Can I GET MY STOLEN PHONE BACK?

Have you ever had your phone stolen and wondered if it's possible to get it back? In this video, we explore the chances of recovering a stolen phone and what steps you can take to increase the likelihood of getting your device back. From reporting the theft to the police to using tracking software, we'll cover all the options available to you. Watch until the end to find out the most effective ways to recover your stolen phone and prevent it from happening again in the future. Whether you're an Android or iPhone user, this video is for you!
Peter Mutabazi founded Now I Am Known, an organization that supplies resources to support vulnerable children. Originally from Uganda, Peter ran away from an abusive home at age ten and lived as a street kid for nearly five years. Today, Peter is a single dad to countless foster children and his adopted children, Anthony, Ryder, and Skyler.
Every child deserves a space like home-a sanctuary that echoes their unique spirit and aspirations. Through our Surprise Bedroom Makeovers, we transform the rooms of foster kids and teens into personalized havens of comfort, joy, and belonging. Because when a child feels seen, they feel known. And when they feel known, they shine.
As an African-immigrated citizen AND a former foster child himself-Peter provides educational, inspirational talks on foster care, adoption, child advocacy, and parenting. Peter has overcome a variety of life challenges, and he encourages listeners to love those around them and choose to see the hope in their stories.
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Produced and edited by J42 Productions: www.j42productions.com ( / @j42productions )

[@danimatt100]

I have learned more about cell phone security from your son than I have since all the decades I've had a cellphone.

[@joie3142]

Kids keep an eye on your DAD! Peter this is when your kids know better! They are technically brilliant.

[@rhondamoon3886]

I absolutely love your videos. At the age of 12 I was Property of Department of Corrections in Tennessee. I got in trouble for Truency and they would send me somewhere and I would run away and they would send me somewhere worse . At 14 I was in a place with teenagers who had committed homicide and aggravated robbery, aggravated grape and every other violent crime you could imagine. The place was closed down 6 months after I was sent somewhere else. They arrested everyone from the Head Administration, the Armed Guards,down to the teachers. They were having s interactions between the kids and the staff. I've seen things that I should never have seen. Thank You for standing up and taking care of these kids 😊😊

[@WhimsyF-sr1ns]

I loved how hard your kids worked to help you, and Isabella's words of encouragement for you. So cute.

[@rayasellam8847]

I am sorry you lost your phone Peter, but boy this video was entertaining 😅😂 All the characters came to the forefront 😂 ZAY HAHA never saw him so frustrated and angry but also very protective of you and smart with technology ❤❤❤ MADIE, giggling in the back but actually just because she is nervous and stressed out.. I do the same. 😊❤ JAY, in full protective mode and wants to deal with the thief in a proper old school way 😂😂 💪🏾 The little once in the back shouting out their feelings and thoughts ❤❤ Peter you are so lucky with all your kids. They will always have your back. ❤❤❤

[@cinramirez8627]

Oh, Peter I love how you have some little detectives on your hands! And J is one very smart and loyal dude. They are all so protective of you! ❤

[@panthira2240]

Peter, you are so patient.

[@Chrissy086j]

That’s what I said because I would’ve had an attitude 😩

[@personincognito3989]

Sorry this happened to you. I am intensely proud of your sons for looking after you. Zay and J were so on fire, he wants to protect you and make sure if it happens again your location is on

[@plyer_2502]

Your family is so upbeat and positive, regardless of the upsetting situation 👍it takes some good home-training to be calm in a storm. ❤WHAT AN AMAZING FAMILY!! 👏🙏 PRAISE GOD FOR YOU!🙌

[@wambuimurathime55]

Sorry for the loss love how your children have your back . hope you will at least get your important information

[@GIAJTIH8900]

I'm sorry that happened to you Peter. My phone got stolen at a Macys a while ago. It is really a crappy feeling. But I upload all my pics etc. Thank God you have insurance. I love how your kids defended their daddy.

[@allyknows6328]

I'm so glad Jay is around. 😄 He's a great kid, just like all your kids Peter. God bless. 💗

[@alicetheegreet]

I think this was recorded before he left. I think they probably took him out to say goodbye and/or for his birthday.

[@LifeOfZay7790]

@@alicetheegreetthis was before he left

[@alicetheegreet]

Yes, thought as much. Thanks for replying.@

[@Kiersten-CoffeeLover76]

At least you have a tech pro like Zay helping you out! 🙌🏻

[@mcherry205]

Wow this is crazy Peter you really need to file a Police Report about your phone getting stolen. Please keep us updated.

[@belyndamartinez3994]

Jay is definitely my spirit animal when someone does my loved ones wrong!

[@kookietherapy9398]

Jay is a totally solid guy, heart & soul.

[@belyndamartinez3994]

@kookietherapy9398 Definitely! He is missed!

[@shirlynb148]

I’m so sorry Peter! Scolding you is not helpful but your vlog is helpful to us who didn’t even know phone stealing was a thing.

[@stephaniecannon410]

Ohh' Wow so sorry that happened. The phone can be replaced but you can't be replaced, Mr. Peter. That part 😢

[@DetestingMonday]

Ohhhhh Peter, you have hit the milestone with your kids: Parenting the parent. “When you get another phone, I’m turning on location services myself so this won’t happen again.” Sad it happened, amused the kids were telling you how things should be.

[@biblemademedoit]

Little one tried to comfort him also, so sweet.

[@crazyCat72Weaver]

What’s said had they asked you to help them you are so kind & would have probably helped them. I hate thieves & liars.

[@ednanelson1897]

Zay, you are such a sleuth. I love it. Jay, I'm with you. I wouldn't pay to get my own phone back either. 😒 😊

[@annwheeler1658]

Good evening Peter😀 Ann Marie here. You and your family are Awesome!😀❤️🙌💃🎉👏

[@mgonzalez9394]

“I’m going to handle it differently” haha “You can’t beat up a homeless guy” That took me out 😂

[@Tara......]

Jay wanted to handle business 😂. So sorry this happened.

[@janicelaurin7263]

Special Agent Zay and Jay! Your kids really wanted to help you! The homeless guy did NOT need it. He most likely sold it or traded it for drugs. Report to the police and give them the picture of the guy! Glad you had the insurance.

[@Tae_time]

Peter: this never happens to me. Proceeds to name 3 other times it happened to him😅. Sir, you need to be more cautious.

[@NovasYouTubeName]

That was cute😂❤

[@alicetheegreet]

LOL 😂 I caught that too!

[@danimatt100]

That's when this lady in Florida almost choked to death on her coffee 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@alicetheegreet]

LOLz 😂😂😂 @@danimatt100

[@evelynfreku292]

Peter your daughter is soo good and l like how she encourage u.

[@LAO-rf4jr]

Some people are scumbags. It’s a shame people steal from others. Keep up the kindness you all and don’t let the mean ones get you down. Love is always better than hate. ❤

[@FosterDadFlipper]

I know, ashame

[@Cosmos77727]

​@@FosterDadFlipperPeter, it's a phone!!

[@Earth_Angel777]

But something tells me these kids don’t play about him AT ALL!!! 😂😂😂😂 whew ….. if they were there omg lol ain’t no telling so yeah teach them love is the answer cuz they going to try the wrong child around you fr! 😂😂😂😂 & there’s NOTHING NOBODY CAN SAY FOR MESSING WITH THEIR DAD THAT WAS GIFTED FROM GOD! 💯🫶🏽💕

[@Dan5819]

I can understand why Peter made it so he can't be tracked. This is a scary world on many fronts, and IF I used a cell phone, I would do the same thing. No one wants to be tracked and also no one expects their phone to be stolen. AND....whoever stole this phone from a man who GIVES SO MUCH to children and helps other people do the same should feel ashamed of him/herself for doing this to such a hard-working GOOD MAN. I'd like to find that thief, sit him down, and let him/her know the kind hard-working MAN (with whom he or she could not hold a candle to) they stole from ----- and then I'd like to ask THEM -- What good THEY are doing for others in their life?! They should be ASHAMED of themselves. Don't feel guilty or anything else, Peter. We are victims when people do things like that. That person had no right to do take what was not his/hers and I still hope there is a way they will give themselves away and you'll get the phone back.

[@lemonsupernova8833]

I love how you kept your cool the whole time even when you're frustrated, Peter, and even thought compassionately about the phone thief. It's touching how everyone was working together - Anthony at work and Maddie included. Zay is really knowledgeable with tech. Jay was super protective too. It was cute how Isabella was also sad about your phone because of the memories. Luke's "C'mon cars, we're trying to find a lost phone here" is just hilarious and heartwarming at the same time. Glad no one got hurt still. Stay safe, Peter and family!

[@NovasYouTubeName]

I always have my location off cuz I hate being tracked by everything - I get it Peter! I also don’t use the cloud so I would hate to lose my phone (worse have it stollen). So sorry Peter ❤ you didn’t deserve that. All your kids sure have your back though ❤

[@kandismith6121]

Oh no..... Are you serious? That is absolutely terrible. Love that you have a army of kiddos that know so much about technology. My kids have taught me so much about these phones. Have to leave your location on for this very purpose. I take uber to work and one time the previous rider left their phone, i work at a convenience store and they called the driver answered and i offered to keep it at my work for them to pick up because the driver was not going back. They were so happy, they picked it up about 30 min later. Those young men are not playing about your phone. I love it ❤ The frustrations that occur during times like this. 😢

[@IsabelKilduff]

Jay is the man, Zay is amazing.

[@susangetz9202]

Jay or Zay??

[@alicetheegreet]

I think the op is talking about both. @susangetz9202

[@carolinacooper7068]

​@@susangetz9202Two different people. Jay is the one with curly hair. Zay has straight short hair and is a little bit bald.

[@kookietherapy9398]

I had my phone stolen in Tennessee on Christmas night at IHOP. Had a long drive to Idaho ahead of me. Lost contact for all my needs. I had my location off. I was in Cookeville, but I call it Crookville. That should be a song. 🎵 😂

[@kristiclifton3974]

Such a shame about your phone, Peter!! Thanks to Zay for talking about the importance of location services!! I’m going to turn mine on right now!!😂

[@ChrissieSM]

This was like watching a movie, quite suspenseful!

[@sharonshriver557]

You are a wonderful person and a very good father I'm so sorry somebody had to steal from you please be careful you might have to redo all your stuff but I would still call the police but I am so sorry someone did this to you you are a wonderful father😅 I had someone like you in my family if I could really need somebody like you bless you always Peter Google eventually eventually have to answer to God

[@deborahshoates5855]

Sorry Peter to hear about your phone ❤❤❤❤❤❤.

[@keyeemanna636]

I may be naive but, I would call the cops and ask them to track my phone with me. I wish you all the best of luck in recovering your phone.

[@jodiesargent7295]

So Sorry .Praying for you

[@alixstubbs5949]

So sorry that happened to you, be great if you get it back, or at least it can be replaced. It's awful this happened to you but maybe is also a bit of a warning for us all to be extra careful too x

[@terryhenderson424]

Do consider making both a police report and a report with your service carrier. It is not likely to do much but if it does turn up it enables folks to build a a trail and maybe do something.

[@catrionamartin-hp9hz]

Peter you schould got the police for safety😊😊Call the copes this isnt safe for the kids and you😊😊I hope you get it back

[@julieking4304]

anger in peter's eyes.

[@myahmyah]

Peter sorry you experienced this. It’s sad some people are so disrespectful with taking things that does not belong to them.

[@heavenlycontentedsoaps6453]

A patient took a nurse’s phone off her filling computer… she calls for husband and he send a ping to her phone and we’re all in this patient’s room asking him if he has the phone and all along, his lower leg was making noise, patient wouldn’t give it up and we called security dept. and as he saw them walk into his room, he reached into his sock and produced the alarming phone lol

[@pattiday-malina7550]

Awe sweet Isabella 😊

[@dprice6189]

When you locate him don’t confront him. Call the cops as this person could be armed.

[@juliabecker2356]

A hassle. But you have so many helpers that know so much about apple and cell phones.❤

[@margsww9148]

Oh Peter I am so sorry, thought this kind of thing only happens here in South Africa !

[@Beachgrl1717]

Sorry that happened to you Peter! Call your phone provider and report it so and LD calls they make won't be billed to you.

[@jeremybogle0101]

I love color blind family's ya feel me so beautiful my faimly is the same this is good wholesome content my son who is 7 found yall lol told me when he grows up he whants his wife to he a black queen and he whants a faimly like yalls he just made me so proud!! We from the south!! I was successful keeping him away feom the local racists! Praise God stay blessed yall

[@joansmith6844]

I pray it’s returned to u 😮

[@JenniferLude76]

Peter, you were so calm. I would have been so stressed and angry..

[@sabrina19ization]

😮 prayers hope uou get it back always keep your phone in your pocket if possible

[@needleworknut7792]

Keep your phone in you pocket. Simple

[@alicetheegreet]

Hi Peter. It sucks your phone got permanently borrowed. I hope this never happens to you again. Good thing with this guy, he's just desperate and an opportunists, it sounds, because he left it on. A professional clepto, would've turned it off right away. Next time that happens and/or if you're still able to call and track the phone, call the cops when you're 10 minutes out. That's the easiest way to retrieve it. Lastly, next time, you leave the teens in car and you go after the phone. I think had you gone to him with your approach, you would've gotten your phone back. PS, you don't need to have location turned on to use track my phone. You just need to give the find my phone app, access to your location.

[@alicetheegreet]

Also, put passwords on all financial apps and your album/photo app. All of my message, pics and vidsare automatically backed up on the cloud as well.

[@nicolamarkevics6460]

Next time you should put a broken phone on the table. Xx

[@ChrissieSM]

I left my phone in a Wendy's bathroom somewhere in Utah. fortunately a nice lady found it and gave it to me.

[@rebeccaphillips414]

I left my phone and someone stole it and turned it into a phone kiosk for money. They never found it where it was sent. I try so hard to never leave my phone behind again! So sorry that happened.

[@rockinrobin1007]

Some kid stole my daughter’s phone at lunch in middle school. All her friends called it over and over again and it buzzed and buzzed so the kid dropped it on the floor and they found it. She was just happy to have her phone back. I lost mine once and I was panicked. Dropped it at Whole Foods (probably in the parking lot) and someone turned it in. I noticed when I got to Trader Joe’s and had them call Whole Foods. I was so happy to get it back.

[@desilvabebe1391]

Let’s hope you find your phone soon sorry to hear that from London United Kingdom

[@bonnie2057]

make a police report go to your wireless service company and get a new phone

[@Rose88116]

Go back to the restaurant and ask to see if they have cameras

[@lesleymcbride4297]

He said they saw him on the camera in the beginning

[@Rose88116]

@ thanks I missed that.

[@DiligentProsperous]

Peter maybe a crossbody men’s fanny pack would be helpful for you to keep your keys and phone in. They have less costly ones on amazon or leather ones on other sites. I’m sorry that happened with your phone.

[@danimatt100]

Mr. Peter, in 4 nations you've lost phones? 😂 Sir, we have a problem we need to address........

[@viewersme796]

hope ya all good guys.

[@joyfaulkner204]

So sorry this happened….. I hope you are able to get another one .

[@mmurray9330]

Peter, Keep your phone in your pocket from now on. Or buy a cell phone pocket that anyone wears around there neck, its like a lanyard but for your cell phone. I seriously want to get one for when I walk my dogs. P.S. Amazon sells them!

[@Speedyskull15]

My dads car was stolen once but we ran into it the next week at a different gym . He literally let them run into us and then opened their door and asked them to get out of his car. They abandoned it that night and a year later they got caught with a bunch of car thefts . My dad is a chill guy and didn’t care to go to their sentencing but they were definitely caught up for it later on. They were definitely stupid for doing it in a nice area like Golden , Colorado where we can just buy a new car and go to the gym again a few days later like nothing happened .

[@viewersme796]

oh sorry to hear ya losing your phone

[@joanneganon7157]

It's shocking what people do today😳. I'm glad the guys are safe, sorry that happened😢! JO JO IN VT 💞☃️

[@marindamouton7557]

O noooo all you contact's And all your info😮😮😢😢

[@soulfulgreatdanes1918]

Make sure to change all your passwords because they might try using it to hack your bank account...

[@athulumargaret8372]

sorry thugs are all over!

[@TorieJimenez]

Call your phone carrier sometimes they can track it .

[@Milioem]

He really stole from the one of the goddess men in earth. So sorry that happened to you!

[@myreallife6386]

I’m so mad for you! I wonder if “find my iPhone” would help in this situation? I’m not that tech savvy so that’s all I know about.

[@pepesfrau]

Hopefully the Cloud has your videos and photos.

[@Beachgrl1717]

Call the police to meet you there.

[@dprice6189]

If you pay him for the phone I will continue this lucrative business. Bad idea. Cell phones are used for criminal activity. That person could be Tren de Aragua gang hanging with his buddies.

[@normakennedy4569]

Peter I'm so sorry your phone was stolen.

[@Sameeha-x6c]

I hope you get your phone back

[@110311DONTWANTCHANNE]

when you find the guy, call PD, don't confront

[@Cosmos77727]

Peter you lost your phone, not your life!!!

[@charley1359]

Can you do a “ Find my Phone”?

[@JediJan]

:Location Services" in settings needs to be turned om.

[@figmorrow]

I lost my phone and my son "pinged" it. I got it back.

[@susanclay6959]

Sorry for what happened. That's why you don't leave your phone or wallet laying around where someone could just take it.

[@merseabless8305]

Peter u are nice

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

What goes around, comes around. Whoever did this is surely not getting no blessings this way. Report it immediately.

[@Mammaj1963]

Why are you gonna reward him for stealing your phone , call the cops

[@VeganPower100]

That really sucks! 😢

[@justicejane2429]

Why would he steal it?

[@TodaysBibleTruth]

Just gonna have to go buy a new one.

[@lanarey2669]

😢

[@livetoloveandlaughlivefora6800]

Peter he was watching you he was watching you So you have to be careful

[@MELISSA-zj8rb]

when my x husbands phone was stolen , i looked online at the calls that had been made on it that we didnt make. i called those numbers until some one picked up and i said if you dont get my phone back im giving the police your phone number and you will be arrested for helping someone steal a phone. well we got the phone back lol dont give the thief money have him arrested there is no way id give him money. tell him get a job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@chiccook7644]

Sorry this happened. Please have all the children in seat belts correctly.

[@110311DONTWANTCHANNE]

i would suggest leaving the younger kids back with old of the older kids before chasing down a criminal. the foster agency my not approve of taking a foster child on the chase.

[@kathyparker8357]

Can you Tell us The Story ,How Did You Lose your Phone Peter?? I'm Sorry To Hear About Your phone.

[@junebryant5159]

My granddaughter had one of her phones stolen when went into a Shoney’s restroom 😮😢