Many thanks to those who are replying. I haven't been able to locate the phone. Yet. It was an HTC Razor, bought in reaction to colleagues' banter: DO SOMETHING about that Motorola: press any three buttons and something FALLS OFF IT.
Hey-ho, On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 4:38 PM, William Bennett <[email protected]>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. > > > > > > > > > > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
