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hello, a bad luck today... someone stole my phone. what can i do?
i have no myphone service installed,
i have locked my SIM card
i told that to the police, they will look for it through IMEI.
is it possible to change IMEI (i hope no)? i have flashed my phone with energy rom. is the IMEI the same?
thanks for every answer, lets fight against thieves!
misko903
misko903 said:
hello, a bad luck today... someone stole my phone. what can i do?
i have no myphone service installed,
i have locked my SIM card
i told that to the police, they will look for it through IMEI.
is it possible to change IMEI (i hope no)? i have flashed my phone with energy rom. is the IMEI the same?
thanks for every answer, lets fight against thieves!
misko903
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Flashing a ROM does not change the IMEI.
I sympathise with you.
I pray the police will catch up with the thief very soon. They have done so before.
File a report with the coppers so the SN or IME will go out on the stolen property lists to the pawn shops. Then you and your friends need to check craigslist hourly looking for your phone. Have one of your friends go meet him and check the phone. Also run a local search by zip code for your phone in ebay. If any come up that look suspicious like yours contact ebay with your concerns. They will make him provide a serial number or ime for the phone or they will freeze their account. While ebay may not be able to get your phone back, they can sure as hell freeze his account and make his life a living hell. Happened to a friend. He bought a warehouse a couple years back and in the attic there were about 25 SIP phones. He sold them all for like $50-$100. After selling them all ebay emailed him asking for receipts for hte phones. Since he found them in the building he just bought he didn't have them. They froze $700 in his paypal account for 6 months then released it.
thanks for your advices..
i have my phone backed up. that is the good thing. the good thing is also that IMEI is hard to change. in the moment when the thief will insert the SIM, the police will be informed. the bad thing is, that the thief is looking for charger probably...
So how is it now? Did you have your phone already?
Did the police made it? hmm you must be very careful with your valuables nest time so it won't happen again.
Anyways, what is IMEI? What does it do?
sunggokho said:
So how is it now? Did you have your phone already?
Did the police made it? hmm you must be very careful with your valuables nest time so it won't happen again.
Anyways, what is IMEI? What does it do?
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Searching for that would have led you to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mobile_Equipment_Identity
I apologize if this has been asked before, but I am in a hurry to get a straight answer on this.
Is there any way to track a cell phones location by just knowing the cell number. My niece ran away yesterday with some other kid her age and they are planning to leave the state they live in. We reported the case to the police but they are treating it as a runaway case and not a missing person case, so they are no doing much. I know cell phones can be tracked through the 911 services now, but is there any other way legally or a hack of some sort to track a person by calling or sending them a message.
It is rumored that my niece is going to mexico which is not really an ideal place for a 16 yo girl, so you can understand why I am concerned.
good luck... and its a run away, shes not missing or kidnapped, and maybe she likes tacos?... but no, you cant do more than the police... plus you didnt even say what phone she has
Thanks for correcting my punctuation, cuz thats what I really needed. Maybe some one else a little mature can provide some helpful info.
Okay we spoke to the phone company which is pocket wireless in Texas. They told us that the phone's location could not be triangulated because they just cant do that. I was under the impression that all cell phones were mandated to be able to be tracked or at least triangulate their approximate position for emergency purposes. Some one please correct me if I am wrong.
das7771 said:
Okay we spoke to the phone company which is pocket wireless in Texas. They told us that the phone's location could not be triangulated because they just cant do that. I was under the impression that all cell phones were mandated to be able to be tracked or at least triangulate their approximate position for emergency purposes. Some one please correct me if I am wrong.
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Ouch. You should sue them. Tell em off or something. & I don't think its possible. I had my cliq stolen and they didn't.even raise a pinky in trying to find it. Tmobile btw. And you should warn a sherrif they seem more understandable than a waste of a costume you call an officer.
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Depending on what phone she has they my not be able to track it. But almost all new phones have. Gps in them now. I got carjacked at gunpoint and left my phone in my truck and the police were able to triangulate it after some b.s. paperwork giving them permission to do so.
Had my truck back and intact within a couple hours. If I was you I would be at the police station harassing them to do it until they locked me up/threw me out or got off their asses nd did it.
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Depending on what phone she has they my not be able to track it. But almost all new phones have. Gps in them now. I got carjacked at gunpoint and left my phone in my truck and the police were able to triangulate it after some b.s. paperwork giving them permission to do so.
Had my truck back and intact within a couple hours. If I was you I would be at the police station harassing them to do it until they locked me up/threw me out or got off their asses nd did it.
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This guys rite , the police can do it anytime with ease , but tend to not lift thier asses unless its somthing big
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I figured it would be due to laziness. I spoke to a couple people in law enforcement and they said it can be done but its whether the police want to mess with it or not. I guess since it's not one of their family members, they dont want to bother with it.
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I figured it would be due to laziness. I spoke to a couple people in law enforcement and they said it can be done but its whether the police want to mess with it or not. I guess since it's not one of their family members, they dont want to bother with it.
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Good luck with that..!
I was at the gym yesterday and apparently I might have left it there by mistake, I went to the htc sense site to track it down but apparently they 'renovated it' and now you can't track it! Is there any way I can track it down after its lost (or stolen I guess)?
I downloaded Plan B but apparently it didn't install correctly or something because I didnt get any email yet (probably since there isn't any wifi where the phone is)
Quite a stupid move from htc to shut down such a good feature like that :/
Sorry for your loss, that really sucks dude. HTC did warn people they were going to remove that feature a couple of months ago. I rather liked it as well. The only other thing I can think of right now is, try having your service provider track it down using the phones gps. Sometimes it works. Good luck.
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Well Im gonna go to the police station tomorrow, they SHOULD be able to track it down, but I highly doubt their efficiency -.-'
Thanks mate : ) Also, from now onwards, I'm installing Prey on every device I own!
Uh the police won't find ****. Call your carrier and find out the insurance company if sprint or Verizon its asurion or similar. I hope ya got insurance I don't think $6 a month is bad.
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Vodafone doesn't track phones where I live, only the police do that. They are successful (sometimes) but not in my past cases haha.
Oh well, we'll see what'll happen.
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Well Im gonna go to the police station tomorrow, they SHOULD be able to track it down, but I highly doubt their efficiency -.-'
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Because the police have nothing better to do than to look for your LOST phone...smh.
Avast. 'Nuff said.
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Because the police have nothing better to do than to look for your LOST phone...smh.
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Really? By saying lost I was being polite. If I really just lost it at the gym it would be on the machine where I left it on, which it wasn't the next day. Whoever took it took off the sim card cos it wont dial and I had it charged an hour before gym so the battery should still be working.
So yes, still think its just 'lost'?
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Really? By saying lost I was being polite. If I really just lost it at the gym it would be on the machine where I left it on, which it wasn't the next day. Whoever took it took off the sim card cos it wont dial and I had it charged an hour before gym so the battery should still be working.
So yes, still think its just 'lost'?
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Umm...YES!
R3dn0ze said:
I was at the gym yesterday and apparently I might have left it there by mistake
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You left it somewhere, someone picked it up, YOUR FAULT! It's not stolen and whoever has it would not be prosecuted for picking it up. Maybe you should pay more attention to your $500 piece of technical equipment. Only a truly entitled person would believe that the police should take time away from investigating murders, kidnappings, and assaults, to find their phone. Is your phone that important? Is this what you are telling us?
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Umm...YES!
You left it somewhere, someone picked it up, YOUR FAULT! It's not stolen and whoever has it would not be prosecuted for picking it up. Maybe you should pay more attention to your $500 piece of technical equipment. Only a truly entitled person would believe that the police should take time away from investigating murders, kidnappings, and assaults, to find their phone. Is your phone that important? Is this what you are telling us?
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Maybe he should pay more attention but you cannot say it is his fault somebody took it and didn't give it to the gyms reception or to the police. I would do so if I found something lost. In my opinion they should track it because stealing is a crime too, isn't it.
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R3dn0ze said:
So yes, still think its just 'lost'?
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It's not lost, you just don't know who has it.
LLLeeo said:
Maybe he should pay more attention but you cannot say it is his fault somebody took it and didn't give it to the gyms reception or to the police. I would do so if I found something lost. In my opinion they should track it because stealing is a crime too, isn't it.
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Thank god someone with an open mind found this thread :f
Anyway, there aint much to do for now I guess. Thanks guys
Maybe you're lucky. As I heard HTC maintainances the HTC Sense website at the moment. But if the thief is smart enough he knows he could easyly reset the phone and you cannot track it anymore. Did you write to the support about your problem?
LLLeeo said:
Maybe you're lucky. As I heard HTC maintainances the HTC Sense website at the moment. But if the thief is smart enough he knows he could easyly reset the phone and you cannot track it anymore. Did you write to the support about your problem?
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Indeed I did, well I had a custom rom so maybe he'd find it difficult due to the different drivers that might not be compatible with what he's used to. Also, I contacted support and they said the phone can be 'locked' if I give them the IMEI and Serial Number, which I did. lets see what will happen!
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Indeed I did, well I had a custom rom so maybe he'd find it difficult due to the different drivers that might not be compatible with what he's used to. Also, I contacted support and they said the phone can be 'locked' if I give them the IMEI and Serial Number, which I did. lets see what will happen!
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Wouldn't the phone just be locked out? I'm also curious... if it was used in a different country/provider, would it work? I would assume it'd work since the chances of your provider blocking the IMEI in the entire earth would be unlikely! If so, the answers seem pretty straightforward as to what will happen lol. Either it'll get sold or just not be usable!
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Wouldn't the phone just be locked out? I'm also curious... if it was used in a different country/provider, would it work? I would assume it'd work since the chances of your provider blocking the IMEI in the entire earth would be unlikely! If so, the answers seem pretty straightforward as to what will happen lol. Either it'll get sold or just not be usable!
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Nono HTC told me they will block the phone themselves, so apparently it should be unusable worldwide I hope!
If it is in the wrong hands then it has probably been torn down and used for parts at this point. It's become a growing trend around here with lots of aftermarket repair companies getting busted for being nothing more than chop shops...
Well, here's what they said after giving them my IMEI number
"Dear sir again, we are really sorry for what happened with your device and we apologize for the inconvenience regarding HTCSense functionality. We will enter your data in our system, and we will list your device as stolen one. As soon as somebody tries to contact us with this data we will notify the authorities.
Thank you for your patience and understanding. "
Hi,
My Samsung Galaxy S2 was stolen recently. But I see it appear in Google Play Store with different operator name but under my Google account. And can install apps through web.
Could someone give me some ideas on how I could locate or call the person who is using the phone? Please Please.
I tried SamsungDive but since the sim is changed it's asking to register again.
shamalk said:
Hi,
My Samsung Galaxy S2 was stolen recently. But I see it appear in Google Play Store with different operator name but under my Google account. And can install apps through web.
Could someone give me some ideas on how I could locate or call the person who is using the phone? Please Please.
I tried SamsungDive but since the sim is changed it's asking to register again.
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Plan B should work for this
Plan B?
Flippy125 said:
Plan B should work for this
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What's planB?
shamalk said:
What's planB?
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Search for Plan B application on Google Play.
Thanks, I will try
DeathName said:
Search for Plan B application on Google Play.
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Thank you, I will try. Hope I can find this.
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What's planB?
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Incase someone else is looking for solution,
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&hl=en
Plan B is the 'find my phone' app that you download AFTER you lose your phone.Plan B is your last resort to find your missing phone.
This is the first and only 'find my phone' app that you download AFTER you've already lost your phone. Having Lookout on your phone is the best way to protect your phone and find it fast, but use Plan B if you have already lost your phone and didn't have Lookout installed.
Follow these easy steps to use Plan B:
1. Install Plan B to the phone that you are trying to find from the Android Market website: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb.
2. Plan B will start automatically and send your phone’s location to your Gmail address.
3. To locate again after 10 minutes, borrow a friend’s phone and text the word “locate” to your lost phone.
Using Plan B is simple, but requires access to the Android Market website and your Google account. (If you have an Android phone, you already have a Google account.)
After you install it, Plan B will start locating your phone using cell towers and GPS. On some phones, Plan B can switch GPS on automatically. Your location will keep updating for 10 minutes, and you will get an email each time it is located, whether the phone is moving or standing still. You can start the process again by texting “locate” to your number from any other phone. In order to locate your phone, we send you a text via SMS, so standard message rates apply.
Once you have found your phone, download Lookout Mobile Security for full protection.
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* You'll get one email message when Plan B starts, and up to 5 other messages as it refines your phone's location or tracks it as it moves.
* Each location email will include an accuracy rating in meters.
* Plan B will attempt to launch as soon as it downloads, but in some cases you will need to send an SMS to get it started.
* Note that your location is only sent to the Gmail address that is already associated with your phone; nobody else can access your location using Plan B.
* U.S. Users: If a data connection is not available, Plan B will use mobile-originated SMS messages to send your location to your email address. Regular SMS rates may apply.
About Lookout Labs
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This is a project of the Labs division of Lookout Mobile Security. The goal of Lookout Labs is to explore new ideas and push the boundaries of mobile apps. Labs projects are experimental by nature, and may only be available for a limited time.
This app is not a replacement for Lookout Mobile Security. Downloading the full version of Lookout is the best way to keep your phone safe from malware and spyware, back up your data, and locate, scream, lock, or wipe a lost or stolen phone.
Lookout is a mobile security company dedicated to protecting smartphones worldwide. Rated 5 stars by CNET and PCWorld, millions of users worldwide trust Lookout to protect their phone. Lookout is security and privacy certified by Verisign and TRUSTe.
Follow Lookout on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/mylookout and Twitter http://twitter.com/lookout to get up to the minute security and antivirus updates.
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PLAN Bit works i lost my phone and remotely installed this bam next day was at that guys office punching the living daylights out of him hope you find that c**t that nicked your phone
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PLAN Bit works i lost my phone and remotely installed this bam next day was at that guys office punching the living daylights out of him hope you find that c**t that nicked your phone
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lol you serious?
wow.. i didnt know about this plan B from google....
nice!!
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Just wanted to know though....
u mention that this is a part of lookout mobile security.....
doesnt others have such a thing to locate the phone?
like avast, bitdefender n so on ?
Keep Cerberus and Avast! in mind in the future. They'll save you a major headache.
Avast! Works very well with Cyanogenmod but if you dont want to root you can use Lookout. Plan B is also their app.
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skytechja said:
lol you serious?
wow.. i didnt know about this plan B from google....
nice!!
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Just wanted to know though....
u mention that this is a part of lookout mobile security.....
doesnt others have such a thing to locate the phone?
like avast, bitdefender n so on ?
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im dead serious i literary beat the **** out of the c**t that nicked my s2 no joke he was in hospital for like a week and yes i recommend keeping some crap app like prey but when needed they help alot
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im dead serious i literary beat the **** out of the c**t that nicked my s2 no joke he was in hospital for like a week and yes i recommend keeping some crap app like prey but when needed they help alot
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I had some guy that kept looking at my phone and then was watching me enter locker combo to put it in. I turned around, told him I would track him down and go into his house while he was asleep and beat the crap out of him if it went missing. Needless to say, the phone was never touched
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I had some guy that kept looking at my phone and then was watching me enter locker combo to put it in. I turned around, told him I would track him down and go into his house while he was asleep and beat the crap out of him if it went missing. Needless to say, the phone was never touched
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hahahaha well i did just that i was sitting on a train and there was this guy 16 and he was staring at me i asked what are you looking at then my phone rung :banghead: stupid gf calling me were i was and this guy lent over snatched it out of my hand and ran of the train just as the doors was closing but this stupid **** forgot to format my phone YAY! and i installed plan b from google play
and it sent me a email saying were my phone is went to the last location and bam there the twat is snaping pics on my phone ok im only 14 but im trained in military combat by my dad and went at him with a flying kick to the knee cap and went down like a telephone pole but i didnt stop there (you wouldnt cos the twat your attacking nicked your phone so i went a bit over board he ended up in hospital with a fractured knee cap a broken nose and a fractured left arm and a **** load of bruises ironic thing is that i called the ambulance with my phone he stole if only he knew that i spent 10 hours in the gym a week working out and also that i can kill dont mess with my stuff or you will pay
this happened 1month ago and im 14 and you may or may not believe me your choice not mine
Ninjas own smartphones
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Planb made by lookout, which is also a great app, is good however look at user reviews and notice that it is obviously turned on.
I would recommend turning on the phone asap or at night. Regardless I would install lookout and plan b BEFORE it is lost. And ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure.
Plan B works great! Update us on how it goes!
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Ninjas own smartphones
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Samsung Galaxy S2 ICS Stolen
Hi Guys,
My galaxy s2 was stolen while i was travelling in train. Mcafee is not able to locate it as well as samsung dive failed too.The version is ICE cream sandwhich so even PLAN B wont work as of now on this ! Only option left is tracking through IMEI number. Have reported cops and they are searching too. Could anyone please tell me how to track the mobile in such situation. LATITUDE is saying no recent history. any other app that works like plan b even after the mobile is stolen or any way of tracking through IMEI ALONE itself ? or any method thats too technical.
Hello xda community i'm planning to buy an s7 but since it cost a lot i've an important question for you...if my device is stolen the chance that i will get the phone back is high or low? I mean...would the police help me to track my phone or they will only call my carrier to blacklist the IMEI
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Hello xda community i'm planning to buy an s7 but since it cost a lot i've an important question for you...if my device is stolen the chance that i will get the phone back is high or low? I mean...would the police help me to track my phone or they will only call my carrier to blacklist the IMEI
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If you live in Brazil, I can give you an answer. But I'm sure this is a very relative question.
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XnameX said:
Hello xda community i'm planning to buy an s7 but since it cost a lot i've an important question for you...if my device is stolen the chance that i will get the phone back is high or low? I mean...would the police help me to track my phone or they will only call my carrier to blacklist the IMEI
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That's a very hard question to answer, as we have no idea how your local police will handle it. If its locked with fingerprint, pattern etc, the thief won't be able to turn it off so that means that it will stay on for a couple hours and you will be able to track it. Then I guess you can call the police, but I would advice you to not go without the police as you might get in more trouble.
If you cant locate it, your carrier will blacklist it.
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That's a very hard question to answer, as we have no idea how your local police will handle it. If its locked with fingerprint, pattern etc, the thief won't be able to turn it off so that means that it will stay on for a couple hours and you will be able to track it. Then I guess you can call the police, but I would advice you to not go without the police as you might get in more trouble.
If you cant locate it, your carrier will blacklist it.
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Does the s7 have a turn off protection when the screen is locked?
Thanks for the tip
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If you live in Brazil, I can give you an answer. But I'm sure this is a very relative question.
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Nope i live in Italy,thanks anyway
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Does the s7 have a turn off protection when the screen is locked?
Thanks for the tip
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Hmmm I was wrong, unfortunately you can turn it off even when the screen is locked. My bad.
I don't know if you can locate your phone when its turned off.
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Hmmm I was wrong, unfortunately you can turn it off even when the screen is locked. My bad.
I don't know if you can locate your phone when its turned off.
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No,you can't the only way to locate it is with samsung and/or google account but unfortunately with factory reset it will be wiped off, i know that there is Frp (Factory Reset Protection) to prevent the account from being deleted but there are bypass that make it useless because even if they get patched an expert thief could downgrade the firmware with odin and a firmware from sammobile...so the only ways to are:
1)the thief is not an expert
2)the police or carrier track the phone using imei number...
Since the first possibility not always happen,what i was asking for is if the police or carrier will spend time on tracking my phone or not
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No,you can't the only way to locate it is with samsung and/or google account but unfortunately with factory reset it will be wiped off, i know that there is Frp (Factory Reset Protection) to prevent the account from being deleted but there are bypass that make it useless because even if they get patched an expert thief could downgrade the firmware with odin and a firmware from sammobile...so the only ways to are:
1)the thief is not an expert
2)the police or carrier track the phone using imei number...
Since the first possibility not always happen,what i was asking for is if the police or carrier will spend time on tracking my phone or not
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Wouldn't it be better to ask the police and your carrier, rather than a forum who can't speak for either party?
Seems a strange thing to be thinking about before even buying it, do you get a lot of things stolen from you regularly?
*Detection* said:
Wouldn't it be better to ask the police and your carrier, rather than a forum who can't speak for either party?
Seems a strange thing to be thinking about before even buying it, do you get a lot of things stolen from you regularly?
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No but I don't want a phone that i've paid 600 € will be put in the trash or down the flush by a thief due to blacklisted imei
XnameX said:
No but I don't want a phone that i've paid 600 € will be put in the trash or down the flush by a thief due to blacklisted imei
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Well don't leave your phone lying around near people who might steal it
Easy enough to keep in your pocket when you're out, and if you can't, leave it at home
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Well don't leave your phone lying around near people who might steal it
Easy enough to keep in your pocket when you're out, and if you can't, leave it at home
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Yes...you're right...it's only that this thought crossed my mind and worried me and i was too hasty to not see that i'm worrying on a thing with an easy solution...thanks for the tips...sorry for this useless thread I feel a bit stupid .-.