Found a phone.

So several weeks ago, there was a water main break in my neighborhood. Water was flowing down my driveway like a river for several hours. It caused part of my yard to get flooded and a lot of debris to be deposited.

A couple weeks ago, I was fixing up one of the gardens that was affected by the water and found a phone (Samsung S5) under one of the plants. I almost didn't even see it as it was a black otterbox case and the phone was face down. The camera lens caught my eye.

Knowing the amount of water that flowed over that area, I figured the phone was junk and almost just tossed it. Out of curiosity, I busted the case off (the amount of dried crud on it was substantial) and plugged it in.

It took a charge and powered up. Apparently otterbox cases are worth the money.

It had a pattern screen lock on it but I saw a notification bar about updated gmail stuff and an email address. I sent an email asking if they lost a phone and never got a reply.

The other day I was messing around with it and guessed the pattern lock. I now have full access to the phone. It seems to be in perfect working order. The email I sent earlier seems to have been sent to the person that lost it.

Its been close to 2 months since they lost the phone. There are no new emails or messages dated after a couple days after it was lost. What would you do with the it?

 

There has been no activity on the phone for almost 2 months, email or calls. I don't think it is even still active on the network. I saw an email asking for someone to order a new phone as this persons phone was "no longer working" that was dated 2 days after the incident.

I looked in the contacts and saw a number for "me" and none of the contracts have the same surname from the email.

 

sell it