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Re:Any way to find a lost Kindle inside a house? by zamadatix on Thursday January 02, 2020 @09:22PM (#21942455)
Because most people aren't interested in buying a bunch of devices to plug in at the edges of their house on the off chance it'll catch a lost charged device reaching out via wireless instead of just cleaning ;).
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Re:Any way to find a lost Kindle inside a house? by scotty79 on Thursday January 02, 2020 @10:42PM (#21942915)
I guess I'm not most people because I'm definitely doing it.

Most frantinc searches of my phone happen as I'm about to leave the house in hurry. Cleaning is not an option then. I would have to be 'organised' which I absolutely abhore and want to avoid at all cost.

So far my solution was to just have a second phone in a fixed place so I can call my main phone and locate it by sound.

But the wifi triangulation thing sounds like way more fun.

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Re:Any way to find a lost Kindle inside a house? by pubutil on Thursday January 02, 2020 @11:45PM (#21943257)
You might benefit from a Tile. Put one on your keys and/or wallet, they locate bidirectionally via sound blasting (e.g. keys > phone, phone > keys). Or maybe Bluetooth beacons would work just as well?

Though if you’re in it for the fun factor then go for the wifi option!

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Re:Any way to find a lost Kindle inside a house? by fuckyah on Friday January 03, 2020 @12:07AM (#21943389)
Apple has find my phone. Problem solved
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Re:Any way to find a lost Kindle inside a house? by giancarlostoro on Friday January 03, 2020 @12:20PM (#21948004)
To be fair, Android does as well? Just typing "Android find my phone" into google produces a scary result.
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Re:Any way to find a lost Kindle inside a house? by Rerarom on Friday January 03, 2020 @03:16AM (#21944163)
You may call your phone from the landline.
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Re:Any way to find a lost Kindle inside a house? by xbmcuser on Friday January 03, 2020 @02:23AM (#21943962)
I just ask my Google home to ring my phone
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Re:Any way to find a lost Kindle inside a house? by lonelappde on Thursday January 02, 2020 @10:38PM (#21942892)
I don't think this claim is true. And "Most" is not enough. "Nearly all" is required to eliminate a market for alternative.
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