samsung is not doing about it.
so i called samsung i dont know where thier call centre is i called from canada. and spoke to a manager to send my phone for repair and told him can you make this quicker cause he was slow and my movie at theatre was gonna start in 10 mins and already been talking to this manager for 15 mins. and he puts me on hold and comes back after 6 mins and ask for my email. and i told him my email and i wanted to make sure he got it right and got him to repeat it for me. OMG THIS GUY WAS STUPID AS HELL I SWEAR TO GOD HE GOT IT WRONG MORE THAN 12 TIMES. so i told him i have to go to movie and im not gonna repeat myself so you better get it right this time. and he got it wrong again im 100% sure he was doing it on purpose so i told him . LISTEN repeat it again and say it correctly and he said IM SORRY BUT FOR SECURITY ISSUE I HAVE TO HANGUP THE CALL. and the guy hangup on me im soo pissed at this and at samsung that i will never ever buy a samsung phone or recommend it to my customer. i went to samsung galaxy s3 training and told the canada head manager she didnt even acknowledged me thats bs.

Lol
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Samsungs are not perfect. But niether is competitions'
Millions of ppl use samsung phones.
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maybe next time you'll put insurance on your $600 phone. never had an issue with my GN but any other phone i have, i just walk in to my sprint store and get another one... just sayin.

the_ahmadzais said:
bought a new galaxy nexus for 599.99 on febuary and already there is problems with losing signals and biggest problem of all is that my phone wont charge the only way to charge it is to turn it off and charge and that sometimes works and sometimes doesnt i have to keep unplugging and plugging back the usb.
i read alot about this issue on google and samsung is not doing about it.
so i called samsung i dont know where thier call centre is i called from canada. and spoke to a manager to send my phone for repair and told him can you make this quicker cause he was slow and my movie at theatre was gonna start in 10 mins and already been talking to this manager for 15 mins. and he puts me on hold and comes back after 6 mins and ask for my email. and i told him my email and i wanted to make sure he got it right and got him to repeat it for me. OMG THIS GUY WAS STUPID AS HELL I SWEAR TO GOD HE GOT IT WRONG MORE THAN 12 TIMES. so i told him i have to go to movie and im not gonna repeat myself so you better get it right this time. and he got it wrong again im 100% sure he was doing it on purpose so i told him . LISTEN repeat it again and say it correctly and he said IM SORRY BUT FOR SECURITY ISSUE I HAVE TO HANGUP THE CALL. and the guy hangup on me im soo pissed at this and at samsung that i will never ever buy a samsung phone or recommend it to my customer. i went to samsung galaxy s3 training and told the canada head manager she didnt even acknowledged me thats bs.
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LOL.
Well let's see.
#1 did you get your USB port wet? Because I had the charging issues you describe with the fantastic combination of a wet USB port, and a crappy, cheap USB cable.
#2 The signal issue is a pretty well documented 4.0.4 issue. You're on xda, ffs. Upgrade or downgrade your radio.

I never understood why people say "I will never buy a product from this company again!!" after having a bad experience with one of the products / representatives. It just sounds like you got a lemon and a bad representative to speak to.

Yeah well if you get uppity with customer service people they won't react well, you get a lot further by being polite. You were poetically the 27th person he spoke to that morning and he was probably busting for a leek and his lunch was probably getting cold and the last two people he spoke to were probably jerks as well and its not really his fault your phone is faulty but everyone yells at him as if he broke their phones personally.
I am in a customer service role and when people start yelling at me for things which are beyond my control, I loose all interest in helping them. Sometimes if they're really annoying I will deliberately lead them astray, put them on hold or transfer them to people who can't help them. On the other hand if people approach me in a more respectful way I'm more than happy to go the extra mile for them.
Maybe if you grew up and showed a bit more compassion you might get better results. Customer service people are human beings and have needs and emotions just the same as you do so you have no right to treat them like punching bags on which to vent your frustration.
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my head hurts now.

I said the same thing after I was disappointed with my Captivate. But, here I am...

how was the movie?

nickzkcin said:
how was the movie?
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LOL

nickzkcin said:
how was the movie?
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Lol +1
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I had damaged USB port on Galaxy S II and to avoid all that hassle i simply went to Samsung service center and asked them to repair it as out of warranty product. Two days + 30€ and i had my phone back.
Also this happened to my GNex, but this time it was enough to plug in my wifes charger (from Desire S) and it started to charge again. Since then i always use HTC charger

Are you by any chance a 14 year old girl?
"Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light."

Archpope said:
I said the same thing after I was disappointed with my Captivate. But, here I am...
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I said the same thing with the... Omnia, Omnia i8910, Galaxy s2 and now the Nexus.. but im pretty sure i will have another Samsung phone haha.
@OP
I could probably see it now.. you shouting into the phone.. no wonder lol

the_ahmadzais said:
bought a new galaxy nexus for 599.99 on febuary and already there is problems with losing signals and biggest problem of all is that my phone wont charge the only way to charge it is to turn it off and charge and that sometimes works and sometimes doesnt i have to keep unplugging and plugging back the usb.
i read alot about this issue on google and samsung is not doing about it.
so i called samsung i dont know where thier call centre is i called from canada. and spoke to a manager to send my phone for repair and told him can you make this quicker cause he was slow and my movie at theatre was gonna start in 10 mins and already been talking to this manager for 15 mins. and he puts me on hold and comes back after 6 mins and ask for my email. and i told him my email and i wanted to make sure he got it right and got him to repeat it for me. OMG THIS GUY WAS STUPID AS HELL I SWEAR TO GOD HE GOT IT WRONG MORE THAN 12 TIMES. so i told him i have to go to movie and im not gonna repeat myself so you better get it right this time. and he got it wrong again im 100% sure he was doing it on purpose so i told him . LISTEN repeat it again and say it correctly and he said IM SORRY BUT FOR SECURITY ISSUE I HAVE TO HANGUP THE CALL. and the guy hangup on me im soo pissed at this and at samsung that i will never ever buy a samsung phone or recommend it to my customer. i went to samsung galaxy s3 training and told the canada head manager she didnt even acknowledged me thats bs.
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..who calls tech support in a movie theater?
I mean, a conference call or phone interview I can understand...but tech support?

reuthermonkey said:
LOL.
Well let's see.
#1 did you get your USB port wet? Because I had the charging issues you describe with the fantastic combination of a wet USB port, and a crappy, cheap USB cable.
#2 The signal issue is a pretty well documented 4.0.4 issue. You're on xda, ffs. Upgrade or downgrade your radio.
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+1. I had a feature phone once with a dead usb port. Of course my daughter was teething at the time and had found it...
Come to think of it, it was a Samsung too. Stupid Samsung.

I said the same thing after owning a Behold II. Damn, Sammy, what a godawful phone.

Hey ghandi, sweet demeanor.
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Lost Phone

So I lost my phone last night, think it may have been in the taxi and have been in touch with the company so will hopefully hear back but I am doubtful, seriously gutted. Lesson being, turn on the GPS and find my phone crap, as much as you may think it drains battery etc DO IT. Wish I had done now, tons of pics of my 2.5 year old twins gone now. Next phone I get will definitely have all that crap turned on 24/7.

Plan B by Lookout
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb
Hit the install button which should push it to your phone.
The app will auto start and send location details to your Google account email address.
(further instructions in the link)
Leaving GPS on in the background uses little battery power as long as you don't have apps accessing your location every few minutes as it only uses power when it needs to update the location.
Regarding your photos. I would recommend using a feature built in to both Dropbox and GooglePlus which uploads your photos and videos to the cloud. I have mine set to do this when on charge and connected via wifi so that it syncs every night and doesn't waste data and power during the day.
Good luck

+1 to drhunter's suggestions. PlanB for now, install something like Lookout (or one of the many others) once you've got it back (or replaced).
Also, as drhunter said, having GPS on drains no battery unless the GPS is used (unlike Bluetooth or Wifi) - that it is thought to do so is nothing but a myth.

Daley87 said:
So I lost my phone last night, think it may have been in the taxi and have been in touch with the company so will hopefully hear back but I am doubtful, seriously gutted. Lesson being, turn on the GPS and find my phone crap, as much as you may think it drains battery etc DO IT. Wish I had done now, tons of pics of my 2.5 year old twins gone now. Next phone I get will definitely have all that crap turned on 24/7.
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Try to report to HTC support central , may be they can track or phone with S/N and block the sinal ... may the phone don´t appear any more but if some one use it they can bock or phone with the IMEI ...

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Try to report to HTC support central , may be they can track or phone with S/N and block the sinal ... may the phone don´t appear any more but if some one use it they can bock or phone with the IMEI ...
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Friends phone got stolen, and htc didn't do ****!
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I feel for you mate, makes you feel sick to the pit of your stomach, I hope you get it back, keep us updated.

xmoo said:
Friends phone got stolen, and htc didn't do ****!
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I know they don´t find the phone , but if they bock the phone with IMEI no one will use it any more ...

Lesson being, turn on the GPS and find my phone crap,
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That's the thing to do and as far as I'm aware, having GPS enabled doesn't drain the battery until an app makes use of the GPS.
I use Seekdroid on my phone and Tab, I haven't needed to use it yet, but it's reassuring to know that it's installed .... just in case!
I hope your phone gets returned ASAP. Good luck.

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I know they don´t find the phone , but if they bock the phone with IMEI no one will use it any more ...
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You need to contact your network provider, they will block the sim card, and should be able to block the imei also, least that way no one will be able to use any part of your phone
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I lost my hd2 and some numpty was using it and deleted my contacts added his own and synced it with my Google account lol I got his mum's number and rang her and told her that her son had stole my phone she rang me back the next day I met her and got my phone back
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Help Tips http://www.forumhookers.com/topic/58-how-to-find-a-lost-android-phone/unread/

masrterk said:
I know they don´t find the phone , but if they bock the phone with IMEI no one will use it any more ...
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IMIE blocks are done by the operator not the handset manufacturer, And are operator independent, so block it at att&t and till still be usable in version (i assume these are your primary American networks)
bugger about the photos, shame you don't sync to dropbox/google/home pc

whynot66 said:
I lost my hd2 and some numpty was using it and deleted my contacts added his own and synced it with my Google account lol I got his mum's number and rang her and told her that her son had stole my phone she rang me back the next day I met her and got my phone back
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That's pretty dam funny
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Daley87 said:
So I lost my phone last night, think it may have been in the taxi and have been in touch with the company so will hopefully hear back but I am doubtful, seriously gutted. Lesson being, turn on the GPS and find my phone crap, as much as you may think it drains battery etc DO IT. Wish I had done now, tons of pics of my 2.5 year old twins gone now. Next phone I get will definitely have all that crap turned on 24/7.
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Wont help you much but I prefer this, it work over network and keep working over the internet
https://cellagent.net/en/Login/
1$ registration is quite good imho
hopefully it will help someone...

whynot66 said:
I lost my hd2 and some numpty was using it and deleted my contacts added his own and synced it with my Google account lol I got his mum's number and rang her and told her that her son had stole my phone she rang me back the next day I met her and got my phone back
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Epic

Don't forget to block EVERYTHING. Including account on the phone like gmail and facebook.

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I know they don´t find the phone , but if they bock the phone with IMEI no one will use it any more ...
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Funny thing is... his phone was s-off and was running the 2.15 TEST ROM.
HTC Test roms have location enabled all the time, you cannot disable it, even with root.

[SURVEY] Hardbrick => service center... Did it work?

Hey guys,
This topic is kinda a survey.
For people who hardbricked a phone before and took it to the service centre...
Did they believe your lies?
Are the guys at the centres true geeks that know everything about it or not?
Did you get a new phone?
Did they find out what you really did?
Did you have to pay after all?
Just wanna hear some stories, this kinda stories are always funny. :laugh:

DevWithCookies said:
Hey guys,
This topic is kinda a survey.
For people who hardbricked a phone before and took it to the service centre...
Did they believe your lies?
Are the guys at the centres true geeks that know everything about it or not?
Did you get a new phone?
Did they find out what you really did?
Did you have to pay after all?
Just wanna hear some stories, this kinda stories are always funny. :laugh:
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I had mine bricked and asked for the nearest service centre.. (6h drive from here)..so it was a no no...
so I sent my phone through the mail...they couldnt figure out why it wasnt working so they gave me a new phone
with the new phone also came a list of things NOT to do with the phone
like messing with firmware blablabla that it would void the warranty
I guess they probably had a feeling that I bricked the phone but couldnt tell?
I also put the phone sitting on a magnet so it would actually damage it before I sent it in
so even if they would try to jtag it at the service centre to find out the problem it would never work..
The only thing I had to pay was to send the phone to them...

Awesome

My gio never bricked, but my friend's wonder did. Go to service center and they accept it without any money charge.
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YES
i bricked my gio and i took it to the mtn service center and lied to the clerk that i found it like that .i had too wait awhile but when i fetched it i was told that the whole board was changed .btw all free of charge butt i have it on a contract

My fifth day of owning my gio I made the fatal mistake of using ROM manager. So I returned it to the store saying it would not turn on.
He asked me "did it shut off when you were using it?" I answered yes, and it was not a lie because he didn't know what kind of "use" it was, so he sent it for repairs and two weeks after, I got it back free off charge with a new motherboard.
Sent from my Nexus 7.

A w e s o m e
How many money would a company like samsung lose on hardbricks... Not like it matters, they have money enough...
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I found a Redmi Note 5 Pro yesterday on road.

A Redmi account is added into it. What I can do. please help I cudnt able to break through it

ıf it has a sim card keep it charged, the owner will probably try to call it.

Do what you would want done for you.

return it to its owner man!

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A Redmi account is added into it. What I can do. please help I cudnt able to break through it
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Be prepared to get in trouble if the original owner files a report to police for lost phone. It's better you either try to contact back the owner and return it, or report to nearest police station where you found it. If you want to use it for yourself, there are grey methods available, but it will always be risky if the IMEI of the device is reported to police/network provider. So good luck with it

Wow...
Redlegend said:
A Redmi account is added into it. What I can do. please help I cudnt able to break through it
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Honestly... This says alot about you..
Put yourself in this poor person's place.. these thing cost a lot of cash..
Most of us have our lives in these devices.
Pictures of our Children or Family.. Precious moments..
Bank Accounts... Contacts.. Personal and Professional.
And here you are..... trying to BREAK INTO IT AND ASKING FOR *HELP* here at XDA.
I think.. you should be traced... and turned in to the Authorities..
DO THE RIGHT THING.. MAKE ***EVERY EFFORT*** TO CONTACT THE OWNER AND RETURN THE PHONE.
This Thread Is Just Not Cool Man.

Wow u r asking the community to help you steal someone's phone.The owner can easily track you.Simply return it by contacting the owner or go to a police station and submit the phone over there and if you are going to keep it get ready to get into big trouble

Try calling 911 or 100 and then ask them you found this phone on lying road and tell them to unlock it. Then the phone will be sucessfully unlocked. Please dont switch off that phone else owner will be able to track it if phone is switched off. Good luck

Redlegend said:
A Redmi account is added into it. What I can do. please help I cudnt able to break through it
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Return it to the police or directly call the owner, get yourself a probable award or good wishes!!

Wtf
Guys I do want to return it but the problem is sim card is not there and mobile not opening why u guys Makin me thief, I just wanted to get into it so I cud find the contacts of the seller and return it to him....I was in a trip, I was like 500km far from where am I now. If I even return it the local police station I am not sure if they are going to give it back to the real owner. Or might be possible police they sell it back to someone, I don't trust those money seeking policemen... I was asking a solution for it. Dammit my title was I found a phone in the road, not I want to steal someone's phone. Don't judge before knowing anything. If I wanted to scam the phone I cud have come up with another story like I bought a phone from a guy and it's locked but i didn't.

Thanks man
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Try calling 911 or 100 and then ask them you found this phone on lying road and tell them to unlock it. Then the phone will be sucessfully unlocked. Please dont switch off that phone else owner will be able to track it if phone is switched off. Good luck
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Hey thanks bro for your reply, but I want to return it , I am going to try it, if not worked then I will report it to the police station from where I found it, and will say them of they find the owner of it then they can contact me.. as I am far now I am not able to give it to the police station so it's the best possible way for me.

No sim is there bro
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ıf it has a sim card keep it charged, the owner will probably try to call it.
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No sim

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RaiderWill said:
Honestly... This says alot about you..
Put yourself in this poor person's place.. these thing cost a lot of cash..
Most of us have our lives in these devices.
Pictures of our Children or Family.. Precious moments..
Bank Accounts... Contacts.. Personal and Professional.
And here you are..... trying to BREAK INTO IT AND ASKING FOR *HELP* here at XDA.
I think.. you should be traced... and turned in to the Authorities.. .
DO THE RIGHT THING.. MAKE ***EVERY EFFORT*** TO CONTACT THE OWNER AND RETURN THE PHONE.
This Thread Is Just Not Cool Man.
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I already making every effort to return it back

Please don't judge man
iamsubhamgupta said:
Wow u r asking the community to help you steal someone's phone.The owner can easily track you.Simply return it by contacting the owner or go to a police station and submit the phone over there and if you are going to keep it get ready to get into big trouble
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I am not asking to steal if I wanted to do that then my title wont be like I found a phone on the road,

try contacting xiaomi customer care ! maybe they can help you

Redlegend said:
I am not asking to steal if I wanted to do that then my title wont be like I found a phone on the road,
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Well I am sorry man if I hurt you but your title was somewhat misleading, it felt more like you found a phone and can't get into it and somehow if you can break in then the thing would be yours to keep. Most of us got the same meaning from your heading. Anyways I am sorry again if I was rude and too quick to judge you.As for the phone it is locked and you can't get into it even if u hard reset the phone miui won't allow you to get in until you sign in with the same mi id.You are not going to go to police station as you are not in the area where you found it and I understand that.Now to me the solutions include using the IMEI no to find the owner.Second if the bootloader is unlocked flash a custom ROM which will allow you to get into the device but will wipe every contact information from phone though you can still access the owner's files which may help you to track him.And thirdly if u fail to do the above two things keep it connected to internet through WiFi or mobile data which may help the owner to track the phone.If u fail in all these I think it is better to give it to a police station as you will be safe in every aspect and you will not get into any potential mess.And if u have made your mind not to contact police then the phone is yours to keep

Try contacting the police as soon as possible cuz if you're found it's not going to be your intentions but the fact you owned the device without taking to the police which will be seen.

Try posting on MIUI forum. Let them know IMEI number, and probably they can let know which user ID/phone number it is tagged to. Once you get the phone number, maybe you can call it up?
You have done a great job so far, keep up the good work