Is there any way of tracing a stolen mobile phone?

Question

My mobile was stolen and when reported to tesco (where purchased) they say they cannot track it. Is there another way of doing so?

Tesco have say they have blocked phone buy it is obviousley still working as police said they called it today but no answer. But that is is obviousley still connected. Plus all my numbers and other info was stored to phone, not Sim. It is a Motorala RAZR V3 It is Silver, So if any one in the Preston or Blackpol area knows someone who, in the last two weeks happens to have "Found" a match for it let me know they are,and I or the Police will pay them a visit!

Answer 1

Did you insure the mobile ? Did you tell police?

Did you keep the packaging ie the box ???

What you need is the IMEI number i hope you gave this to the police, this is what identifies it .

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Your network operator can add the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number onto the EIR (Equipment Identity Register). If someone switches your phone on it won't register on any network. So far it doesn't sound Tesco have done that, or asked O2 to do it (Tesco Mobile uses the O2 network). Technically it is possible to trace any access attempts and find out where it is, which operators SIM card is in it, their phone number - but only the networks can do that.

If they haven't barred it from accessing any network then that's a problem. They should have entered it onto the EIR within 24 hours.

Answer 4

You need to have the phone blocked, the company (Tesco) will block the phone using the IMEI number of the phone, this means that no one will be able to use the phone even if they put in a new sim card.

As for tracking it, it is possible to locate a phone but it is pretty pointless as this is not seen as financially viable by mobile phone operators and obviously the phone needs to be switched on in order to do this.

Far better to have the phone blocked and just buy a replacement phone.

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Answer 6

The problem is once the sim card has been changed it cannot be traced. Although the IMEI number remains the same and this is how phones are canceled, this is a one way process.

Although technically possible, the cost would be prohibitably expensive. If your phone is ever found and handed to the police they trace back to the service provider via the IMEI Number.

Answer 7

If its not a pay as you go phone, and you have an account with a cellular provider, then you can get a detailed copy of the calls made by your phone, and see who was called, and who called your phone after it ws stolen. Of course, if you recognize any of the numbers called, then you can probably figure out who stole it. If you dont, then you can start calling those numbers to track down who the culprit was.

Answer 8

If it is switched on, and on the network, it can be tracked by the network operator. Even if they used a new SIM, your operator should have the IMEI number from your old call record. Thats what they need to track it. But honestly? They wont because they dont care.

Answer 9

In my country..Usually we reporting to the Police, then they contacting the Celluler Operator. The Celluler Operator can tracing the phone location by its IMEI (so you must know your phone IMEI). Even if the phone has changing his number, they still can tracing it.

Answer 10

Your phone company should be able to trace it using gps if there are any calls made on it, meaning if the person who stole it is using it.