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From: badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: Re: Can ;a USB chargiing cable be connected but bad?
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 21:25:39 -0000 (UTC)
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micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
> In misc.phone.mobile.iphone, on Fri, 11 Oct 2024 17:55:35 -0000 (UTC),
> badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
>>> In misc.phone.mobile.iphone, on 11 Oct 2024 15:37:31 GMT, Jolly Roger
>>> <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 2024-10-11, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> A friend tells me there are 3 kinds of cable plug, USB-C, Flying Harpie,
>>>>> and a third one
>>>> 
>>>> Is "Flying Harpie" a typo, or some kind of joke?
>>> 
>>> Almost a joke, but when I can't remember something my free association
>>> is pretty wild.  Yesterday I couldn't remember Marjory Taylor Green and
>>> came up with Mary Tyler Moore. 
>>>> 
>>>> There are three kinds of connectors on iPhones: 
>>>> 
>>>> - 30-pin dock connector (original iPhone up to iPhone 4s)
>>> 
>>> I've seen the docks but figured they used the same charging connector.
>>> That's what my friend must is thinking of, and I guess even the docks
>>> are not worth much anymore unless you have a very old phone. 
>>> 
>>>> - Lightning connector (iPhone 5 to 14)
>>>> - USB-C connector (iPhone 15 onward)
>>> 
>>> I got a second call from someoen trying to reach the owner of the phone,
>>> and he was much more alert than the first caller.  He knows her other
>>> phone number, called her and she called me.  She has two phones, didn't
>>> even know she'd lost one, and couldn't figure out where she lost it. She
>>> went to that drugstore just to pick up an Amazon package, but used her
>>> other phone, thought that phone was left at home.    
>>> 
>>> (So she was not going to go to the police, and she already had no idea
>>> where she lost it.  When she found it missing, she'd have even less
>>> idea. So i think I handled this correctly.   She hasn't seen the email
>>> the guy sent her yesterday.)
>>> 
>>> She's coming over in a little while on her way home. Since she called me
>>> on the phone, she says her name is Sandra and the two other callers were
>>> looking for Sandra, I don't feel the need for more proof that it's right
>>> match, like I did for the earpod. Maybe I'll make her unlock it. 
>>> 
>> 
>> iPhones have FindMy which allows you to find your phone by logging into
>> your iCloud account. I’m surprised they didn’t use that to track it down. 
> 
> She has two phones.  She didn't even know this one was missing.  She was
> very polite and appreciative. 
> 
> From my side, one webpage suggest turning in Siri and asking Whose phone
> is this.  ButI tried a lot of buttons and couldn't get it to work.  Then
> I read tha thS users are adviced to turn off Siri when using the lock
> screen.  I asked her if she'd done t hat and she said she'd never used
> Siri. ;-)
> 

I’ll bet you she’s used Facebook and TikTok on that phone countless times
though…