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Christian T. napisał(a):
<blockquote cite="mid45E5760A.7080206@gmail.com" type="cite"><!---->Here's
the problem: Although it's a good idea that the thief has to use<br>
<pre wrap="">his own SIM (that's what he expects anyway) but it won't be easy to get
a GPRS-connection for sending the coordinates. If he is using another
provider, the settings will differ. Many providers even demand a
password for opening a data-connection...
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Truth.<br>
<blockquote cite="mid45E5760A.7080206@gmail.com" type="cite">
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The theft-problem _could_ be solved by the providers. They can locate
any cellphone anyway and should be able to give information to the
police, when a cellphone with an IMEI that's reported stolen connects to
their network. But they don't want to!
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The will to locate phone depends on GSM provider. Sometimes they have
IMEI black list. It requires reflashing to change it.<br>
Phone locating depends on current "visible" GSM transmitters. I've used
several times locating service in a big city where there's a lot of GSM
transmitters in close range and it's not very accurate. System said
that target phone was a few streets away from the place where it really
was.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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<b>Bartlomiej Zdanowski</b><br>
Programmer<br>
Product Research Department<br>
AutoGuard & Insurance Ltd.<br>
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Poland<br>
phone +48 22 611 69 23<br>
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