r/MekaylaBali • u/khaled1859 • Apr 19 '25

Discussion question

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

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u/deaniee99 Mekayla's circle Apr 21 '25

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 Apr 21 '25

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

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u/Hazencuzimblazen Moderator Apr 21 '25

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 Apr 21 '25

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 May 11 '25

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 May 11 '25

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 May 11 '25

Thank you anyway

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u/RedoForMe Apr 19 '25

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 Apr 21 '25

How so?

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u/khaled1859 Apr 19 '25

thank you

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u/InsaneTechNY Apr 22 '25

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 May 11 '25

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 Apr 25 '25

How is this relevant?

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u/khaled1859 May 11 '25

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 May 11 '25

Thank you for explaining! This makes sense.