Lost Your Phone – What do you do now
The are countless of mobile or cell phones in circulation at the moment. The time will come when, there will be more phones in the world than there are people alive. I personally know a thirty people that own more than one phone, and a couple who own 3 or 4 phones.
A buddy told me ‘I lost my phone’. I replied to him ‘I hope you had a backup of your phone numbers!’ Guess what his answer was. He said ‘No’.
As phones reduce in size, they get easier to lose. How many times have you put your phone handset into your pocket, then bent over to pick something up and it falls out of your pocket. How many times have you left your phone on a shop counter, or bus seat, or train seat? They are so easy to lose, and yet are so valuable to us. Many people say that they feel incomplete if they forget to bring their phone with them when they leave home. I feel a bit like that myself.
If you lost your phone what would you do? Here’s a few tips:
1. Report the loss to your network provider
2. Get them to put an immediate block on the phone
3. Report the loss to the police
4. Recover your SIM backup so you can restore your numbers to your new handset
5. Report the loss to your insurance company
If you have lost your phone it can be a nightmare and can be a real inconvenience for some business people. The numbers stored in a cell phone are sometimes worth their weight in gold. Imagine a salesman with hundreds of prospects in his blackberry. He loses his cellphone and loses all his numbers. He would have to go back home and some of his contacts might not be recoverable. It is very important to have a backup of the phone numbers stored in your cell or mobile phone. You can get SIM backup gadgets, which are easily lost themselves, or you can register for an online backup service.
If you lose your phone, or should I say, when you lose your phone because statistics show that everyone will lose their phone at least once in their lifetime, make sure you plan for the loss. Make sure you know the IMEI number, the SIM serial code, the mobile phone serial number and the network number to call to report the loss. All these facts will help save you money and stop someone making calls that you’ll be charged for.
So plan for the lost phone now. Sign up for a free online mobile or cell phone SIM backup now by visiting allmynumbers.co.uk. Just use the promotional code FREE1 when you sign up and you get a month absolutley free. You can store phone numbers and also phone handset details which is great for recovering the IMEI number and other serials. Its well worth a look.
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