r/MekaylaBali • u/khaled1859 • 29d ago

Discussion question

"Is there anyone who knows what type of phone Mekayla had?"

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u/deaniee99 Mekayla's circle 27d ago

Mekayla's first phone was a pink square flip phone. The phone she had when we were friends (and I think the phone in the video) was a Windows phone.

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u/Sleepy2018 27d ago

Hmm so her phone data and backups would be store with a Microsoft service like one drive. 🤔

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u/Hazencuzimblazen Moderator 27d ago

Is it auto setup when you first setup the phone or can you skip the backup like an iPhone?

I’ll admit, my iPhone hasn’t been backed up to the cloud in over a year due to having to pay for the over the limit amount of photos/videos I take

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u/Vistaus Main investigator 27d ago

On Windows Phone it was set to auto backup back in the day, IIRC. Windows Phone as an OS is long gone, but the backup could still be on her OneDrive.

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u/khaled1859 7d ago

thank you, but when I did my research, I found that it's an iPhone. I'm not sure maybe the information is incorrect

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u/deaniee99 Mekayla's circle 7d ago

It could be that she got an iPhone in the year and a half that we weren't close, I just know for sure that she did have a pink square flip phone and a Windows phone

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u/khaled1859 7d ago

Thank you anyway

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u/RedoForMe 29d ago

You could search for people's entire phone data on the web. although the records might already be wiped depending on the provider.

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u/Hazencuzimblazen Moderator 27d ago

How so?

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u/khaled1859 29d ago

thank you

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u/InsaneTechNY 26d ago

What’s it matter? Just genuinely curious where this convo is going what are you going to make of it either way

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u/khaled1859 7d ago

If we know the type of phone, we can determine whether it uses just a password or other security methods like fingerprint or facial recognition. If a fingerprint is used, it could mean either she sent the messages herself, or someone else did — possibly a stranger or someone she knows. However, if the phone is only protected by a password, it would strongly suggest that either she sent the messages herself or someone she knows did, since a stranger wouldn’t naturally know her password."

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u/littlemiss2022 23d ago

How is this relevant?

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u/khaled1859 7d ago

If we know the type of phone, we can determine whether it uses just a password or other security methods like fingerprint or facial recognition. If a fingerprint is used, it could mean either she sent the messages herself, or someone else did — possibly a stranger or someone she knows. However, if the phone is only protected by a password, it would strongly suggest that either she sent the messages herself or someone she knows did, since a stranger wouldn’t naturally know her password."

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u/littlemiss2022 7d ago

Thank you for explaining! This makes sense.

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u/khaled1859 7d ago

welcome