How to find a phone by imei yourself

Every modern person cannot imagine his existence without a mobile device, which for obvious reasons almost never leaves his hands. The current gadgets, in addition to regular calls and SMS messages, have other features, such as taking pictures, shooting videos, using them you can go online and plan your schedule.

Therefore, the loss of such a multifunctional gadget for its owner becomes a real disaster. However, you should not get upset too soon, as each modern communicator has its own individual code with which you can track the location of the loss. In addition, there are several ways to help you find a phone if it is missing.

Search for a switched off phone

If the phone is lost and turned off, it may mean the following:

• he was stolen and turned off;
• he was arbitrarily lost, and after a certain time he had a battery.

If the phone was simply lost within a certain room, then to search for it you need to apply the following tips:

1. Walk through all the rooms, with special attention should be paid to those places where it would be convenient to put the gadget.
2. Survey people in the same room. Since there is a possibility that someone just picked up a lost smartphone for their needs.
3. If an alarm clock was set on your mobile device, then you just need to wait for it to work. This will happen in any case, even if the gadget has been turned off.

If the communicator has been stolen or lost on the street, it is necessary to carefully examine the last route of movement, carefully looking at your feet. However, in this case, the off gadget means that it was stolen, or it was found by a third party and disconnected. Then you can try to use it in the following ways to find it:

• contact the mobile operator, ask to search for a communicator on the SIM card;
• use the special program Android;
• go to the police, write a statement there, so that law enforcement officers will search for a smartphone by imei.

In the case of searching for a switched off phone using a SIM card, first of all you need to contact the operator. Currently, all mobile companies can send a signal to a SIM card installed even in a disabled gadget.

The signal is sent through the GPS system, which, in turn, is connected to the satellites. It turns out that the sim card will receive a signal sent from two or more points. And further close located cell towers should have time to fix the received signal. This is what allows you to locate the device, even show it on the Internet map.

The step-by-step instruction for detecting a switched off device on a sim card has the following form:

• call the operator;
• ask for a lost accessory;
• dictate the phone number that was lost;
• call the agreement number on the SIM card;
• wait for a response from the operator.

Search gadget on imei

Imei is a unique GSM code for each gadget, translated into Russian as "International Mobile Equipment Identity". When a mobile connection is made, the cipher is automatically sent to the mobile cellular operator.

If another SIM card is inserted into a lost or stolen communicator, at least one outgoing call is made, then the law enforcement officers have the opportunity to identify the mobile device by imei, that is, to find out information about the owner of the new SIM card. It remains to track down the thief, to withdraw his telephone device from him.

Learn imei gadget is nothing complicated, especially if it was purchased according to all the rules, has all the necessary documents. Usually such code is stored in the following places:

1. On the outside of the package.
2. Under the battery of the communicator.
3. In the firmware of the phone.
4. In the warranty.

On many mobile phones, such a code can be extracted by dialing an encryption combination (* # 06 #), after which you need to press the call button.

Today there are several methods of searching for a phone by imei. You can be sure that it is rather difficult to change this code, and in some cases it is even impossible, without the help of law enforcement agencies and mobile workers. It is also worth noting that in some countries of the former Union, this action is illegal, bears administrative or criminal liability.

If the victim for some reason does not think to search and return his phone, he can simply block it with the help of imei. This requires an oral appeal to the mobile operator.

Independent search for a gadget

To independently find a stolen or lost communicator, you can resort to programs that were developed specifically for Android and IOS. However, if there is an absolute certainty that the gadget was stolen, then it is best to contact the police, where you will need to write a statement indicating the unique identification number imei.

Independently track the location of the smartphone can be using the Internet, but in this case, the mobile device must necessarily be tied to a Google account.

Next you need to act as follows:

• enter the personal account of the search engine;
• find the function "search for a mobile device";
• select a device that the system should detect;
• Click "Start".

After completing the above steps, the system will start searching for the gadget, with positive results, the approximate location of the device will be displayed on the online map.

Another way to find the phone yourself is to use the capabilities of the smartphone itself (iPhone).

To do this, you need to use a special service from the company Apple - Iklaud. This program allows you to synchronize gadget data on a personal computer.

In addition, the developers of this service have provided the function "search for iPhone". To use this function, you need:

1. Go online from a personal computer or laptop.
2. Connect to the official website of iKlaud.
3. Enter the existing ah-di.
4. Enter password.
5. Select the function "search for iPhone".

If at the time of the search the mobile phone was turned on, the service will show its location.

In addition, using this program, you can lock the device or delete all data from its memory. To do this, simply send a special cipher.

Despite all the available programs and services, there are cases when the owner fails to find his gadget for some reason. But before you get upset, you must definitely try all possible and impossible ways to find a communicator.

There are cases when one service does not work, and the other, on the contrary, on the first attempt shows the owner the location of his lost device.

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