Silly Question

Cell phones have GPS installed in them? I lost my cell phone,I don't
care about the phone but the pics I took and didn't get to unload.Is
there any way to track the phone using the GPS signal ?

On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:32:47 -0500, CBXXX@webtv.net (R P) wrote:


By law enforcement, yes. By you, not that I'm aware of. In the
meantime, try calling your phone. If someone found it, perhaps they'll
answer.

Sunshine wrote:

re."By law enforcement, yes.". How would THAT work? Is there some
undocumented means whereby the phone TRANSMITS it's location with the GPS
information encoded so 'law enforcement' can find it THAT accurately?

I am just curious, never heard that was possible with run of the mill, out
of the box, phones. (My Blackberry has such a GPS application, but I didn't
know one could find it from the 'outside'.)

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Andrew wrote:

I never really researched it but I believe on my phone that only comes
into play if I dial 911

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Steve

On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:29:06 -0500, Steve Calvin wrote:


Yup. Plus there's the opportunity for cell-tower triangulation, but that
requires coooperation of telcos, which also requires stuff like court
orders...

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