Its a shame the device was stolen before the phone locator app was installed/activated.
Samsung Galaxy S phones have a "find my phone" feature built in thats automatically enabled when you set your phone up (if you chose to enable that feature). For all others -> http://preyproject.com/ On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 4:49 PM, David <[email protected]> wrote: > smartphone = android? > > have a look at airdroid... it is supposed to do exactly this. Not only, > but also take a photo of the person as they try to unlock the phone, and > then you log in remotely from any browser and download the photo, and after > that you can remotely delete everything from the phone for privacy. > > it then gives you a massage and sends a sympathy card and a get well soon > and makes a nice cup of tea. > > I'm not aware of any such thing for fruit phones. > > I haven't tried all these functions, but it seems like a nice app for the > things I have used it for, namely accessing files via USB or wifi or > internet. > > David > > > > On 26/02/14 16:38, William Bennett wrote: > >> I've just had my smartphone stolen. >> >> I asked a friend to dial the number: I can hear it ringing. >> >> Asked the police forensic expert - can it be triangulated? Yes, but >> (always >> there's a but). In the cities, where the uprights are in high >> concentration, triangulation can be accurate to within a couple of metres. >> In the country (where I live), with the uprights widely spaced, accuracy >> goes out to a couple of kilometres. >> >> So I got to thinking. Isn't there an app, which, when installed on the >> phone, enables you to contact the phone (ie., it must merely be on), send >> a >> password/code (whether the phone is answered/not): the phone then takes a >> GPS reading and transmits it to the caller? >> >> Or have I been reading too many sci-fi novels? >> >> Any help etc. >> >> Somewhat disgustedly, >> >> William Bennett. >> > > -- > David McQuire > 0418 310312 > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Kind Regards, Christopher Barnes e. [email protected] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
