Create "If Found" note on iPhone home screen

Aug 20, '08 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: visualpurple

I wanted to create a text note that I could save on my iPhone home screen that contained my contact details in case my iPhone was lost and whoever found it was honest enough to try and return it to me. I wanted this note to be accessible regardless of Internet access, and I didn't want to muck up my wallpaper with this info.

This isn't a fool-proof method to make sure that whoever finds your phone knows who it belongs to, but it is better than nothing. All you do is create a webpage with your "if found" details, making sure that the page can be viewed offline, and saving the page as a bookmark on your home screen.

  1. Create a Google account (if you don't already have one). If you do, log into Google.
  2. Go to Google Page Creator.
  3. Create a new page with your "if found" details.
  4. Publish the page. It will create a URL for your page.
  5. Go to http://iwebsaver.com/ on your iPhone.
  6. Type in your Google page URL and click "Save it Now".
  7. When the website loads, save it to your home screen with the name "IF FOUND"
The Google page you created with your "if found" details is now on your home screen, and can be accessed offline. A more foolproof method would be to make a wallpaper with this info, but for those of us who'd like to preserve the iPhone's aesthetics, this is better than nothing.

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