# Molly, Finder Of Lost Phones **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-finder-of-lost-phones/953023 "2021-10-22T19:35:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-finder-of-lost-phones/953023/1 "2021-10-22T19:35:42Z")
A few days ago I left my phone lying on top of a couple of plastic bins, and then I couldn’t find it. So I went on Google to use the find-my-phone tool which rings the phone until you press the power button. So I followed the sound to one of the back bedrooms where I found Molly, who had also been alerted by the noise and decided to investigate. She graciously held the pose long enough for me to get the shot. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51616638701_ec451ec439_b.jpg "Molly, Finder of Lost Phones") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/78538399@N00/51616638701/sizes/l/) ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-finder-of-lost-phones/953023/2 "2021-10-22T20:46:50Z")
Good adorable helper kitty. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-finder-of-lost-phones/953023/3 "2021-10-22T21:14:55Z")
Nice chubby little grey cat. But why do I get a link to this thread in my notifications? And how did you photograph this without your smartphone? the first question is serious, the second in jest ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-finder-of-lost-phones/953023/4 "2021-10-22T21:27:48Z")
Oh, god, Discourse again. I’d been reading a completely different thread in a different forum, was going to quote something but decided not to, and it was still in my reply buffer. Initially I tried to quote your question, and all of that other post was still there. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-finder-of-lost-phones/953023/5 "2021-10-23T13:43:22Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > find-my-phone tool I use Apple’s version weekly. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-finder-of-lost-phones/953023/6 "2021-10-23T13:52:46Z")
Got it, no problem. Hasn’t happened to me yet, but good to know that is possible. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-finder-of-lost-phones/953023/7 "2021-10-23T14:52:11Z")
My wife’s find-my-phone tool is _my_ phone. “I can’t find my phone, can you call it?” I joke that I call her number more to find her phone than I do to talk to her. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-finder-of-lost-phones/953023/8 "2021-10-23T15:06:08Z")
Yeah, but that only works if the phone isn’t silenced. Mine is almost always switched to mute - the “find yr damn phone” function will still make it ring regardless. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-finder-of-lost-phones/953023/9 "2021-10-24T04:57:24Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > My wife’s find-my-phone tool is _my_ phone. “I can’t find my phone, can you call it?” I joke that I call her number more to find her phone than I do to talk to her. My cellphone normally rides in my shirt pocket. After one night at the sports bar, with friends and more than a few drinks for a game on TV of some sort, I got home, tossed my shirt and a few other things into the laundry hamper, put on sweats and a T-shirt, and settled in for an evening of TV. Then I noticed my cellphone wasn’t in its usual place on the kitchen counter. Where could it be? I looked for it, but couldn’t find it. Did I leave it at the sports bar? Using my home office phone (a landline) I gave them a call, but no, they hadn’t seen it and nobody had turned a phone in. Then I realized I had my landline, and called my cellphone. The laundry hamper started ringing. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-finder-of-lost-phones/953023/10 "2021-10-24T06:00:01Z")
Are you 100% sure Molly didn’t hide the phone there herself just to get credit for “helping” you find it? Cats can be quite resourceful and cunning. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-finder-of-lost-phones/953023/11 "2021-10-24T08:12:02Z")
“This loud ringy thing dares to sully my blankie. YOU WILL MAKE IT STOP HUMAN!” ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-finder-of-lost-phones/953023/12 "2021-12-12T17:41:09Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Yeah, but that only works if the phone isn’t silenced. Android/Google’s version works even if the phone is silenced. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-finder-of-lost-phones/953023/13 "2021-12-13T07:11:22Z")
I’m the loser of phones and remotes Queen. The Dish box has a ‘find the remote, Stoopid button’. I’ve went days looking for it before I got an upgrade box. I have a couple of cel phones so I’m often calling one with another. My s\*\*\*\*t phone was lost one day. I couldn’t find my real phone. I spent half a day looking for either. Found one called the other and it was in my back pocket. Gah!! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-finder-of-lost-phones/953023/14 "2021-12-13T15:21:35Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > Android/Google’s version works even if the phone is silenced. Yes, that’s why I also posted … > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Mine is almost always switched to mute - the “find yr damn phone” function will still make it ring regardless.