Lost Motorola Defy, can they be tracked?

[JimO]

one of my boys lost his phone/wallet/ watch last night whilst out drinking sounds to me like somebody robbed him, can the phone be tracked?? i know iphones can

[Hopeful Bastard]

Only if they have a Locator downloaded into them. I have Lookout. It is a Anti-virus and a Locator.
Needs gps/wireless to work.

Otherwise, IT is long gone.

[rustyrobot]

one of my boys lost his phone/wallet/ watch last night whilst out drinking sounds to me like somebody robbed him, can the phone be tracked?? i know iphones can


Only if they have a Locator downloaded into them. I have Lookout. It is a Anti-virus and a Locator.
Needs gps/wireless to work.

Otherwise, IT is long gone.

I don't think that's necessarily true. Defy is an Android phone right?

You can use 'Plan B', an app that you can install remotely.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&hl=en

"This is the first and only 'find my phone' app that you download AFTER you've already lost your phone. Having Lookout on your phone is the best way to protect your phone and find it fast, but use Plan B if you have already lost your phone and didn't have Lookout installed."

Hope this helps.

[GingerMidget]

Plan B works. Especially well when you go arse first down a hill after seperating from your mountain bike and it comes out of a pocket.

[FJRider]

one of my boys lost his phone/wallet/ watch last night whilst out drinking sounds to me like somebody robbed him, can the phone be tracked?? i know iphones can

Check with the company he's with. They may be able to trace calls made or at least block the phone ... if it's being used.

[JimO]

Check with the company he's with. They may be able to trace calls made or at least block the phone ... if it's being used.

its on telescum prepay, at the moment its turned off so he cant track it with the motoblur thing and if that dont work he will do the plan b thing he has been able to lock the phone

[FJRider]

its on telescum prepay, at the moment its turned off so he cant track it with the motoblur thing and if that dont work he will do the plan b thing he has been able to lock the phone

Does it have a sim card ???

[JimO]

Does it have a sim card ???

yea but thats easily removed

[FJRider]

yea but thats easily removed

Could be traced/blocked even if the sim card was changed. (phone signature)

But not if its off. And in a rubbish skip.