# My new cell phone was stolen yesturday.  I'm an idiot.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 9, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-cell-phone-was-stolen-yesturday-im-an-idiot/675892 "2013-12-09T14:59:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-cell-phone-was-stolen-yesturday-im-an-idiot/675892/61 "2013-12-12T18:18:36Z")

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Weird, sounds like a rather convoluted effort on her part for a $200 phone. Phone thieves know what the good stuff is, they generally go after iPhones and Samsung Galaxies.

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-cell-phone-was-stolen-yesturday-im-an-idiot/675892/62 "2013-12-12T18:36:29Z")

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😕 This doesn’t make sense. Why tip off the thief? 😕

Phone is being probed. _The Cops are on to me._ She’ll just throw it in a trash can.

> [@Duckster](#):
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> Actually the phone is on but the data is turned off. Couldn’t find my phone. Turned on data and only after that did it find my phone. But my phone also announced it was being probed.

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