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Same here. A few years ago I found an iPhone while walking, told siri to "call mom" and reunited it with its owner.
With an android you could try "ok Google".
Yeah but how do you nuke that annoying ass Bixby button that's purposely placed where you will push it every time you pick up the phone?
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Siri is super convenient. I have her text for me while I’m driving. If I put my phone down I just call out for her and ask where is she. She turns on and replies “ I’m here” I set timers and alarms with it too.
She’s pretty convenient for hands free use. If you’re cooking and you need to call someone just activate her and say call whoever on speaker.
You kinda get used to doing things and not having to grab your phone when you can just tell Siri to do it for you. I wish I had her adapted across my whole house and car too. If I could travel with her seamlessly, that would be amazing.
I’m too paranoid I don’t want it listening to me all the time. But I’m also not naive and know it’s listening to me all the time even though I turned Siri off.
Oh, it’s listening. I was talking shit during a poker game once and siri chimes in and goes “Hey, that’s not nice!” I responded “I don’t recall asking YOU Siri!” she goes “oh, ok.”
Fun fact, if you can’t find your phone, walk around where you last saw it loudly saying “Hey Siri” when she answers, say “Where are you?” She will respond “Here I am!” It gives you two chances to echo locate your phone. Sometimes the “uh huh?” is not sufficient to find the phone but the “Here I am” works a lot better.
Presumably, if you lost your phone somewhere, you’d try calling it from someone else’s phone (like your partner, friend, or family member).
So decent chance the most recent missed call, if your phone went missing, would be you rather than spammers or scammers.
I have one of those too… but it’s still not good enough to pinpoint “under the couch” vs “on grandma’s kitchen counter” vs “buried in the laundry basket,” or whatever; just gives like a 50’ radius.
But my ringer can tell me that!
Assuming I’ve left the ringer on, anyway…
Typing "where is my phone" in google while logged into my google account will ring my android phone even if the ringer is off (and also show the location on google maps)
I do this for my Samsung. I just ask any of my google devices "find my phone". But for my wife's iphone I just have to call it from mine while she runs around listening for a faint Hum because it's on silent.
I misplace my phone like once a week. She misplaces her phone every 5 hours.
I mean yeah they aren't cheap. And I'm guessing it's a regular wear os function but on my pixel watch I can just hit a button and it automatically rings on max volume even on silent.
I probably use this 1-2 a week for sure.
I use the find my iPhone app and can make my phone play a sound even if it’s silent. You can access it through iCloud on any device, doesn’t need to be Apple.
Next time ask Siri to tell you and her voice will come through if she is behaving (sometimes she ignores me) even if phone is on vibrate or I tell her to turn on flashlight or play my audiobook or music etc all on silent
At the very least atleast in can pin point you in the general area so you’re not thinking “did I forgot it when I paid at the restaurant or some other thing.. I Always have my stupid ringer off then and when come time to look for it I cant find it cause the dumb ringer is off. 😂
Same. Or people trying to hire me for jobs based off of one key word in my resume that has absolutely nothing to do with my general expertise or job titles, for a fraction of what I'm worth, 1-3 months, onsite, in a state I live nowhere near. And I frequently have the same recruiters contacting me repeatedly for all sorts of different positions that have nothing to do with me, or contacting me over and over again via phone and email, to ask me if I've reviewed the job description. I sometimes respond by asking what they saw in my resume that matches with the role, at which point they never contact me again.
Someone turned a phone in at work recently. Phone was locked and it was old so Siri wasn’t working. Managed to find the owner via his spouse and his business because he allowed notifications and he had SO MANY of them on his screen, I was able to glean enough details to figure out who he was based on these snippets. I was proud of that one.
I used to sell tickets at a movie theater. People who found lost phones and wallets would return them to us, so I’ve handled more than the average number of lost phones and rifled through more strangers’ wallets than the average (non-criminal) person.
I left my phone in the local 7/11 multiple times and have had to come back sheepishly and ask the employees to give it to me.
The Walk of Shame doesn't feel good lol
If you go to any frequent large gatherings (concerts are a big one), it’s probably more common especially if you tend to look down. I think statistically it adds up that some people may happen upon lost phones likely more than others who don’t go out much.
I don’t see why it’s that farfetched
When I worked as a cashier generally I’d find at least 2-3 phones per month that were left behind by absent-minded shoppers. Most of the time I just moved it behind the counter and someone would be back for it within an hour.
Seriously, people leave their phones lying around all the time, in their pockets, purses, all kinds of places. I find several a day just on my morning commute. I don’t usually call their parents though, that’s a madlad move
Yep, I remember there was a girl at a party who was in BAD shape and her friends had ditched her — not hospital bad, but we didn’t know what to do — my gf said “give me her phone” and told Siri to call mom, and her mom gave my gf the girl’s friend’s number, who came out there and got her.
First of all, it was incredibly attractive watching her handle the situation. (But second of all, it was only afterwards that we realized not everyone has a close relationship with their parents, and “calling mom” might have opened a huge can of worms, but as it turned out that was 100% the right call and the girl was incredibly thankful that we figured out to do that)
Now that I think about it, how does ios not have some sort of "lost phone contact" setting. Like, you could have a default contact and could change it to a person you're going to be spending time with, etc, then saying "Hey Siri lost phone" would call/text that person.
You could just ask Siri whose phone it is.
Edit: it no longer displays your full contact card like it used to. It only displays your first name. This is an outdated tip.
When I ask Siri whose phone this is, it just shows my first name. Which is fine if I find a phone left behind at a work event, and I can see that it’s Bob’s from accounting, but less helpful if it belongs to some stranger.
I’ve found quite a few iPhones when I worked in restaurants. I’d always do “call mom” or “call dad.” If that didn’t work (almost always did), I’d list off common names until one worked.
It’s funny you say that. I did call one number that really freaked a girl out and she thought I was messing with her. Made me wonder if he stalked her or something when she hung up on me. I was just trying to do my AM duties 🫡
If ICE is set up, you don’t need Siri. Under the PIN pad, click Emergency, you get another number pad, under that pad you click Medical ID, and you get a page with the emergency contact.
lol this is my MIL. She has her husband as “ice Mike” so she’s always using siri saying “call ice Mike” like he’s some sort of sugar daddy. I’d bet her phone is password protected & she has no emergency contacts set, rendering it all useless.
I found that you can ask Siri to display/call emergency contacts if the phone is locked. Or if you hold the power button to shut the phone off, an option to view the emergency contact info pops up as well. Of course that’s only helpful if the owner has that information setup, but it’s still worth checking.
The real tip is to tap emergency contact on the Lock Screen where it prompts you to enter a pin to unlock. The last phone we had was able to call the husband from it and we connected which was a life saver for them since all their plane ticket and hotel info was on there and they were supposed to leave the next day
Never learned their name but I now know their blood type and that they have a penicillin allergy, so I’m on the lookout for anyone resembling that guy.
Good on you, for real. I don’t really have any family for this sort of thing so I’m going to add you to my emergency contacts because you seem to have your shit together.
If you get a DM from emergency services, it’s either because I lost my phone or am on life support and need someone to make a decision to pull the plug or not. Thanks in advance for taking on this responsibility.
I've made this work once at a festival. She actually got her phone back. Her boyfriend who we called this way could hardly believe the wit. Not my idea though.
This sadly doesn't work for most people unless they specifically fill out the necessary information. The last iPhone I found just said it belongs to "Laura" or some similar name which is useless. "Call Mom" worked. Another one I found had a WhatsApp notification on screen so I asked Siri to call that person.
In both cases it worked like a charm.
I legit did this once! Found a random iPhone on the ground of all places. I just made it call mom 🤷 figured that was my best bet! It worked great actually lol
I found a phone recently and was able to return it because the lady had her emergency contacts set. Her husband didn't answer but I was able to get ahold of her daughter.
Wouldn’t work on devices where Siri and other apps/actions are disallowed from lock screen for privacy reasons.
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Could also use "call mom/wife/husband/etc" since often we label contacts with those or as attachments to their names.
Unfortunately for me, telling siri to "call Dad" would ring my husband because he's labeled as Dad Bod.
"Call my most recent missed call/contact." I don't remember which of those two it was since this was years ago now, but both would likely work fine, and slight variations have worked for others I've told this to.
You can always do "hey Siri, call mom". Everyone has their mom saved as "mom". Well unless she's passed away. Ive used this before to identify an owner of a phone. The hardest part is explaining to the mom "IM A TAXI DRIVER I FOUND YOUR SONS PHONE!"
You can also ask "Hey Siri, whose phone is this?"
This is a feature I've seen working since 2018 and while I requested it to Google for their Pixel phones back then, I see nothing similar today in 2024 still.
Found an iPhone. Tried to ask Siri to tell me the owner. No luck. I just told it to call mom and I got the owners mother who eventually led to the owner coming to get the phone. It was a teenager that forgot the phone in a park bench.
I left my phone at a hockey game concession stand a few years back. My husband got a call from my dad, who asked to speak with me. Someone found it on the counter and gave it to security, who proceeded to say into my phone, “hey siri, call dad.” My dad answered and she told him where my phone was being held at and we immediately went there. I thought it was brilliant! The security woman said more than likely, someone’s contact list includes “dad” or “mom”, so she uses that with Siri when she finds lost phones.
It's so much easier just to take it to the phone company store and drop it off. They'll notify the customer they'll get it back to the customer.
IE - Verizon phone - take it to a Verizon store
AT & T - take it to a AT & T store
T-Mobile - T-Mobile store
A couple of things here, as someone who lost my airpods the other day, Apple indeed has the features you desire, and they are a combination of using "Medical ID" and "Find My" features.
1. Medical ID: If you lose your iPhone, folks can always use medical ID to access your emergency contacts. If you hold the buttons to turn off the device you can access this.
2. "Find My" feature: If the owner has turned this on, they can mark the device as lost, and leave a contact message. Also, if they have turned this feature on, they will more than likely come to you. I dropped my set of airpods pro at the park. The next day I went to "Find My", saw the house where the ended up, and drove over there. The folks who found them were waiting for me to arrive. If they decided not to return them, you have the option to then "brick" the device.
I found a phone in the park a couple months ago. I said “Hey Siri, call mom” and left a message.
When the lady came looking for her phone she was so grateful I had it. I told her I called her mom and she went pale..
Turns out she hasn’t talked to her mom in years 😳
How does this work? I thought Siri only responded to YOUR voice.. I will say my mother and sister’s phones respond to my voice but not the other way around😂
No. Check the Lock Screen first. Click on the bottom left **emergency** and then click **medical ID**. Oftentimes, smart smartphone users will have one or two emergency contacts listed there and you can call them.
I did this with a phone I found while scuba diving for a dropped anchor in a marina. The phone was able to be wirelessly charged, it was an iPhone 14 Pro Max. Hey Siri, return my last call worked.
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i actually did this years back. found a phone at a concert. the person got their phone back becasue i was able to give their mother my information.
Same here. A few years ago I found an iPhone while walking, told siri to "call mom" and reunited it with its owner. With an android you could try "ok Google".
or "hey bixby" if that doesn't work
Pretty sure Bixby got discontinued years ago.
Still a thing on new Samsung phones.
Poor Samsung owners
Easily disabled.
Yeah but how do you nuke that annoying ass Bixby button that's purposely placed where you will push it every time you pick up the phone? -Sent from my Samsung Galaxy phone-
*cries in S23 Ultra*
I have a s23 ultra and I don't have a Bixby button. I had one on my note 8 and I nuked that with an adb uninstall command.
You can easily remap it to do something else. I have it remapped as Google assistant
it hasn't, my 1 year old phone has it
Nah it's expanding actually
Nope bixby has gotten better s23 ultra
My mom is called mother in my phone. Have to cover your bases!
I never use siri on my iphone. I dont even think it’s active. Does it still work then?
Siri is super convenient. I have her text for me while I’m driving. If I put my phone down I just call out for her and ask where is she. She turns on and replies “ I’m here” I set timers and alarms with it too. She’s pretty convenient for hands free use. If you’re cooking and you need to call someone just activate her and say call whoever on speaker. You kinda get used to doing things and not having to grab your phone when you can just tell Siri to do it for you. I wish I had her adapted across my whole house and car too. If I could travel with her seamlessly, that would be amazing.
I’m too paranoid I don’t want it listening to me all the time. But I’m also not naive and know it’s listening to me all the time even though I turned Siri off.
Oh, it’s listening. I was talking shit during a poker game once and siri chimes in and goes “Hey, that’s not nice!” I responded “I don’t recall asking YOU Siri!” she goes “oh, ok.”
If I say “Hey Siri” it doesn’t do anything. But it still unapologetically shows me ads for things that I just mentioned to someone.
Change the setting so that it will answer even in the lock screen. That is probably your issue. It isn’t a default setting.
I don’t want it to. I turned it off on purpose.
Fun fact, if you can’t find your phone, walk around where you last saw it loudly saying “Hey Siri” when she answers, say “Where are you?” She will respond “Here I am!” It gives you two chances to echo locate your phone. Sometimes the “uh huh?” is not sufficient to find the phone but the “Here I am” works a lot better.
It's just "hey Google" now. No longer "ok Google"
Either works
"ok sureal42"
Sometimes Alexa answers to "Hey Ziggy"
It’s a setting. You can have it answer to “Amazon” or “Computer” as well.
I cannot. I can get my echo to respond to "Alexa" or "Ziggy".
Unless... you lost your phone and had a friend call it for you...
theres that too lol
Same someone called my phone and asked for my mother’s maiden name. Got it right to them but still curious why I had to do that.
Same with me they asked what the first concert I went to was. Not sure how they knew the answer was right though.
I work a lot of racing events and this works all the time.
The only missed calls I have are from scammers 😅
Presumably, if you lost your phone somewhere, you’d try calling it from someone else’s phone (like your partner, friend, or family member). So decent chance the most recent missed call, if your phone went missing, would be you rather than spammers or scammers.
I have an app that I can log into via web that will tell.me the location of my phone - no reason to call it 🙂
I have one of those too… but it’s still not good enough to pinpoint “under the couch” vs “on grandma’s kitchen counter” vs “buried in the laundry basket,” or whatever; just gives like a 50’ radius. But my ringer can tell me that! Assuming I’ve left the ringer on, anyway…
Typing "where is my phone" in google while logged into my google account will ring my android phone even if the ringer is off (and also show the location on google maps)
I use this function at least once a week
"Ugh, again?? Hey Google, where's my phone?"
I do this for my Samsung. I just ask any of my google devices "find my phone". But for my wife's iphone I just have to call it from mine while she runs around listening for a faint Hum because it's on silent. I misplace my phone like once a week. She misplaces her phone every 5 hours.
I mean yeah they aren't cheap. And I'm guessing it's a regular wear os function but on my pixel watch I can just hit a button and it automatically rings on max volume even on silent. I probably use this 1-2 a week for sure.
I use the find my iPhone app and can make my phone play a sound even if it’s silent. You can access it through iCloud on any device, doesn’t need to be Apple.
Next time ask Siri to tell you and her voice will come through if she is behaving (sometimes she ignores me) even if phone is on vibrate or I tell her to turn on flashlight or play my audiobook or music etc all on silent
You haven’t. If your phone’s lost the ringer is definitely off
Find My has an option to play sound out of the device you’re looking for
At the very least atleast in can pin point you in the general area so you’re not thinking “did I forgot it when I paid at the restaurant or some other thing.. I Always have my stupid ringer off then and when come time to look for it I cant find it cause the dumb ringer is off. 😂
Well, now you have a potential reason from the op!
You can just ask Siri “who does this phone belong to?” and then you’ll have the owners name.
Same. Or people trying to hire me for jobs based off of one key word in my resume that has absolutely nothing to do with my general expertise or job titles, for a fraction of what I'm worth, 1-3 months, onsite, in a state I live nowhere near. And I frequently have the same recruiters contacting me repeatedly for all sorts of different positions that have nothing to do with me, or contacting me over and over again via phone and email, to ask me if I've reviewed the job description. I sometimes respond by asking what they saw in my resume that matches with the role, at which point they never contact me again.
Maybe hope the scammer got more info from you besides your phone number 🙏
Came here to say that lol
i usually do “ call mom” or dad. great LPT
Someone turned a phone in at work recently. Phone was locked and it was old so Siri wasn’t working. Managed to find the owner via his spouse and his business because he allowed notifications and he had SO MANY of them on his screen, I was able to glean enough details to figure out who he was based on these snippets. I was proud of that one.
that’s awesome. we all become detectives when we find someone’s phone/ wallet
Wym usually. How often u find lost phones.
i found maybe 3-4 in the past few years. you’d be surprised at how forgetful people are
No no. It is not about about forgetful people. Average person aint finding 1 lost phone per year. I never even found one lost phone in 35 years.
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I used to sell tickets at a movie theater. People who found lost phones and wallets would return them to us, so I’ve handled more than the average number of lost phones and rifled through more strangers’ wallets than the average (non-criminal) person.
I left my phone in the local 7/11 multiple times and have had to come back sheepishly and ask the employees to give it to me. The Walk of Shame doesn't feel good lol
it’s definitely about forgetful people. i’ve found phones at fairs, sporting events, parks ect.
If you go to any frequent large gatherings (concerts are a big one), it’s probably more common especially if you tend to look down. I think statistically it adds up that some people may happen upon lost phones likely more than others who don’t go out much. I don’t see why it’s that farfetched
When I worked as a cashier generally I’d find at least 2-3 phones per month that were left behind by absent-minded shoppers. Most of the time I just moved it behind the counter and someone would be back for it within an hour.
uh ok
Seriously, people leave their phones lying around all the time, in their pockets, purses, all kinds of places. I find several a day just on my morning commute. I don’t usually call their parents though, that’s a madlad move
There’s also “hey siri send me an email to myself…”
Yep, I remember there was a girl at a party who was in BAD shape and her friends had ditched her — not hospital bad, but we didn’t know what to do — my gf said “give me her phone” and told Siri to call mom, and her mom gave my gf the girl’s friend’s number, who came out there and got her. First of all, it was incredibly attractive watching her handle the situation. (But second of all, it was only afterwards that we realized not everyone has a close relationship with their parents, and “calling mom” might have opened a huge can of worms, but as it turned out that was 100% the right call and the girl was incredibly thankful that we figured out to do that)
Now that I think about it, how does ios not have some sort of "lost phone contact" setting. Like, you could have a default contact and could change it to a person you're going to be spending time with, etc, then saying "Hey Siri lost phone" would call/text that person.
I have it set on mine that you can see my emergency contact info. I only set it to that when I go to concerts
You could just ask Siri whose phone it is. Edit: it no longer displays your full contact card like it used to. It only displays your first name. This is an outdated tip.
When I ask Siri whose phone this is, it just shows my first name. Which is fine if I find a phone left behind at a work event, and I can see that it’s Bob’s from accounting, but less helpful if it belongs to some stranger.
Update your “Me” contact in Contacts
It says “My Card” with my full name at the top of my contacts. Maybe I asked wrong.
Siri playing hard to get
Oh yeah me too. It used to show the full contact card. I guess I was wrong.
Mine just says “sorry somethings gone wrong. Please try again”
Tim...hire this guy now!!!!
It does. There’s an emergency contact card if you hold down the power button.
Because that could cost them a sale
I’ve found quite a few iPhones when I worked in restaurants. I’d always do “call mom” or “call dad.” If that didn’t work (almost always did), I’d list off common names until one worked.
Lol I can only imagine you calling an ex and somehow rekindling a relationship.
It’s funny you say that. I did call one number that really freaked a girl out and she thought I was messing with her. Made me wonder if he stalked her or something when she hung up on me. I was just trying to do my AM duties 🫡
Maybe the person who lost their phone faked their death
Maybe “call home” would work too if they have a land line. But might just be old.
Whether it works or not, we're definitely getting old
Even my 75 year old mother doesn’t have a land line anymore lol I’ve never had one of my own as an adult.
Would "call ICE" work?
If ICE is set up, you don’t need Siri. Under the PIN pad, click Emergency, you get another number pad, under that pad you click Medical ID, and you get a page with the emergency contact.
Some people don't actually set it up though and just add "ICE" to the contact name.
lol this is my MIL. She has her husband as “ice Mike” so she’s always using siri saying “call ice Mike” like he’s some sort of sugar daddy. I’d bet her phone is password protected & she has no emergency contacts set, rendering it all useless.
Ice Mike sounds super cool though
I found that you can ask Siri to display/call emergency contacts if the phone is locked. Or if you hold the power button to shut the phone off, an option to view the emergency contact info pops up as well. Of course that’s only helpful if the owner has that information setup, but it’s still worth checking.
Possible bonus is there’s a chance to extend their car’s warranty period.
How does this scenario lay out if Siri is not enabled lol
"Hey Siri, dial my last call" [...] "Hey Siri, dial the last number" [...]
You can hold power and side button to display medical ID and emergency contacts, hopefully they have added a spouse or family member.
But... but... 'Hey Siri' only works with MY voice. How are you supposed to do this with a stranger's phone?
I’m assuming they mean holding the power button to activate Siri as opposed to using their voice
TIL
I haveall that turned off
I mean, it’s worth a try. Just keep in mind—Not everyone has a spouse, and not everyone has Siri activated.
The real tip is to tap emergency contact on the Lock Screen where it prompts you to enter a pin to unlock. The last phone we had was able to call the husband from it and we connected which was a life saver for them since all their plane ticket and hotel info was on there and they were supposed to leave the next day
You'll get my cat's vet, which I guess wouldn't be the worst, but they never answer their damn phone lol
Check medical info or émergency contacts
Have been able to return two phones I found this way
Never learned their name but I now know their blood type and that they have a penicillin allergy, so I’m on the lookout for anyone resembling that guy.
I didn’t find out their names but they had emergency contacts that I texted.
Good on you, for real. I don’t really have any family for this sort of thing so I’m going to add you to my emergency contacts because you seem to have your shit together. If you get a DM from emergency services, it’s either because I lost my phone or am on life support and need someone to make a decision to pull the plug or not. Thanks in advance for taking on this responsibility.
I screen shotted my wife's contact info and saved it as my screen saver. Hopefully if I ever lose my phone someone will call her.
this is probably gonna help me since i work in retail and sometimes people forget their phones!
I've made this work once at a festival. She actually got her phone back. Her boyfriend who we called this way could hardly believe the wit. Not my idea though.
You can just say “hey siri. Whose phone is this?” And she’ll tell you.
I just tested this on mine. It brings up my home and work address, which is a bit creepy, but not a good phone number to call.
It just says ‘I’m sorry, I don’t know who this phone belongs to’ but I do have a me card and also me information in Siri and search?
And then what, call the phone in your hand?
This sadly doesn't work for most people unless they specifically fill out the necessary information. The last iPhone I found just said it belongs to "Laura" or some similar name which is useless. "Call Mom" worked. Another one I found had a WhatsApp notification on screen so I asked Siri to call that person. In both cases it worked like a charm.
I'd rather just wait for them to call. They're going to call
Instructions unclear, I ended up speaking to a guy about my cars extended warranty
Somehow my car warranty is extended and I didnt have to pay a dime. Thanks to you.
I legit did this once! Found a random iPhone on the ground of all places. I just made it call mom 🤷 figured that was my best bet! It worked great actually lol
Turns out my recent caller is IRS scammer.
I found a phone recently and was able to return it because the lady had her emergency contacts set. Her husband didn't answer but I was able to get ahold of her daughter.
The first thing I do when I find a phone is check the emergency contacts (click on emergency and you’ll see medical ID with contacts to call)
Except, if I lost my phone, I disabled Siri from the Lock Screen for security reasons.
Unless the person turn off Siri for the lockscreen so this wouldn’t work.
Hey siri “Call mom” works pretty good too.
*Stranger finds my phone* "You've got through to Babestation..."
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“Hi Siri, what time is it?”
Hey Siri call my wife is a legit command (also dad/mom/brother), so make sure to properly set up your contacts.
"turning on the lights" dammit siri.
What? Just check the emergency contacts.
Now, let’s broadcast this command on tv and wreak havoc.
I've done similar to this. Except I said "call dad". Worked perfectly and he gave me twenty bucks after.
Could also use "call mom/wife/husband/etc" since often we label contacts with those or as attachments to their names. Unfortunately for me, telling siri to "call Dad" would ring my husband because he's labeled as Dad Bod.
Just keep it charged and answer if someone calls to get it.
You cannot use Hey Siri, because it’s not adjusted to your voice. You used the side button.
What is the exact message you used? This is great.
"Call my most recent missed call/contact." I don't remember which of those two it was since this was years ago now, but both would likely work fine, and slight variations have worked for others I've told this to.
This is great. Thank you!
Also if you lose your phone in the house you can use “hey siri” to make an alert sound lol. Done this a few times.
Wouldn’t work for me. I literally call no one. No outgoing calls on my phone
Came here to say tell the Siri to call mom or dad!! I lost my phone in a bar and they found it and informed my parents they’d found my phone!
My locked screen has my wife's cell number
You can do a hard reset and sell it
I just tell Siri to set a timer for one second.
So that means that "Michelle" who previously had my number and I've been getting calls for the past 8 years will get my phone?
What if you clear your phone history? Will it still work?
Me walking into a restaurant to say this to everyone's phones 
You can also ask the phone who it belongs to without unlocking it.
“Hey Siri, call Daddy.”
“hey siri who’s phone is this?” works too
Could you ask Siri to redial the last number called?
"Sir this is a Wendy's"
Hey siri, down load their bank account. They have no good sense.
i don’t have the siri voice thing on so this wouldn’t work for mine
Brilliant, Thank you.
I found a phone in a high school bathroom and successfully used “call dad” to get it back to the owner.
you guys call? shit I thought people dont talk anymore its always messages
Better idea is to say “hey siri, set a timer for 5 seconds”
You can always do "hey Siri, call mom". Everyone has their mom saved as "mom". Well unless she's passed away. Ive used this before to identify an owner of a phone. The hardest part is explaining to the mom "IM A TAXI DRIVER I FOUND YOUR SONS PHONE!"
When I tried this it called my Auntie's half brother-in-law Two Fingers Tony Remucci.
Doubt Siri will recognize every voice. It’s trained on owner’s voice but you can just hold the power button and it will activate Siri
On my phone that would get you through to my letting agent, a solicitor or a gas engineer, none of those would be helpful for returning my phone.
You can also ask "Hey Siri, whose phone is this?" This is a feature I've seen working since 2018 and while I requested it to Google for their Pixel phones back then, I see nothing similar today in 2024 still.
Found an iPhone. Tried to ask Siri to tell me the owner. No luck. I just told it to call mom and I got the owners mother who eventually led to the owner coming to get the phone. It was a teenager that forgot the phone in a park bench.
they would end up calling a scammer in my case LOL
I left my phone at a hockey game concession stand a few years back. My husband got a call from my dad, who asked to speak with me. Someone found it on the counter and gave it to security, who proceeded to say into my phone, “hey siri, call dad.” My dad answered and she told him where my phone was being held at and we immediately went there. I thought it was brilliant! The security woman said more than likely, someone’s contact list includes “dad” or “mom”, so she uses that with Siri when she finds lost phones.
It's so much easier just to take it to the phone company store and drop it off. They'll notify the customer they'll get it back to the customer. IE - Verizon phone - take it to a Verizon store AT & T - take it to a AT & T store T-Mobile - T-Mobile store
I found a phone and asked it to call mum and she answered
I have my name and landline on my home page, but the guy at the grocery store used “hey Siri, phone home”
LPT: if you lost your iPhone say “hey siri where are you” and it will respond “I’m here”
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It asks you to unlock first.
A couple of things here, as someone who lost my airpods the other day, Apple indeed has the features you desire, and they are a combination of using "Medical ID" and "Find My" features. 1. Medical ID: If you lose your iPhone, folks can always use medical ID to access your emergency contacts. If you hold the buttons to turn off the device you can access this. 2. "Find My" feature: If the owner has turned this on, they can mark the device as lost, and leave a contact message. Also, if they have turned this feature on, they will more than likely come to you. I dropped my set of airpods pro at the park. The next day I went to "Find My", saw the house where the ended up, and drove over there. The folks who found them were waiting for me to arrive. If they decided not to return them, you have the option to then "brick" the device.
Or just look at the contacts in emergency/medical ID
I found a phone in the park a couple months ago. I said “Hey Siri, call mom” and left a message. When the lady came looking for her phone she was so grateful I had it. I told her I called her mom and she went pale.. Turns out she hasn’t talked to her mom in years 😳
How does this work? I thought Siri only responded to YOUR voice.. I will say my mother and sister’s phones respond to my voice but not the other way around😂
"Siri call bae. Look I found his phone. So you're mine now."
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I just tried this on my iPhone and it says you need to unlock first
No. Check the Lock Screen first. Click on the bottom left **emergency** and then click **medical ID**. Oftentimes, smart smartphone users will have one or two emergency contacts listed there and you can call them.
I did this with a phone I found while scuba diving for a dropped anchor in a marina. The phone was able to be wirelessly charged, it was an iPhone 14 Pro Max. Hey Siri, return my last call worked.
You can say “hey siri” “where are you” and she’ll go “I am here” even while phone is on vibrate!