How to find your lost cell or cordless phone

Scenario:

My wife and I both have cell phones. We no longer use a home phone since we're on the go all the time. Why pay for a landline you hardly use.

Step 1: Materials and Explanation:

I "misplace" my phone "occasionally", and my normal method to find it is to call my phone with my wife's. There are times, however, when she isn't home, and I can't find my phone.

Here is my solution:

You will need a PC with an internet connection.

Comments

[Barb37]

I realize this 'Ible was originally published eons ago in tech-time, but the topic actually transcends time, so I bit. The intro-photo is funny, the text that goes with it makes it hysterical! Thanks for the (well-timed) belly laugh!

[iluvbullet4myvalintine]

um....plz help me...my MOM lost my cell fone in our house and we've looked everywhere....can ny1 help?

[cswinford]

Same thing happend to me!

[ultrauber]

Try this method, if there's no internet or other phones, use a payphone or something. If it's on silent, check the trash can and your pocket.

[left foot forward]

check your pocket BEFORE u wash clothes

[Gamernotnerd]

Make her buy you a new one.

[mahesh922]

im lost my phone ta cinema theater how can i get back

[GDParduhn3]

has anyone tried using a cheap 5-12$ RF detector or one of those spy gadgets that detect wireless "bugs"..


???

[love-me]

my phone lost in my kitchen i power off the phone.... and i lost it..

[alychia]

my phones lost out side and it had three bars and it was on vibrate and i cant find it i lost it in my field wat do i do?

[SHAH JEE]

hello sir
i m form pakistan my new phone is lose
how its mee find my mobile who man are have my call phone ane software u know plz help
and where is working my phone

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
who man are use my phone
and location ??????/

[cbrown222]

does it work on a mac

[dombeef]

it doesnt work any more,and i need it now ,Any help?

[guyfrom7up]

I know! Why don't you find your cell phone, call your friend to call you back, put the phone back where you found it, and wait for it to ring! Sounds like something from scoobydoo

[Derin]

The irony is you have to find your phone so you can find it.

[alwinovich]

smartnuss phail

[ultrauber]

Masterful.

[ultrauber]

It would suck if it was dead, which is likely if it's been lost for more than a few days.

[left foot forward]

that hapns 2 me all the time

[Briguy9]

thats dumb and overly sophisticated. just use an online texting service thats free and text your phone and listen for the text message tone.

[maharg20]

<('.'<)<('.')>(>'.')> KIRBY!!!!

[IamTheCreator]

When I open all of that up, it doesn't say call -.-, this could be good for pranks for the people it works for though :)!

[ultrauber]

Google removed it.

[alwinovich]

yup but why? it was such a great service

[CementTruck]

As IamTheCreator said, it was probably used for lots of prank calls. This probably caused numerous complaints to Google, hence its removal.

[alwinovich]

then what is the point of this Instructable?

[CementTruck]

As I said in a prior comment, I was going to remove this post, but many others had commented with their own solutions that I decided to just keep this post alive for the sake of information in their comments.

[Rishnai]

I like the idea. I always lose my phone when it's on silent, though, so I tend to have a real fun frantic search when I realize it's missing.

[Derin]

(SOOOOO IRONIC) 1 find your phone 2 set it on high volume 3 lose it 4 use method described on thou instructable

[emenblade]

it is a shame that the call feature doesn't exist for Canadian businesses because i 2 loose my phone regularly, and i would have 2 call long distance for this feature. my cell cant call long distance. but thnx for the tip cement truck.

[Jollyrgr]

No biggie. I bet if you put any number in the CALL field it would call your phone. Who is to say you are not in from out of town. I think sending a text message or a Skype call would be easier. Ideas?

[CementTruck]

Take heart. I'm sure that Google will eventually do this world wide. Check Canadian websites (i.e. yellow page type sites) they might have something similar.

[mterebus13]

CementTruck is right about the removal but you can text message your phone from the site sending yourself the address of the store and if your ringer is on you can find your phone as long as your text message ring is long enough.

[CementTruck]

Thanks for the assist mterebus13! :D

[CementTruck]

I think Google thought better of it after only a few weeks and removed the code that allowed you to do this. There are other options from other commenters, which is the only reason I have not deleted this post.

[Tamaresque]

Nice idea, but we don't seem to have this feature in Tasmania!!

[smokehill]

I have Cingular service (now Verizon, I think), and we can send text msgs from our PC to any Cingular cell phone, and I believe it rings, just like a regular call. I've only sent them, not received them. I imagine that if I lost my cell in the house, and it was turned on, I could hear the ringing this way, especially if I did it several times to triangulate the little devil.

[Loveofchaos]

now ATT.

[rebladkins]

well when you look up a business from google.com/maps it doesn't even have an option to call! so what is up with this instructable?

[CementTruck]

Hmmm. Looks like they might have gotten too many complaints. The link is gone. If you look at my images you can clearly see the link is there. If you have email service on your phone you can also do the [e-mail], or whomever your provider is. This will do something similar.