Itch3: Anti-lost/theft protection

[Attila Csipa]

On Thursday 01 March 2007 14:20, Christian T. wrote:
> Attila Csipa wrote:
> > Only if the thief actually sets up SMS (if his SIM is of a different
> > provider, the service center likely needs to be changed).
>
> I have one unlocked phone and I'm changing between two SIMs (different
> providers) and somehow it seems to configure that automagically. I
> guess, the configuration is on the SIM. It's like that for all Austrian
> providers i tried. So at least here in Austria that should work fine.

OK, so to correct myself - it IS working by default - apparently stored on the 
SIM and preconfigured by the provider in most places. The correct statement 
is thus if the thief doesn't disable SMS by changing the SMSC (less likely, 
but possible without much effort).