How Can I Track a Cell Phone?
Cue the James Bond soundtrack. The idea of tracking a cell phone may conjure thoughts of spies and covert operations that make for great cinematic fiction. But in the case of tracking cell phones, reality is indeed stranger than fiction. The development of GPS technologies has made tracking a cell phone simple for virtually anyone.
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Find a GPS application compatible with your cell phone. You may need to check with your service provider to find the appropriate software. One program that works with iPhones, Android and Windows Mobile phones is called MobiWee. These applications use satellite GPS to locate your phone and display its whereabouts on your computer.
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Download the program to your phone. Depending on the type of phone and the application you use, this may be done through a wireless download or by connecting to your computer.
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Adjust your application settings. You may adjust the settings directly from your phone or on your computer through a desktop application or an online account. Settings will include things like the amount of time between location requests sent by the program.
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Test the functionality. Each program uses a type of mapping system to show you where the phone is. For example, MobiWee uses Google Maps. Check that the program is finding the phone GPS location signal as it should.
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