Locating a Cell Phone

Richard was in a fix. He had been getting shady and somewhat threatening calls on his cell phone. It wasn't very scary and worth being worried till one day the person on the other end mentioned something which sent Richard in a tizzy. The person on the other end mentioned what Richard was doing and that was exactly what he was doing. That freaked Richard out and he immediately called up his friend who suggested they go to the police and get the number tracked.

This can seem akin to a newspaper report, but, this may have happened with so many of us, without we having a slightest idea about it! In such a scenario, locating the cell phone from which you are receiving the calls or texts can be of huge help! The text to follow will tell you all about it.

Locating a Cell Phone by GPS

Most new age phones have a Global Positioning System - GPS tracking devices installed in them which makes tracking their location a very easy task. Here is how.

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The phone with which you need to locate the other phone has to be GPS enabled, for starters. Once you make sure that your phone has GPS, the next thing you have to do is to run the java program required for tracking. Sometimes, the chip for GPS is there in the phone but it is not accessible to the users. Thus, that needs to be checked out.

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Up next is registration on a website which provides a free program essential to activate and run on the phone. Signing up would not be much of a hassle, you would just need to type in your user name and password and click on the agreement box. Then choose the download corresponding to the kind of phone you are using for locating the cell phone.

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Once you are done with accepting the agreement and all, save the download to your computer and download the installation software. Now you need to connect your phone with the computer. That will start the process of uploading the requisite software on the phone. This will indirectly help in locating a cell phone by number.

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Then you would have to navigate to the menu in your phone for installation of the uploaded software for locating cell phones. Choose the software and click 'OK'. The software will then display the memory finding satellites corresponding to the phone. After choosing preferences, enter your login name and password. Once that is done, a map will come on your phone screen, which will show you the coordinates of the phone and length of time in that location.

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Finally, one thing has to be remembered that this information is better accessed miles away from the phone. Some software programs even enable you to view the last 10 phone locations and destinations through maps.

Locating a cell is that easy! No hassle! All you need is a GPS enabled phone. In addition to this, a phone number can be located using cellular tower triangulation. Here, the signal strength from nearby towers is measured and then the approximate position of the cell phone is calculated.

Hybrid Wi-Fi network tracking, comparatively recent method in locating a cell phone, is based on the presence of Wi-Fi networks. These work well where there is a barrier between the phone and the tower through which the signal is transmitted. It combines cellular tower triangulation and sensing nearby known Wi-Fi network to locate a cell phone.

I hope the next time you have to locate a cell phone, you know what to do!