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How do people manage to keep track of their mobile phones

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Doodledog Sat 01-Nov-25 17:07:25

ViceVersa

I just take mine with me from one room to another. Simple.

It's not simple if you have ADD, or have any other reason why you are likely to forget where you put it. If it were as easy as that, the OP wouldn't have posted.

bonbons01 Sat 01-Nov-25 17:01:58

M0nica, what about a wall mounted phone hanger? Have a look, they sell them on Amazon.

Casdon Sat 01-Nov-25 16:57:47

You could get a lanyard, and hang it round your neck without a pouch, which must be what is resetting it? I keep mine in the pocket of my jeans when I’m outside in the garden, and I don’t have that problem, although mine has a plastic case on it which protects the buttons from being pressed accidentally because they don’t stick out from the phone with the case on.

Jaxjacky Sat 01-Nov-25 16:56:18

I wear jeans or shorts all the time, it’s in my back pocket, on the rare dress days it’s in the front of my bra.

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Sat 01-Nov-25 16:53:12

You’ll have to pretend you’re a celeb MOnica and make sure it’s in your hands constantly!

OldFrill Sat 01-Nov-25 16:50:53

If you have Google speakers (or whatever your phone type needs) you can set them to make and receive calls through your phone. If you lose your phone it will ring your phone so you can find it.

ViceVersa Sat 01-Nov-25 16:50:22

I just take mine with me from one room to another. Simple.

Doodledog Sat 01-Nov-25 16:43:49

I suspect this will not help, but I wear an Apple watch, and there is a button on it which will ring my phone when pressed.

I often use it to locate my phone when I've forgotten where I put it.

M0nica Sat 01-Nov-25 16:40:47

Forthe last 3 months, because of the vagaries of Vodaphone and Openreach we have had no telecomms at home so I have had to be dependent on my mobile phone.

The problem is I do nto always have it onme or close to me. When i go out I put it in my handbag, and when i return Iput the bag under the stairs, and if the phone rings I do not hear it. Alternatively it is on my desk - and if I am not near my desk, and I often aren't , it rigs and I do not hear it. Ditto whenit is in the car.

I tried putting it in a little bag slung round my neck, but the phone kept resetting itself and one of the things it reset was whether it would ring or not, so it kept turning off sound.

Carrying around in my hand all the time gives me cramp and anyway, I need both hands to do things.

There is nowhere in the house to put my phone where I can hear it all the time, and so many clothes lack pockets.

In our last home we had a VOIP (pretend landline) and that had a loud ring and we had three handsets, all of which rang in different parts of the house.

We have decided not to have fibre to the house, I do not quite understand what we have but it is some wireless gizmo that provides an excellent internet service, but no phone.

So I am utterly perplexed as to what to do to make sure I pick up all my calls.