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How can you track a mobile device?



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How can you track a mobile device?

I would like to know if it's actually possible to track a smartphone device and how it can be done. I have seen this done in movies but can't really place how it's carried out or even it's possible. 
Is there a specific software designed to carry out this track? 

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anyone01
Yes, you may track smart phones with the assist of monitoring app. Simply set up a monitoring app inside the target device which could take just a few mins to put in. I personally have experience of monitoring app known as BlurSpy app. It's far much inexpensive in charge and has effective functions that are useful to track mobile phones. The great thing is that while you set up this app it is automatically hidden from the targetted device.



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stbrians
This is a new and novel way to track your smartphone. It is good you give us the ideas. I will do this pronto.



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nrnlss
wow, this is really useful. I would love to use this app. In case my other phone gets lost or rob.



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Youngshark
This is something I also need to get acquainted with since there are numerous cases of muggery at the place that I live in. I need to know of a way that I can still recover my property when I need to.



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amelia88
I haven't heard of this app but I'll have to check it out. It sounds like something that can give you peace of mind, especially if it's an app that can be hidden from the device - so that if anyone stole your phone they wouldn't know it was on there. That's a really clever function to have.



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allyn2017
I haven't heard of this app yet. This is really helpful.



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Youngshark
Does the phone have to be on for you to be able to track it excellently? I know of tracking apps as well but I would like to know if there are some small chips that can be installed to assist in the tracking process.



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beerthooyah
Good information. Sorry for my ignorance. So you are saying that you will install this app on the device that you want to track and will be automatically be hidden on the device. But what about the application that you are going to install in your device? Is it also going to be hidden? and if it is how are we going to use it. Sorry again for my ignorance I'm just interested.



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mark8625
I never heard that. I will definitely search it and try to use it.



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Alymae
Wow! i never knew app like this existed. All I know is about GPS tracker. This seems to be more convenient compared to other inventions. In my country, parents track their children's phone through the use of GPS because of the threat of kidnappers. This is really amazing for this types of emergencies.



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jayjaydimson
Thank you for sharing this to us, even me I don't know much about that app, and I do hope that it can help a lot of people.



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cjctm11
I don't have any Idea about tracking your smartphone but with this idea, I will definitely try this for some emergencies like robbery or just misplacing your phone. We will be more confident now with our smartphones.



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Corzhens
I think that app you are saying is functioning only when the phone is up and running. I know that this might be a silly question but I still want to ask. What if the phone is stolen from you and it was cannibalized by removing the sim card and maybe tweaking something so it cannot be traced? I guess the criminals are always one step ahead of us in terms of the knowledge of technology.



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Kakashi2020
There are sites in which you would just input the number of the target and you'll get a fix on their location. Just Google:

Sim card location tracker
Real-time mobile number location
GPS Call Trackers
Mobile Number Tracker



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jaybee19
This is very interesting mate. I haven't heard of this one. Is this really possible? And if yes, does it work even the person you want to track down isn't connected to the internet?



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nrnlss
Interesting, have you ever tried one of these?



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NerdIndeed
Wow, I've never heard of this before. I'll surely check these sites out. Thanks!



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overcast
In case of Xiaomi Mi devices there is an app that requires you to sign in. And you can find out where the device is. It can be really useful to make use of the mi device in case of the device being used as well. I have made use of the app which can be used there. Also there are some other third party devices that can be used for the tracking as well. It differs from one user to another. But most of the devices can be successfully tracked if they are connected to network.



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Barida
I am getting to hear this for the first time and I can say that it is really good. An app that is going to enable one to know the place that the mobile device is going to assist the owner to locate the phone when it is being stolen as well.



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overcast
Yes the feature seems to be a good addition if you ask me. That is one more reason to buy Mi phones. And the thing is that it has more accuracy due to default network. So if anyone wants privacy then they may have to try other means for phone tracking.

https://i.mi.com/find/device/activationlock?_locale=en#/?_k=r332zq



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nrnlss
Thank you for this one.



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jayjaydimson
Thank you for the information, it really helps who needs one.



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jaybee19
Really? This is the first time that I've heard about this feature from a Xiaomi device tho. My sister owns a Xiaomi Redmi 4X and I guess she doesn't have this kind of feature because you only wrote Xiaomi Mi devices.



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overcast
Yes you can check the "Find my device" feature in the Xiaomi cloud. And you'd have to connect the device and the cloud account. Once you do that it can keep tab on things. To get more accuracy in some cases they may also require OTP and other verification. So a good feature but kind of like surveillance.



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jaybee19
Oh okay. Thanks for the information sir. I guess I have to look on it on my sister's Xiaomi device and see if it's available. And yes, it's almost like a sort of surveillance and it's not a surprise for Chinese Smartphone Manufacturers actually because the Chinese Government from what I heard is using all of their resources to make sure that their citizens are on surveillance 24/7.



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overcast
Yes indeed they do. But the thing is the way this feature works. Any other countries mobile maker if makes this. They would be accused of the surveillance. So it all depends on us if we want to enable or disable this feature. Because tracking mobile device is not that hard these days.



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jaybee19
True. All countries should actually give their citizens freedom and privacy but I guess the persons in charge of China is just too powerful that even the billions of Chinese citizens can't fight against them, but I don't want to criticize them because to each is their own and it's their country and I am not a citizen. And yes, glad we as consumers are given the freedom to either turn on that feature or not.



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overcast
China having communism makes citizens give up their right and put the state under control. And they can do whatever they want. And they still assume that people are in control. Which is not the case. So I think not being communist is a way to go.



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knnon
All Xiaomi device have this feature and I think it works the same as Find my iPhone on an iOS device.

But if your device doesn't come with that kind of feature you can still download apps like GPS Phone or Locate Any Phone which will work even if the phone is not connected to the internet.



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jaymish2
In my country, in case your phone is stolen, I have seen service providers we can go to track it. I know phones like iphones and some android phones can be tracked. However it becomes a problem when the phone is switched off. I know that the phone can be tracked to its exact location using google maps. I guess they are different ways you can do this, just found one that works for you.



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esteban123
I don't have honestly such a unique idea when it comes to tracking a stolen mobile device since it is one also of my questions before since I lost a mobile phone when I was still studying but because I don't have no idea of some tracking devices then I did not recover anymore my mobile phone which is really sad since I had been saving my allowance just to buy such mobile phone.



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overcast
I think there are many ways this feature can be used. Like tracking the mobile of kids and the elderly can be a good thing. You get to understand the benefit of that if you are forgetting the device all the time. I have learned from the experience that mobile tracking is of any use as well. It just goes to show that its never easy in most cases.



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Barida
I think that it is not that easy for those to happen in real life where we are living. The world of technology has not really developed to that extent where we can say that phones can he tracked that easily. I think that it takes more to make it happen.



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esteban123
Yes you are right since in my country advancement in technologies are not yet so fast that is why we are still behind when it comes into certain things especially in tracking stolen or lost items and it would really takes a lot of time to do that.



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stbrians
Some smartphone have built in trackers. One can easily disable the smartphone and render it useless. There are times you go to the smartphone providers who track your phone



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esteban123
Well that is good to know, I want to buy such smartphone who has a built in trackers so that I can get rid on some snatchers that would take an advantage. It is a good deterrent for those people that might be planing to steal some gadgets.



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amelia88
Isn't "Find my iPhone" a way of doing it? I've heard of it being used even in missing persons cases, where they're able to identify where a phone is (or at least narrow it down greatly to a particular region) and then find a person.



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nrnlss
If your phone is an iphone it is easy to find.



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theresajane
I agree with you. iPhones are easy to locate since you can just connect to iCloud and start searching for it.



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nrnlss
I forgot what that app called, but there's this app that you can install and connect it with another phone. If the other phone gets lost, you can use that app to locate your phone. It can also be use as an alarm, if the phone is stollen. It will wang and the phone will not turn on until you turn off the alarm in the second phone.



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allyn2017
I've heard about this one too, there are a lot of paid apps that have this kind features.



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mark8625
If you lose your phone and you want to track it, there has a solution on that. I have a tile it is like a hard rectangular plastic that you can keep in you wallet. You can use it for detecting lose valuables items. You can search it online.



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nrnlss
what is the name of the product? and where can we buy it?



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mark8625
Its TILE. My partner bought that in the US. You can search it online. It is very friendly to use.



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theresajane
Seriously? That's an interesting product. I'll have to search that online. Thank you.



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mark8625
Yeah it is very useful. I thought at first its like a piece of card plastic but it is working well. It is kinda expensive but you can use it for long time. I have been using mine for almost a year now and it never gives me a headache when it comes to its performance.



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jayjaydimson
Yes, it is possible, because our smartphone device has its GPS built into it, and GPS can distinguish your device location.



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jpk0007
Well, I am using a Xaomi phone and I would be able to track my own mobile phone if I lose it or someone steals it from me. When it comes to tracking another mobile phone, I have heard of some apps that can be used to do that. There are also some spyware links that are sent through the mail, which when clicked are used to track your mobile phone and the various activities like chatting and phone calls that you perform every day on your phone.



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nrnlss
Did you installed something in your phone? Or is it there when you bought it? We have the same device brand but I don't know anything about how to track my phone, if ever I lost it.



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jpk0007
Well, there is a special feature on my phone which is called the anti-theft feature which comes with some of the models of Xaomi phones. I don't know how it works in detail but the first basic thing you need to do is register yourself with the Xaomi website with a unique username and password. I guess you will easily be able to read more information on the Xaomi website or if you contact the customer care



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theresajane
Honestly speaking, what I only know about this thing is that, as long as you turn your GPS on your mobile phone, you can be easily located if someone searches for you. With the technicalities, I don't know how it's done because I haven't tried tracking my phone or someone using my phone. Anyway, I would be glad if someone is kind enough to share the simplest tricks they have in this field.



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nrnlss
Yes, that's one of the method on how you track your phone and go to the nearest store of that brand.



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DenisP
At one point, tracking devices were something that you could only imagine seeing in a spy thriller flick, but these days they’re actually a really common thing for most phones. There are applications which you can install on both Android and iOS phones which will track their location via GPS, and you can view it through software on your computer. Users usually install these as a means of either located their phones when they’re lost or stolen.

I remember one American guy got his phone stolen, and he used a tracking app to find its location, only to realize it was already in China the next day.



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Youngshark
I recently lost a smartphone and I think that this is something which i would really appreciate as I would be granted the opportunity to find it back. If I had enabled antitheft and tracking measures it would have been pretty easy and too bad that actually I never thought of this. I will on my new phone though.



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Corzhens
This is a story that I had seen in the news a few months ago. A woman’s bag was snatched together with her phone. She went to the police and they were able to track the phone which has a GPS running. The cops were able to find the culprits and the proof was the woman’s phone. It was like watching a detective story with a happy ending. There was an advice that you always turn on the GPS of your phone so that it can be tracked when you lose it.



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mark8625
I just found out a good anti virus which is Katspersky. It is good antivirus for mobile and laptop. It has anti theft lock too. You can able to track down your phone using this software.



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mhingnhormz
I found this discussion very interesting. I am also amaze the thing that you can tract some device on your own, i only saw it in television also. Thank to this topic that you brought, and to those who share the knowledge, it was serve as a additional knowldege too to those who don't it yet



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