Stolen N95

Gandalf23

Is there anyway to "track" a stolen N95? Friend had one stolen over the weekend and was wondering if the p*ick who nicked it could be tracked or traced if he's using a different sim card.

My friend wants the phone back very badly as he had no phone insurance and house insurance wont cover it.

Thanks in advance... G23

podgeandrodge

are the mobile companies able to track it using its IMEI number?

AlmightyCushion

podgeandrodge wrote:

are the mobile companies able to track it using its IMEI number?

I think they can just block it from the network but now that I think about it I can't see why not.

Sam Vimes

they only do it in missing person cases etc. all he can do is get the imei blacklisted so the thief can't use it

AlmightyCushion

Commander Vimes wrote:

they only do it in missing person cases etc. all he can do is get the imei blacklisted so the thief can't use it

There are ways to get around this though. Right?

Sam Vimes

AlmightyCushion wrote:

There are ways to get around this though. Right?

yeah but the thief would need very expensive imei changing equipment. the average junkie doesn't have access to such things

AlmightyCushion

Commander Vimes wrote:

yeah but the thief would need very expensive imei changing equipment. the average junkie doesn't have access to such things

Ah right.

Davy

is there anything out there to prevent this, so you could track it?? i remember seeing something in peats awhile back that a company would track it for you, cant remember the details though

legs11

because this is a expensive piece of kit i dont see why the cops or phone provider could not track this down.

?

but no insurance.... duh

Kurn

i wonder if the GPS coule be used to track the phone? if he turns it on, othere than that I would make sure the phone is blacklisted so the F&&& cant use it in Ireland

skearon

Gandalf23 wrote:

Is there anyway to "track" a stolen N95? Friend had one stolen over the weekend and was wondering if the p*ick who nicked it could be tracked or traced if he's using a different sim card.

My friend wants the phone back very badly as he had no phone insurance and house insurance wont cover it.

Thanks in advance... G23

There are 3rd party utils that will send you a sms if the sim is changed or even send the gps coordinates if you send it a sms, but sw would have to have been installed already

Splinter

question... can you insure a phone through vodafone ready to go? or how would i get it insured?