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Lost cell phone -- can I use GPS to find?
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| jayharris@gmail.com 2006-01-24, 5:48 pm |
| I lost my cell phone earlier today and I was wondering if there's some
way to call it and activate its internal GPS and hopefully find it. Or
maybe there's a way to at least find out which cell phone tower(s) it's
closest to. The phone is an LG6100 if that helps...
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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| Evan Platt 2006-01-24, 11:48 pm |
| On 24 Jan 2006 10:50:14 -0800, jayharris@gmail.com wrote:
>I lost my cell phone earlier today and I was wondering if there's some
>way to call it and activate its internal GPS and hopefully find it. Or
>maybe there's a way to at least find out which cell phone tower(s) it's
>closest to. The phone is an LG6100 if that helps...
>
>Any advice would be appreciated.
Nope.
But I would very quickly call your carrier and report it as lost
stolen - otherwise you may find a huge bill racked up.
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| Sandy A. Nicolaysen 2006-01-25, 11:48 pm |
| On 24 Jan 2006 10:50:14 -0800, jayharris@gmail.com wrote:
>I lost my cell phone earlier today and I was wondering if there's some
>way to call it and activate its internal GPS and hopefully find it. Or
>maybe there's a way to at least find out which cell phone tower(s) it's
>closest to. The phone is an LG6100 if that helps...
>
>Any advice would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
Only if you have "E911 Only" turned off, i.e. GPSone unlocked.
- Sandy
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| Evan Platt 2006-01-26, 5:48 pm |
| On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:06:54 GMT, Sandy A. Nicolaysen
<sandynic@verizon.net> wrote:
>Only if you have "E911 Only" turned off, i.e. GPSone unlocked.
Ok, then how would the OP remotely call the phone to find the location
of the phone?
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| Sandy A. Nicolaysen 2006-01-26, 11:48 pm |
| On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:34:09 -0800, Evan Platt
<evan@theobvious.espphotography.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:06:54 GMT, Sandy A. Nicolaysen
><sandynic@verizon.net> wrote:
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>Ok, then how would the OP remotely call the phone to find the location
>of the phone?
Exactly my point. As far as I know, by default the GPSone is limited
to E911 only. If, and only if, the owner of the phone unlocks GPSone,
then the owner can find their phone. But you can't do that remotely.
You need to unlock the GPS on the phone using the menu options. BTW,
who even bothers to unlock the GPS on their phone? Not many I would
guess.
In this case, unfortunately, I think the OP is out of luck.
- Sandy
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| Evan Platt 2006-01-27, 2:48 am |
| On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:49:15 GMT, Sandy A. Nicolaysen
<sandynic@verizon.net> wrote:
>Exactly my point. As far as I know, by default the GPSone is limited
>to E911 only. If, and only if, the owner of the phone unlocks GPSone,
>then the owner can find their phone. But you can't do that remotely.
>You need to unlock the GPS on the phone using the menu options. BTW,
>who even bothers to unlock the GPS on their phone? Not many I would
>guess.
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>In this case, unfortunately, I think the OP is out of luck.
That's more or less what I stated, but I was confused because you
repsonded to the OP:
"Only if you have "E911 Only" turned off, i.e. GPSone unlocked." - ie
it WAS possible if he had E911 Only turned off.
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