When my cell phone is turned off, it goes directly to voicemail without
ringing the phone. This means that they have to scan their entire
network for it in a second or two (I might be in New York or
California). If what you say is true.
I was also told by law enforcement that they can find a turned off cell
phone if they try hard enough (It would have to be at the level of a
missing person investigation, not a lost cell phone)
It is still using some power when it is turned off, because it will run
the battery dead in a few days turned off, so it might still be giving
some sort of signal. I think more than the passive burn that a battery
does when it is in a turned off appliance, the burn caused by contact of
the battery with the heads.
A flash light battery left with the batteries in it will go dead because
of the passive connection, we are talking about the turned off cell
phone still doing something.
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Robert Mark Wallace
60 Delaware Road
Newburgh, New York 12550-3802
Telephone: (845) 566-0586
They told me that I needed to upgrade Windows. So I upgraded it to
Linux for free. For a free download, go to
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/products/WhatIsUbuntu/desktopedition
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