I have HTC phone with gps built in. And I lost it last night and can i trace it. And how to trace if he use the phone without my sim.
Answer by figowits
Build in GPS doesn't mean that you can trace it. What really means something is where you made your last call or so. Try going to the police and ask them for help.
Answer by BeingGreenOnline
Sorry man, there is no way to trace your phone.
Regular consumer GPS devices are receive only, which means they are only capable of receiving a signal like a radio and do not have the ability to produce signals of their own. Without the GPS having the ability to send out its' own signal there is nothing for you to receive or track it with.
The article in my source explains it a lot better.
Answer by guideg
Most phones comes with a manufacturing id. It would be printed at the back of your battery and also on the box in which the phone originally came. The cops can track this number even if the sim card is changed. They can pinpoint from which area the call was made and even disable the phone. At least that's what the cops told me when I reported the theft of my phone a couple of years ago. I didn't press charges as the phone was an inexpensive model and I didn't want to land some poor bloke in trouble over it.
Emergency calls can now be tracked to the exact location as all cell phones have to come equipped with gps to help the 911 to come to the immediate rescue of people in trouble.
So, maybe that feature can be used to locate your phone but I am not sure if in case of theft this will be used. Ask the cops, they know best. Hope this helps.
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