How does a total stranger get your cell phone returned to you if they find it?

I was thinking of putting a piece of paper with contact information on it between the phone and the protective after market case,
Just in case.

My phone is not locked so I can only hope that a good Samaritan would call a few people from my contacts list to get my phone back to me.

Any thoughts or ideas ?

Apple or Android?

Motorola android power

Just call your phone and offer a $500 reward.

Put your contact info as your wallpaper.

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I was thinking of putting a piece of paper with contact information on it between the phone and the protective after market case,
Just in case.

Just make sure you don't put your name and cell number on the paper

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Originally posted by HRK:
Just make sure you don't put your name and cell number on the paper

Yeah, because nobody leaves voicemail any more!

I was getting so many spam messages on my voice mail .
I locked it up.

No voice mail for you!

On mine, the contacts list alphabetically. The first contact they'll see is "AAAA owner", with a different phone number to reach me listed.

I made a label-maker label on the back with my wife's number.

Did you lose yours, or find somebody's?

I set up my Samsung/Android phone to be PIN-protected, but after a swipe to unlock, "Emergency Call" is displayed. Tapping this shows people I have designated as emergency contacts, bypassing the PIN.

There is banking and other confidential information on my cell phone. I remotely brick it and upload my data onto a new cell phone. That is after I determine I cannot find it.
That way I do not have to worry about compromised data.
President Bush did that when his party animal daughters lost theirs in Argentina.

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Originally posted by egregore:
Did you lose yours, or find somebody's?

I set up my Samsung/Android phone to be PIN-protected, but after a swipe to unlock, "Emergency Call" is displayed. Tapping this shows people I have designated as emergency contacts, bypassing the PIN.

No and no

I didn't set it up that way with loss of the phone in mind, but in case I am found unconscious or otherwise incapacitated.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
There is banking and other confidential information on my cell phone. I remotely brick it and upload my data onto a new cell phone. That is after I determine I cannot find it.
That way I do not have to worry about compromised data.
President Bush did that when his party animal daughters lost theirs in Argentina.

Sounds like you've done that a few times.

iPhones have a neat "find my phone" feature.