What Happens when your iPhone gets Stolen

I don’t think this is particular to the iPhone. Most modern cell phones can be traced – that’s why some carriers charge for 911 access. And the 911 operators know what area you are calling from (at least in Canada they seem to, I would expect the same to be true in the US)

This is done usually via cell tower triangulation (or through GPS on some phones). It’s probably a good idea to have your IMEI written down somewhere (it should be on the box from the iPhone too) in case you want to either lock the phone for all carriers (if it’s stolen, so that it’s unusable) and as it might also aid in tracing the phone itself given a situation like the above.

Kinda funny for a non iPhone guy, the first thing I thought of when I read the headline was “get a real phone” :)

This article can be written about any cell phone, because a carrier can located any phone that is powered on the network (within 15 meters or so).

I have a great application on my Blackberry called Find-It, which does a number of things if you ever loose it. You can send an email to your device with a customizable subject line that will make the device do one of 5 things (ring really loud regardless of the ringer settings, display a popup message, or yell really loudly “this phone is stolen” with no way of shutting it of).

People can track you with cell phones. They might even be able to use it as a recording device even though it is off. The GPS can still be activated in off mode as well.

I don’t know if cell phones have e911 enabled which will track the location of the phone that the call was made from. I know that landlines have that now so NO PRANK CALLS! THEY WILL RESPOND!

It is used by the authorities to locate where you are calling from. It comes with no surprise that they found his phone and vehicle this way. In my phone settings, i can choose to show my provider or 911 my location, or both.

So im not surprised at all when i hear that the police used this method of searching for a car. My guess is when the officer heard he left his phone in the truck, the officer knew he could use the tracking capability to aid in the search.

If you have the new update, can’t they trick the hardware into doing a remote ‘Maps with Location’ and get it right down to the street corner?

It is called cell site analysis. It works with any phone. It checks with all phone beacons to find the phone number. The ones that can find it say the signal strength. The police can then track how far from the beacon the phone is. This gives them a radius where your phone can be. When you have a 2nd beacon with the phone in range, you an draw another circle. The2cirles intersect, giving2possible locations. Once you get a 3rd beacon involved, you have an exact fix. Also used2trace lost aircraft!

Wait, so was that thing about not live streaming because of ponzy a joke or something?!

I think that instead of having micro chips in our arms so they can locate us, they’ll just make every cell phone like the iphone. If they want to locate us, they’ll just use that. Because let’s face it, where don’t we go with our phones?

You asked for our thoughts on the ability to track down our iPhone - do we feel threatened by the ideal of being tracked?

Sure - I am uncomfortable with the idea. I have always hated the whole thought that if I did nothing wrong or have nothing to hide - what is the big deal. I believe boomers age group and all those that are following do not realise how many of our freedoms we are surrendering, because someone has made it easy or justifiable. This should be my choice if I want to be tracked.

The iPhone has the Airport feature - why not expand this to the tracking capability, too? I use my iPhone for all my mapping needs and it is perfect. I know that I am not willing to give up my iPhone - because some one could track me - but I would like the option to turn off the feature. It would make the perfect phone even more perfect.

Are there laws that prevent AT&T from tracking me for their own purposes?

Interesting.
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its wierd he LOVES his iphone in this vid and his new vid he hates it he’s getting rid of it… he loved the amcs and now hes ranting about them… somethig wird happened to chris over night or its april fools but.. i dunno we’ll see

april fools

It’s April Fools! lol

Wow. That’s awesome. I personally would feel a lot safer with all the campus shootings, disappearances, etc. going on to have an iPhone which can broadcast my location should I get stranded, abducted, injured, whatever!

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yes!

Your moms birthday or your dads birthday?

This is all really a side effect of how the phone networks work. The network needs to know which tower you are on, so it can tell the phone someone is calling it, and so it can send the voice/data to it in general. This will work with any mobile phone - I expect even the old analogue types.

The only way it wouldn’t work is if data were broadcast to all phones on all masts, but then you would be severely limited in the number of phones that could exist, so it’s not surprising this isn’t done!

Eh - this works with ANY phone - not just the stupid iPhone from “We never pay for product placement”-(yeah right)-Apple.

Eh - this works with ANY phone, not just the stupid iPhone from “we never pay for product placement”(yeah right)-Apple.

April fools it is

That is awesome iPhone rocks don’t know why he got tired of it it rocks bad decision man.

My iPhone was stolen, and I reported it… the police were unable to do a trace (same for ATT)… I FOUND my phone because the thief registered it with ATT, so Apple help was able to confirm the phone #, and user who had taken my phone… I gave that info the the cops, and the guy was arrested! BTW… ATT was of NO help whatsoever, they wouldn’t even confirm that the # my phone was registered under was their customer. Yay for Apple though!!!

wow ooo man cris had goten soo *** since he switched to mac he talks about piontless **** like he DE=OESNT EVEN TALK ABOUT MACS SINCE HE SWITCHED when he had pc he talked all the time about xp vista pcs in general and good stuff but now we get >tinting windows on houses? do u work in tn visa in canada? can u eat like a egyptian ALL PIONTLES ****! wow wow i sooo wont to know how to eat like a egyptian PLZ CRIS SWITCH BACK PLZ I WILL RESPECT YOU THEN !!!!

i think you can do that with most mobile phone i think

It was an April fools joke, he loves his iPhone.

man..this technology iz just too much these days

Oooh haha WoW he got me darn good there haha I didn’t know hahah and it seemed weird because he was in love with it hahah thanks for clearing that up hahaha :P nice one Chris

lucky man for his iphone.

All cellphones are traceable through said companies phones. As long as the phone is on. They can triangulate the general area, with some more advanced phones they can triangulate the exact point of the phone. It all depends on the company, and the phoen makers too.

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what if your iphone is unlocked? Can you still trace it?

You can trace every cell phone. No matter if its an iPhone or Nokia 3310. If your phone is on, it is traceable

A family member of mine lost a iPhone, and the police haven’t found it?

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my iphone was stolen a day and a half after i bought it. it wasnt even in my possesion. my teacher confiscated it and she let it get stolen, while we all were still in the classroom. you dont know how depressed i was, and still depressed. ive done evry thing possible, i’ve even tried the tracking through the police. they wont do it. what can i do!!!!

yea right…poilce wont track iphones..any kind of phone. mines got stole today..and look at me now…on my way to at&t to get a new one…

I recently lost my Rogers iPhone (Canada) within 2hr of realizing my mistake I went into action 1- I called Rogers and asked when the last call was made and to deactivate SIM card. My phone had the locking feature on (after 4hr) and a SIM lock as well.. 2- I called Apple and gave them the SERIAL# and reported it as Lost/Stolen. 3- Filed a online police report giving them the IMEI# and SERIAL#. I asked Rogers if they could track the iPhone thru its IMEI# and they said yes but that they were unable to give me that information. So what about Apple are they void of responsibility too since if the (new owner/Thief) tries to connect to iTunes are they not required to register the phone with it SERIAL# which has been flagged as Stolen, and shouldn’t APPLE contact its original owner. And as for the police I just can imagine being laughed out of the station with my petty request, not so petty if it becomes Identity theft. So other then being charged an outrageous price for a replacement there is absolutely nothing to protect the iPhone consumer.. If anyone out there has any solutions for apps that would work or GPS tracking websites for this very situation or some form of Advocacy group that would hold Cell companies and Apple who have the technology to assist in recovery of stolen good responsible. At the moment the consumer is not only the victim but also the cash cow… and the thief is rewarded with a new $$$ iPhone and cell service and the Cell company gets replacement $$$ for a new iPhone from me and a new customer (the thief ) so its a WIN WIN for Rogers why would they help me track my iPhone…

my cell phone is lost in india and i brought from usa so is there any chance to track in india? pls guide me on that on urgent basis.

my iphone was stolen by a family member and i was wondering if anyone knows if Apple can replace it? Or does anyone have suggestion on what I can do about it?

My iphone was sstolen too at an aiport…i deactivated it but can you still track it? who do i contact to ttrack??? every place i try is like a dead end…