data being used yet find iphone and everything else says device is off

[Rryan1988]

i lost/misplpaced phone, couldnt locate, tried calling several times and its off, that was may 29th. i have data charges today may 31st, how is that possible?

[Rryan1988]

https://sat.ae/inspection/cell-phone-detection/pockethound/

[softech]

@Rryan1988   curious, what kind of frequency tool did you use?  Mind  to share the model?

[dust2dust]

The usage logs are delayed. Give it another 12 hours. That 12:04 one could have actually occurred any time in the previous 12 hours.

[Rryan1988]

yeah but i cant get the watch to turn on and the samsung is stuck in bootloop

[Rryan1988]

this one baffles me, my service is suspended and my definatly lost and off phone is still swiping right for chicks or something like wtf?

im at a loss, obviously i know that changing SIM is end will fix this cause im not getting the SIM back, more just asking any ideas on what could still be doing this? weird or what?

01/06/2022 12:04	Web						0.274 MB	MB	$0.00
01/06/2022 10:01	Outgoing Call			All	BC	0:01:17		Minutes	$0.00
01/06/2022 3:49	Outgoing Call			All	BC	0:00:38		Minutes	$0.00

[softech]

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@Rryan1988 wrote:

well after 3.5 hours of searching i came out with a samsung and apple watch 

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@Rryan1988 

So, you found some lost treasure from this advanture?

[Rryan1988]

well after 3.5 hours of searching i came out with a samsung and apple watch haha not what i was looking for but ill take it, i just find it so odd that its broadcasting a little, my google account doesnt register it, or facebook or instagram, hmm weird, cheers onto the next adventure

[dust2dust]

I tried my Samsung phone and it needed the internet. I presume it briefly turned on the GPS radio and found it. But with no internet on it didn't find the phone.

[Rryan1988]

i had it set to when only useing the app, also it says to load up youtube on the ios device, pretty dumb if you ask me, ios uses ip for location where as google use latitude, before you could just pop the imei number in and BAM

[softech]

@Rryan1988   if your believe the data was used after you had it lost, assuming your GPS is on, what does FindMyPhone for Apple tell you?  Where it shows the last location of the phone?

[Rryan1988]

i was just curious as wto why and how this was still having charges, im going down there now to search with a frequency meter, if i find it ill report back wether it was on off etc

[Rryan1988]

yeah excatly, for all i know its got my contacts loaded up and cant shut off, it would be dead by now, and actually yes you can track gps when off, gps locator beacon

[softech]

@Rryan1988   GPS chips will use data if you have things like FindMyPhone turned on or other apps that use data.  However, they all require Mobile Data turned on.  

[Rryan1988]

it was because of the phone numbers i had posted, removed, all good

[dust2dust]

I saw that post disappear after the seeing a nasty red box when I was replying.

What you're seeing is a miniscule consumption of data, not a charge or fee.

If the GPS location services was off then the GPS method would not work. GPS itself does not use data. Navigation apps would. Online maps would obviously.

But all this searching requires the phone to be on. You can't know the moments it might be turned on for you to do a search.

[softech]

@Rryan1988   this post seems to be back alive

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Get-Support/data-being-used-yet-find-iphone-and-every...

[Meow]

Could you clarify little bit what is this all about? 'middle of discussion'? With whom?

[RossN]

@Rryan1988 that's pretty sad I thought people had a right to ask a question here?

[kb_mv]

@Rryan1988 What reply are you talking about? We are just customers here so have no access to your communications or account. Can you elaborate? How much data is being used?

[softech]

@Rryan1988   Submit the abuse report and let them know it was a mistake.

The spam filter is automated.  A lot of false positive here and there

So, you found your phone yet?  did you go to My Account and mark it Lost/Stolen?

[Rryan1988]

This reply was marked as spam and has been removed. If you believe this is an error, submit an abuse report.

data being used yet find iphone and everything else says device is off

wtf public mobile? did we acidentally reveal that you indeed DO charge data fee/network

[Rryan1988]

no i havent im not concerned about that, could it be the GPS chip thats drawing the data? cause you can track the phone with imei IF they have one which does require data, GPS does work when unit is off

[Rryan1988]

and the only calls are the device redirecting to voicemail

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[dust2dust]

It's miniscule but perhaps the thief turns it on for a moment and then off. Find phone would not work while off. You'd have to time it just right to hit it when it was on.

So have you used the lost/stolen function on the self-serve to stop any usage on the account yet?

[Rryan1988]

01/06/2022 1:14	Outgoing Call			All	BC	0:00:08		Minutes	$0.00
01/06/2022 1:12	Outgoing Call			All	BC	0:00:08		Minutes	$0.00
31/05/2022 7:49	Outgoing Call			All	BC	0:01:26		Minutes	$0.00
31/05/2022 7:49	Outgoing Call			All	BC	0:00:12		Minutes	$0.00
31/05/2022 4:54	Outgoing Call			All	BC	0:00:09		Minutes	$0.00
31/05/2022 4:51	Outgoing Call			All	BC	0:00:15		Minutes	$0.00
31/05/2022 4:44	Outgoing Call			All	BC	0:00:11		Minutes	$0.00

[Rryan1988]

yes im aware how to do that its more the phone itself im concerned about, also i didnt lose it, the RCMP lost it but wont admit it so im leavin it active until something happens, they cant legally go through until they have a warrant, which they dont, they play this game and if they wait long enough you give up, im not giving up

[Rryan1988]

yes but i had it set to while using app only of course

[Rryan1988]

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[esjliv]

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@Rryan1988 wrote:

i lost/misplpaced phone, couldnt locate, tried calling several times and its off, that was may 29th. i have data charges today may 31st, how is that possible?

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@Rryan1988  - hope you can manage to get your phone back. 

See "How To Change Your SIM Card" at the bottom of this Help Article: https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/on/get-help/articles/sim-swap-fraud