There are a few things you can do to help recover your lost cell phone. Ironically, you have to do these things before you lose your phone. You can help recover a lost cell phone by just adding a few telephone numbers to your contact list or by leaving messages in your phone.
Add or rename telephone numbers in your contact list as Dad - ICE (In Case of Emergency), Mom - ICE, Sister - ICE or Friend - ICE it will give anyone that finds your phone a way to locate you. If you have a land line home phone, add it to your contact list if it's not already there. Label it "Home". This way anyone trying to help return your phone can leave a message on your home phone
