How do you stop a cell phone thief cold from using your stolen phone?

Question

You take your cell phone and press the star button then the pound button (or hash mark as some call it), then zero, then six then the pound button again.

* # 0 6 #

That number that appears on your cell phone screen is your cell phone's unique i.d. number. Write that number down and save it someplace safe. Email it to yourself and save it in a private online email file, if you don't want the number discovered by a jealous ex-girlfriend type and used against you. If your cell phone gets stolen or you think it is stolen, call your cell phone provider and give them that number that you wrote down. The cell phone provider will disable that phone. Even if the SIM card is put into another cell phone, the thief won't be able to use your stolen cell phone ever again.

I don't know if the disabling can be reversed, but it does work in taking your stolen cell phone out of action.

Answer 1

All that contacting a cell provider does is disable your phone number. It doesn't stop the cell phone thief from taking out your SIM card and putting it into another phone or putting a different SIM card into your phone and still use it. By stopping access to your phone by using the above method, the cell phone thief won't be able to access your stored numbers and email accounts accessible from your cell phone. That is what I have been told will happen when your phone is "shut down" with the * # 0 6 # method. It's more than disabling the actual telephone number from being used illegally. The cell phone itself is disabled.

Anybody can cancel a cell phone number. I've done it with old phone services that I have stopped. But to take your personal cell phone out of action is a better method to protect yourself. I have stored personal telephone numbers in my cell phone that I don't want a thief to have access to.

Answer 2

The best way is to report your cell phone as stolen and then they will cut it off and possibly give you a new phone if you have insurance. My ex had his stolen numerous times oh boy! LOL As soon as you know it is stolen then call em up and get it cut off!

Answer 3

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Answer 4

call and report that your phone is stolen the phone company will take of the rest