The mobile phone has long become an indispensable companion for almost every person. But your pet is not always protected from trouble. What if you lost your mobile phone or fell victim to theft? Can I lock my phone?
Instructions
Step 1
Having discovered the loss of a mobile phone, do not rush to despair. There are many ways to get him back, and, in extreme cases, to prevent the loss of money from his account.
Step 2
Find an opportunity to call your phone immediately upon detection of the loss. If the phone is somewhere nearby, you can hear it ring. If you did not hear the call, then consider three possible options: no one has found the phone yet, someone found the phone and does not mind returning it to you, the phone was found, but no one is going to return it to you.
Step 3
In the first case, do not rush to take action to lock the phone. Ask friends or family for a cell phone and head to where you most likely lost it. Make short and frequent calls to your mobile phone number, listening carefully. Long calls can draw the attention of strangers to the phone.
Step 4
If they answered you, then you can safely enter into negotiations regarding the return of the phone to you - the rightful owner. Be prepared to pay some fee to the finder.
Step 5
If the search did not bring success, and the phone answers you with long beeps or is disconnected, then there is a high probability that someone found it and is not going to return it. Now it is advisable to call the subscriber service of the mobile operator and ask them to block your device. You will have to give the phone number and passport details of the person to whom the number is registered.
Step 6
If, when you call your number, you hear that the subscriber does not answer or is unavailable, then, most likely, an ill-wisher picked him up, turned off the device, or even threw out your SIM card. Some people think that in this case it is no longer possible to locate the phone. But it is not so.
Step 7
Any mobile phone has its own unique number (IMEI) assigned by the manufacturer. This combination of fifteen digits is "stitched" into the device during production. You can see the code on the packaging of the device under the barcode and under the battery on the phone case. When the machine is registered on the network, the code embedded in the software is automatically communicated to the operator.
Step 8
Thus, even if the card was changed in the stolen telephone set, it can be detected by the identification code, and even if no one calls on the phone. The technical means of a telecom operator can localize the location of the device with high accuracy. Therefore, it does not hurt to write out an identification code and carry it with you.
Step 9
And one more recommendation. Most phone models allow the owner to program a greeting that appears on the screen when the device is turned on. You can enter in the form of a greeting a phrase urging to return the phone to its owner and indicate a different contact phone number. This will help a decent person who does not intend to appropriate the device in his search for the owner of the find.
