So, you just come home from your dinner with friends and suddenly you do not know where you put your Telephone. Did you left it at the restaurant or at work? Or probably it is still in your house. You almost certainly fear the most severe that someone may have stolen your cell phone. Luckily locating a cellular phone is quite easy.
In the event that you own an iPhone, you can always utilize the Find iPhone apps. First of all you need to download this app to your iPhone. Then you must log in to the app with your Apple account ID. Once activated, the device will share its location. The minimum network requirement for it to track these devices is either through GPS signal, 3G, WiFi, or location triangulation via cell towers. What is a location triangulation via cell towers? I'll deliberate on this in future post. When you have an iPad or any other Apple devices, you can easily track your iPhone by logging into your account via the find iPhone apps. There it will list all of your devices that are connected to the iCloud. Once it detected your device, it shall show the location of your device on a map. You can also have the option of remote triggering the device to omit ringing sound or lock it so that it cannot be used by unwanted parties. Additional interesting thing is that you can also follow other people's Apple's devices through your list of contact. Once you select the list of contact you need to follow, it will notify your family and friends that you are right after them through the iPhone apps. It is an extremely neat app and it can also reduce your worries if you lose your iPhone or misplaced them.
Another way so that you can track your cellular phone is by tracking your phone's IMEI. IMEI stands for International Mobile Station Equipment Identity. It is an unique number for every mobile phone that was manufactured. It has 14 to 15 amounts that represents your mobile phones ID. You can quickly know your telephone unique IMEI number by pressing *#06# on your phone keypad. Your phone will show a string of numbers instantly. This number represents the phones IMEI. The IMEI is usually used by GSM operator network to identify whether your mobile phone is a valid device and not a clone one or a stolen one. GSM operator can actually stop the mobile phone that has an IMEI that was blacklisted. So, by blacklisting the IMEI, despite the fact that the thief changes the SIM of the phone, it shall still cannot be used since the Track IMEI in India is unique to the mobile phone itself.
So, make sure to remember your mobile phone's IMEI and store it someplace safe. This will prove to be useful if your mobile phone do get lost. You can immediately use this IMEI number by calling your operator and tell them that your mobile phone got stolen or lost. By giving the mobile phones IMEI number, the operator will block that mobile phone form using the operator's network. This will make the stolen mobile phone render less. But, if you decide locate your mobile phone yourself; there are many of services or software program available on the web. There are several free software available also. You can search the web for other free tracking devices for your mobile number. However, your operator usually can do the tracking for you. Usually your network operator will ask for a police report before they can do the tracking of your mobile phone. So, lodge a police report and give your mobile phone IMEI to the operator then. Once, they have tracked the location of your phone, it is advisable that you should notify the police and let them do their job in retrieving it. Do not put yourself in danger. You will never know how dangerous the thieves might be. Do not get yourself harm or die because of a cellular phone. Your life is much more useful. Get some help. The police are the best choice to report to and let them get the job done.