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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / ATT Wireless / May 2007Put a "Home" entry in your phone book
Yesterday I was driving down a street near my house and I saw a cell phone in front of me at an intersection I had just stopped at. I jumped out and retrieved it. Unfortunately the owner did not have any entry in the phone book for "home," "wife," "ICE" (in case of emergency), etc. I called someone in his phonebook and explained the situation and this person was able to contact the owner. The owner called me, and arranged to pick up the phone later that evening. Fortunately (or stupidly) I gave the owner my address. Because it was a T-Mobile phone, and I have no T-Mobile coverage inside my house (1 bar outside), he couldn't call me once I returned home. I had told him to call me on his phone before he came, but he just showed up because he couldn't call. Anyway, I think it's a good idea to have an obvious entry in your phone book that enables someone that finds your phone to contact you or someone else that you trust. Make it the first entry when your phone book is opened, by putting a 1 (or other character that makes it be first) as the first character. >Yesterday I was driving down a street near my house and I saw a cell >phone in front of me at an intersection I had just stopped at. I jumped [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >me once I returned home. I had told him to call me on his phone before >he came, but he just showed up because he couldn't call. A better approach is to call the carrier on the phone, who should be able to easily contact the subscriber. A random someone in the phonebook could turn out to be a problem (e.g., vindictive ex-spouse). >Anyway, I think it's a good idea to have an obvious entry in your phone >book that enables someone that finds your phone to contact you or >someone else that you trust. Make it the first entry when your phone >book is opened, by putting a 1 (or other character that makes it be >first) as the first character. ICE with a number prefix is the recommended entry to use: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_case_of_emergency>  SignatureBest regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS: John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ> Good idea! > Yesterday I was driving down a street near my house and I saw a cell > phone in front of me at an intersection I had just stopped at. I [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > phone book is opened, by putting a 1 (or other character that makes > it be first) as the first character. > Yesterday I was driving down a street near my house and I saw a cell > phone in front of me at an intersection I had just stopped at. I jumped [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > book is opened, by putting a 1 (or other character that makes it be > first) as the first character. Last year, I found one while hiking some backroads in Japan. Not being a japanese speaker (or reader) this was tough! No english anywhere. Ended up having a local person take care of it. SignatureTo reply by email, remove the word "space" > Anyway, I think it's a good idea to have an obvious entry in your phone > book that enables someone that finds your phone to contact you or > someone else that you trust. Make it the first entry when your phone > book is opened, by putting a 1 (or other character that makes it be > first) as the first character. I use ICE (in case of Emergency) on my phone and thought that would be good enough now I am not so sure! Lee (in Florida) > I use ICE (in case of Emergency) on my phone and thought that would > be good enough now I am not so sure! > > Lee (in Florida) I have an ICE entry, but most people have no idea what it means! I almost got in trouble when my wife saw my phone and saw "ICE Wife". Maybe an "If Found Call" entry would be the most obvious. SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in news:463b99a6$0$27193 $742ec2ed@news.sonic.net: > I > almost got in trouble when my wife saw my phone and saw "ICE Wife". She ever find those old pantyhose your buds stuffed up under the front passenger seat? Larry SignatureThis spammer called my cellphone: First American Payment 10101 E Arapaho Rd Richardson, TX 75081 972-301-3766 They were nasty when I politely said I wasn't interested....(c; > > I use ICE (in case of Emergency) on my phone and thought that would > > be good enough now I am not so sure! [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Maybe an "If Found Call" entry would be the most obvious. I explained what the ICE entry is in my phone and set one up in hers too. In God's Grace, Ric > I explained what the ICE entry is in my phone and set one up in hers > too. Great! Hopefully you'll be able to explain what an ICE entry is to the guy that finds you in an emergency, because I suspect 80% of the populace has no idea what "ICE" means! ;-) SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >> I explained what the ICE entry is in my phone and set one up in hers >> too. > >Great! Hopefully you'll be able to explain what an ICE entry is to the >guy that finds you in an emergency, because I suspect 80% of the populace >has no idea what "ICE" means! ;-) On my phone I have 2 entries that file first 1) ICE - Home, and 2) ICE - Wife. Hopefully these would be explanatory to somebody in an emergency. However, it is also free insurance so why not take it? > On my phone I have 2 entries that file first 1) ICE - Home, and 2) ICE > - Wife. Hopefully these would be explanatory to somebody in an > emergency. However, it is also free insurance so why not take it? Not sure why names like "Home" and "Wife" would need any further clarification. Seems pretty self-evident to me. SignatureJohn Richards >> I explained what the ICE entry is in my phone and set one up in hers >> too. > > Great! Hopefully you'll be able to explain what an ICE entry is to the > guy that finds you in an emergency, because I suspect 80% of the populace > has no idea what "ICE" means! ;-) I agree. "ICE" makes me think of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the successor agency to the INS. They've been much in the news lately. SignatureJohn Richards >> I explained what the ICE entry is in my phone and set one up in hers >> too. > >Great! Hopefully you'll be able to explain what an ICE entry is to the >guy that finds you in an emergency, because I suspect 80% of the populace >has no idea what "ICE" means! ;-) Worse, 100% of the EMTs and Paramedics I talked to said they would be fired on the spot if they were found messing with a patient's cellphone directory. Invasion of privacy and all that ... Signature+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Brian Gordon -->briang@panix.com<-- brian dot gordon at cox dot net | + Bass: Lexington "Main Street Harmonizers" chorus + -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- >>> I explained what the ICE entry is in my phone and set one up in hers >>> too. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > on the spot if they were found messing with a patient's cellphone directory. > Invasion of privacy and all that ... Absolutely correct. Truth is, the idea of an ICE entry is still good. The coroner can do an autopsy on the phone too, discover the ICE, and will eventually learn where to send the body. Signaturejer email reply - I am not a 'ten' I usually wont get into threads that offer no value. Threads that a few people entertain themselves by writing useless info that could not be farther from the truth. The thought that trying to reach someone's loved ones after an accident by using their cell phone would be considered invasion of privacy borders on being ridiculous. Who would object? Oh wait, I may be dying but don't try and reach someone that might need to know, Ridiculous.. When I have been confronted by info that may be questionable I usually seek the truth. If you are open to some feedback, do the same. Then go ahead and make an "ICE" entry into you cell phone. Who knows, it might come in handy one day. What could be the worse thing to happen. You could use up one of the 100's of entries available, so what? http://www.snopes.com/crime/prevent/icephone.asp >>> I explained what the ICE entry is in my phone and set one up in hers >>> too. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > + > -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- On May 6, 6:20 am, "William Michael Greene" <w...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I usually wont get into threads that offer no value. Threads that a few > people entertain themselves by writing useless info that could not be [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > - Show quoted text - William, Thank you! In God's Grace, Ric On May 6, 6:20 am, "William Michael Greene" <w...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I usually wont get into threads that offer no value. Threads that a few > people entertain themselves by writing useless info that could not be [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > > - Show quoted text - William, Thank you! In God's Grace, Ric You are welcome Ric. William Greene. > I usually wont get into threads that offer no value. Threads that a few > people entertain themselves by writing useless info that could not be > farther from the truth. If it weren't for people like you, I'd never know what to believe. Thank you, Your Majesty, for your guidance. SignaturePostulate a God who's so smart He designed things we won't discover for the next ten years, but who's so incredibly stupid He couldn't think up the theory of evolution. Duhhhhhhhh. "Damn, Darwin, what a great idea!" >> I usually wont get into threads that offer no value. Threads that a few >> people entertain themselves by writing useless info that could not be >> farther from the truth. > > If it weren't for people like you, I'd never know what to believe. > Thank you, Your Majesty, for your guidance. No, thank you, just as you quote points out, you are very versed at cynicism.... >>> I explained what the ICE entry is in my phone and set one up in hers >>> too. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >on the spot if they were found messing with a patient's cellphone directory. >Invasion of privacy and all that ... In my experiences, it's not medical personnel who try to determine the identity of the patient. They let law enforcement do it. >>>> I explained what the ICE entry is in my phone and set one up in hers >>>> too. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > In my experiences, it's not medical personnel who try to determine the > identity of the patient. They let law enforcement do it. Speaking of law enforcement, allowing a street bugging stranger to have unfettered access to your address book seems like a really spiffy idea. With a few reverse lookups on the net, they'll have telephone numbers, addresses, names, who really knows what else. No sir, keep your rat bitch paws off my phone unless you want to lose really important appendages. My phone stays locked for all the right reasons. Law enforcement knows what to do and how to do it. Signaturejer email reply - I am not a 'ten' >Speaking of law enforcement, allowing a street bugging stranger to have >unfettered access to your address book seems like a really spiffy idea. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >appendages. My phone stays locked for all the right reasons. Law >enforcement knows what to do and how to do it. So what do you do about your wallet which has your driver's license with home address on it? Not to mention your credit cards and all that. What about your wife and her pocket book which has all the same info? If you are mugged the bad guys get everything and it really doesn't matter if your phone is locked or not. On the other hand if you lose your phone I think the odds are pretty good that a good guy will find it. >> Speaking of law enforcement, allowing a street bugging stranger to have >> unfettered access to your address book seems like a really spiffy idea. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > your phone I think the odds are pretty good that a good guy will find > it. The error you're making is assuming I'm a typical person... I'm not. I have no need for a wallet, nor most stuff one would find in one. Driver's license? I have one but don't walk around with it. Credit cards? Don't need any, don't have any. Pictures? I already know what the family looks like. I carry some cash folded in a pocket and use it for anything I want. Cell phone? On the odd occasion I'd actually have one, it goes in the other pocket and is locked up. The gun is in a waist holster under a shirt or in a boot. I only carry important stuff with me, and I don't lose it. YMMV. Signaturejer email reply - I am not a 'ten' SNIP >The error you're making is assuming I'm a typical person... I'm not. I >have no need for a wallet, nor most stuff one would find in one. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >waist holster under a shirt or in a boot. I only carry important stuff >with me, and I don't lose it. YMMV. Please tell me you don't live anywhere near me. LOL >> If you are mugged the bad guys get everything and it really doesn't >> matter if your phone is locked or not. On the other hand if you lose [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >waist holster under a shirt or in a boot. I only carry important stuff >with me, and I don't lose it. YMMV. I predict you'll be famous some day. SignaturePaul Miner > In article <463ca80e$0$16386$88260...@free.teranews.com>, > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > + Bass: Lexington "Main Street Harmonizers" chorus + > -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- What state are you in? >> In article <463ca80e$0$16386$88260...@free.teranews.com>, >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> on the spot if they were found messing with a patient's cellphone directory. >> Invasion of privacy and all that ... >What state are you in? I asked the questions in CA and AZ. I don't know any emergency tyoes here in SC, yet. Signature+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Brian Gordon -->briang@panix.com<-- brian dot gordon at cox dot net | + Bass: Lexington "Main Street Harmonizers" chorus + -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- >I don't know any emergency tyoes here in >SC, yet. What part of SC? Greenville County, here. > In article <1178468261.873873.192...@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Get in touch with your local emergency department (Fire Department, Police Department, etc...) and ask them if they have any recommendations about an "ICE" directory or some sort for your personal cell phone. Here in Florida it's now so well known I have even ICEed my work cell phone. In God's Grace, Ric > Worse, 100% of the EMTs and Paramedics I talked to said they would be fired > on the spot if they were found messing with a patient's cellphone directory. > Invasion of privacy and all that ... I have been told by the city police department (Pasadena, CA) that the paramedics are trained to check for ICE on the cell phone. This was the police dept spokesperson who told us this. > > Worse, 100% of the EMTs and Paramedics I talked to said they would be fired > > on the spot if they were found messing with a patient's cellphone directory. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > paramedics are trained to check for ICE on the cell phone. This was the > police dept spokesperson who told us this. It's pretty standard all over the country. BTW - Almost went to the Rose Bowl Flea market today. Too lazy to leave Ventura. BTW- A lot of the same vendors sell at the one at Ventura County Fairgrounds (Both are RG Canning run) - most of the time cheaper prices. RB still has better selection and more vendors. SignatureTo reply by email, remove the word "space" > > I explained what the ICE entry is in my phone and set one up in hers > > too. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > -- > Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com Our local and state (Florida) are trained to look for the ICE on people's cell if the person is unable to ask for help or give any contact info. >> I explained what the ICE entry is in my phone and set one up in hers >> too. > > Great! Hopefully you'll be able to explain what an ICE entry is to the > guy that finds you in an emergency, because I suspect 80% of the populace > has no idea what "ICE" means! ;-) Yeah, ICE is actually not the entry you want if you're trying to get a lost phone back, as most of the populace doesn't know what it means. An "If Found" is probably the most obvious entry, or if you keep your phone locked, put a label on it. Many people want to do the right thing and return property that they find, but they won't spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to find the owner. > >> I explained what the ICE entry is in my phone and set one up in hers > >> too. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > and return property that they find, but they won't spend a lot of time > trying to figure out how to find the owner. What's funny is that when you power up my phone I entered the greeting text to say: This Phone Was Stolen From: Ric (Last name) (Address) (home phone number) I think that get the point across in a funny way. ;-) In God's Grace, Ric > What's funny is that when you power up my phone I entered the greeting > text to say: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I think that get the point across in a funny way. ;-) Yep, if I found your phone and that's the message that came up I'd laugh hysterically as I tossed it in the trash. I hope you get the point in a funny way. SignatureMike > > What's funny is that when you power up my phone I entered the greeting > > text to say: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > -- > Mike Yep, that was one of the funny ways I got your point. ;) Ric Good thing the phone was on. Or not locked. > Yesterday I was driving down a street near my house and I saw a cell phone > in front of me at an intersection I had just stopped at. I jumped out and [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > opened, by putting a 1 (or other character that makes it be first) as the > first character. > Good thing the phone was on. Or not locked. Well it was off, but I managed to push the button to turn it on. If it had had a discharged battery I'd have been out of luck as it was a Samsung phone for which I have no charger. I would have just dropped it off at the T-Mobile store if I hadn't been able to make a call. Maybe putting a label on the outside of the phone with a phone number to call if found would also be a good idea, in addition to an "if found" entry in your phone book. Given that most people have no idea what "ICE" means, I don't think that "ICE" is a good entry for this purpose. >> Good thing the phone was on. Or not locked. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > entry in your phone book. Given that most people have no idea what "ICE" > means, I don't think that "ICE" is a good entry for this purpose. My Treo, in its locked state, says "Owner: My Name Call xxx-xxx-xxxx for reward Emergency? Call My Wife's Name at yyy-yyy-yyyy" > Yesterday I was driving down a street near my house and I saw a cell > phone in front of me at an intersection I had just stopped at. I jumped [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > book is opened, by putting a 1 (or other character that makes it be > first) as the first character. Yes, I learned that nice little trick years ago. In my phone I have an ICE group, and my wife is clearly IDed as my wide on my phone. This kind of info should be in owners manuals of new cell phones so more people could be aware of this great safety feature! In God's Grace, Ric > Yesterday I was driving down a street near my house and I saw a cell > phone in front of me at an intersection I had just stopped at. I jumped [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > book is opened, by putting a 1 (or other character that makes it be > first) as the first character. If anyone ever finds my phone laying in the street, I don't want it back. There's a very good reason why I tossed it out the window. Signaturejer email reply - I am not a 'ten' > > Yesterday I was driving down a street near my house and I saw a cell > > phone in front of me at an intersection I had just stopped at. I jumped [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > - Show quoted text - LOL! I can relate! > If anyone ever finds my phone laying in the street, I don't want it > back. There's a very good reason why I tossed it out the window. Yeah, that was my first thought when I saw that it was a T-Mobile phone, especially because the place I found, about two blocks from my house, it an area with no T-Mobile coverage. It was like "yeah, that subscriber just lost his cool and threw the phone into the street because he had no coverage." > Unfortunately the owner did not have any entry in the phone book for > "home," "wife," "ICE" (in case of emergency), etc. As SMS pointed out in a following post, putting a sticker on your phone is effective. I have my office phone number on a sticker covered with clear tape that lasts about six months before I starts to peel off. Trimming the squared off edges of the tape helps. ------------- / \ | | \ / ------------- |
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