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awboo8
Posts: 2 |
 
Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:02 pm |
If I were to lose my RAZR (Cingular provider) and someone found it and took out my SIM card and replaced it with theirs, would my phone be trackable? I hope this isn't a silly question, I lost my cell phone one time a while back and always wondered if someone found it and then started using it with their own SIM card. Is this possible?
Thanks
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Cptech31
Posts: 577
Phone Model:
LG
Service Provider:
Hmm what service |
Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:08 pm |
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yes it is
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awboo8
Posts: 2 |
Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:54 pm |
| Cptech31 wrote: | | yes it is |
So if it is possible, would there be any way to 'trace' the phone, or is a phone only 'traceable' by it's SIM card. Sorry, just always been curious about this. 
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BigRUSS
Posts: 2105
Phone Model:
two cans ( del monte) and some string,
Service Provider:
RussCo |
Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:09 pm |
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the only phones i have heard of as being able to be traced are the razrs, now if they are youing a diff sim not sure but motorola is the ones that have that ability not cing
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justin22
Posts: 213
Phone Model:
Samsung D807, Moto KRZR K1 Red
Service Provider:
Rogers Wireless |
Thu Nov 16, 2006 12:30 pm |
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how in the world would motorola have the ability to track the phone? i don't think its possiable. the small chance that the guy/gal who stole your phone, called us and gave the imei for insurance purposes (provided they did that before the nov13), we would be able to track the phone on our billing system, provided that it is being used with cingular.
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steva11
Posts: 1687
Phone Model:
w810i/pearl
Service Provider:
Rogers |
Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:58 pm |
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i agree with justin...in the UK they have an IMEI tracker to keep a list of lost/stolen phones (like our ESN list) but that's as close as it would come.
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Jadall
Posts: 389
Phone Model:
Nokia 3300,Nokia n-gage, SEt290a
Service Provider:
Cingular |
Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:48 pm |
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in the dept we work in there is a system that can see sims and imei's as to what sim is in what phone. if the implement the system further they could build a database of stolen phones into it but at this time no you can use any phone in europe and some parts gsm handsets do have an international directory of stolen imei's (the serial number of the phone no the sim card)
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Shalalala
Posts: 661 |
Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:19 pm |
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Only traceable Razr phones are the V3i and the V3r, as I recall the V3c does not have the technology to do so - even if it did, it would have to be on to work
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