ICE contact on a locked phone

[WinstonWolf]

Hopefully none of us will ever need to know this... Most of us probably have an ICE contact in our phones, but did you know you can access the details and any notes you've left on a locked iPhone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqt-HurBDwM

Get your details updated folks

[MadDad]

I have ICE details on the lock screen of my phone, but just in case it is lost during an accident I also wear one of these;



Available from here

[Hackney]

MadDad said:

I have ICE details on the lock screen of my phone, but just in case it is lost during an accident I also wear one of these;



Available from here

You wear it all the time?
I got mine for cycling so only wear it when I'm on the bike. Bloody good idea though.

[AndrewEH1]

To copy across from the other thread for Android users:

Got an Android phone?

In the security settings you can add 'Owner's Information' to the lock screen. Put your ICE contact there.

(This might depend on what Android software is on your phone.)

[ukbabz]

On the Samsung galaxy (but not my HTC so not sure if its android or Samsung) there's a setting when you press emergency call you have the option of certain ICE contacts.

Always worth having along with some ID. (my lock screen also has my name / email address on it)

[donfisher]

MadDad said:

I have ICE details on the lock screen of my phone, but just in case it is lost during an accident I also wear one of these;



Available from here

Team Sky colours, nICE!

[marting]

Surely just some form of ID would allow the cops to get your address and emergency contact? I always just stick my driving license in my pocket.

[AndrewEH1]

marting said:

Surely just some form of ID would allow the cops to get your address and emergency contact? I always just stick my driving license in my pocket.

Yeah, but how will they know who to call for you? I can't think of any ID I carry that will have those details.

[WinstonWolf]

marting said:

Surely just some form of ID would allow the cops to get your address and emergency contact? I always just stick my driving license in my pocket.

The more info that's quickly available in an emergency the better IMO. My ICE also has who I am, my DOB and "no known allergies or medical conditions" in it. It certainly won't do any harm

[47p2]

Need an American accent before the phone recognises ICE

I have a Road ID wrist bracelet

[MadDad]

I have to admit I only wear it when I am on the bike! Mine is black with a white stripe, keeping it neutral!

In addition to the ICE details on the bracelet there is also a web link on printed on it with a personal passcode. The emergency services can log onto the web site, type in my passcode and will get all of the details I have entered which include address, dob, next of kin, contact details, blood type, details of any ongoing medical conditions and any ongoing medication - quite a lot of info!

I was a little skeptical about the emergency services knowing what to do with it, but was chatting to a paramedic a while ago who said that they can be a godsend if the patient is out cold...!

In addition I also carry my driving license, call me slightly paranoid but I found a guy out cold and covered in blood in Swinley Forest about 5 years ago with nothing more than an inner tube and handful of gels in his pocket! Thankfully after a few minutes a group of guys he was riding with came back looking for him....

[S10GTA]

MadDad said:

I have ICE details on the lock screen of my phone, but just in case it is lost during an accident I also wear one of these;



Available from here

Same here, wear mine all the time.

[Westy Carl]

+1 for Road ID

[paranoid airbag]

I know all this stuff is very sensible and this thread should really be about the best way of achieving that aim.

But dear fking god, cycling in the UK is depressing . (sorry all, I realise that's O/T)

[Disastrous]

This is just so alien to me. Is this such a pressing concern for so many?

Anyway, any ICE system that requires the first responder to know how Siri or Android or whatever to work is a stupid idea. People wouldn't even think to check and if they did, you'd have the wrong OS or whatever. And if it was an iPhone the battery would be flat.


When my old man climbed, he had a wee label with his blood type and emergency contact on his helmet. I assume all you safety-conscious chaps wear helmets so why not do that and give whoever finds your body a fighting chance of finding the details

[S10GTA]

Disastrous said:

This is just so alien to me. Is this such a pressing concern for so many?

As mentioned on a similar thread here, I figured sometimes I can be 60 miles from home with only a locked phone. If I had an accident nobody would know who I was or where I was from until I was reported missing.

[Disastrous]

S10GTA said:

Disastrous said:

This is just so alien to me. Is this such a pressing concern for so many?

As mentioned on a similar thread here, I figured sometimes I can be 60 miles from home with only a locked phone. If I had an accident nobody would know who I was or where I was from until I was reported missing.

I'd suggest a small piece of paper then, tucked in your pocket next to the phone, would be much more obvious and easy for anyone who found you, if it's that much of a worry.

Surely if someone finds you (presumably unconscious) after an accident, you just want them to get you to a hospital?? What's contacting someone 60 miles away going to achieve?

[WinstonWolf]

Disastrous said:

This is just so alien to me. Is this such a pressing concern for so many?

Anyway, any ICE system that requires the first responder to know how Siri or Android or whatever to work is a stupid idea. People wouldn't even think to check and if they did, you'd have the wrong OS or whatever. And if it was an iPhone the battery would be flat.


When my old man climbed, he had a wee label with his blood type and emergency contact on his helmet. I assume all you safety-conscious chaps wear helmets so why not do that and give whoever finds your body a fighting chance of finding the details

Well I've been dead once so I just thought it might be handy to know

I'm feeling much better now...

[Disastrous]

In the spirit of being safe, here's mine:




Ride safe everyone!

[paranoid airbag]

S10GTA said:

Same here, wear mine all the time.

Sorry for this again, but - all the time? All the time when cycling? All the time when out? All the time when out someplace unknown?

Maybe I'm just comparatively young and free of dependents, and have the sense of invincibility that comes with that, but I've been away from civilisation plenty of times with minimal to no ICE stuff (i.e. bandage kit for hiking, maybe a mobile since I'm taking pictures anyway), and that would cause a twinge at best, certainly not enough to cause me to wear something that won't actually help me directly.

I know it's cliche and lentil muncher, and (please read this part) I'm certainly not blaming anyone here, but - the idea of cycling really wouldn't appeal to a newbie reading this thread, would it?