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Lookout Super User: How Lookout Saved the Party!

Lookout Super User: Neil Stocks

Occupation: Contractor

Location:  United Kingdom

Lookout User Since: 2010

Favorite Lookout Feature: Backup

Moral of the Story: “I will never own a phone without Lookout!”

How Lookout Saved the Day for Neil: “I had spent almost an entire year organizing my wife’s surprise 30th birthday party. I had compiled a guest list of nearly 200 people, and I had spent hours collecting the phone numbers for distant relatives and friends whom I hadn’t seen in years.

“The day I booked the venue for the event, I typed out a text message with all of the party details and sent it to the first 30 invitees. Suddenly, my phone froze. I left it alone for a few minutes, but it was still frozen. I took the battery out, waited a minute and then turned the phone back on. To my relief, the phone was working again. However, after I powered the phone back on, I noticed the background picture wasn’t the same. I clicked into my contact list and saw it was empty—there wasn’t a single number listed! I checked again and again. I felt sick. Not only had I lost all my personal contacts’ phone numbers, I lost all the numbers of my wife’s friends; it had taken nearly a year to gather all of that information… there was no way I’d be able to track down all of those contacts again.

“Then I remembered Lookout. I went to open Lookout’s application on my phone, but all of my apps were gone too. Once I reinstalled Lookout, I also went online and logged into my account. I couldn’t believe it… all of my contacts were still on file! I started to transfer all the numbers back onto my phone and was amazed that I recovered everything I’d lost in less than ten minutes. Five months later, everyone came to my wife’s surprise party; it was a huge success. Thanks, Lookout!”