MobileMe Helps Catch iPhone Theif

Edward Kirk · December 18th, 2008, 06:21 PM

An iPhone thief was caught after the stolen device synced to MobileMe. iPhone user Rob was at the dry cleaner's one day when his iPhone was stolen. His immediate reaction was to assume it was gone forever, and bought a new one that night. Much to his surprise, contacts started appearing on his new phone. The thief was entering the information of his closest friends onto the device, and MobileMe was syncing them to his new phone over-the-air.

Rob was able to coax the thief's information from his friends and police apprehended him later that night, with the iPhone returned to it's rightful owner. There's been a lot of bad news about MobileMe, so it's good to hear something nice about it for a change.

[via TUAW]

Hans · December 18th, 2008, 07:19 PM #2

That is pretty cool, so is mobileme independent of the sim or was the thief just that dumb?

wmmguru · **lol** - December 18th, 2008, 07:52 PM #3

ha thats awesome... technology is so great

Ace · December 18th, 2008, 08:16 PM #4

Double post story

Edward Kirk · December 18th, 2008, 09:04 PM #5

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Originally Posted by Ace

Double post story

I hate it when that happens. Fixed!

Eurisko · December 19th, 2008, 09:15 AM #6

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Originally Posted by Hans

That is pretty cool, so is mobileme independent of the sim or was the thief just that dumb?

Yes, he was just that dumb. If he had restored the phone, this happy story wouldn't have ended so happily.

stabak · **Oh dear God** - December 19th, 2008, 10:00 AM #7

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Originally Posted by Hans

That is pretty cool, so is mobileme independent of the sim or was the thief just that dumb?

Hans, baby, have you been sleeping all this time?

iPhonelessinVA · December 19th, 2008, 02:57 PM #8

So does this mean that MobileMe inauguration problems are all fixed?!

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Edward Kirk WrAdminterizer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 3,084 Thanks: 19 Thanked 26 Times in 25 Posts	MobileMe Helps Catch iPhone Theif - December 18th, 2008, 06:21 PM #1
	<script language="JavaScript" src="http://adserver1.backbeatmedia.com/servlet/ajrotator/13894/222/viewJScript?pool=13886&type=3158&pos=20&zone=5000"></script> An iPhone thief was caught after the stolen device synced to MobileMe. iPhone user Rob was at the dry cleaner's one day when his iPhone was stolen. His immediate reaction was to assume it was gone forever, and bought a new one that night. Much to his surprise, contacts started appearing on his new phone. The thief was entering the information of his closest friends onto the device, and MobileMe was syncing them to his new phone over-the-air. Rob was able to coax the thief's information from his friends and police apprehended him later that night, with the iPhone returned to it's rightful owner. There's been a lot of bad news about MobileMe, so it's good to hear something nice about it for a change. [via TUAW] __________________ About my iPhone: iPhone & Color: iPhone 3G 16GB White iPhone Version: 3.0 Computer & OS: MacBook Pro 15", Mac OS X 10.5.4 Twitter

Hans Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 391 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	December 18th, 2008, 07:19 PM #2
	That is pretty cool, so is mobileme independent of the sim or was the thief just that dumb?

wmmguru New Recruit Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 10 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	lol - December 18th, 2008, 07:52 PM #3
	ha thats awesome... technology is so great

Ace iPA Regular Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 28 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	December 18th, 2008, 08:16 PM #4
	Double post story

iPhonelessinVA New Recruit Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 23 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	December 19th, 2008, 02:57 PM #8
	So does this mean that MobileMe inauguration problems are all fixed?!