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Do you want to find a mobile phone for free? We will show you the particularity of our mobile phone location, whether it is effective and how it can be done via GPS or GSM.
Find your phone: In our special edition, you will find all the information you need about the location of your phone. [Source: Netzwelt]
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Overview of applications and services
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How to find the mobile phone?
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Can't find the phone-now?
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Locating mobile phones without consent: legal framework
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Prevent phone positioning
If you want to find a phone, you can use many services and free location apps for Android or iOS. Most smartphones have provided corresponding free location services on board to check the location of the phone. If you lose your phone or
It was stolen from you. However, before the phone can be located, the positioning function must be activated. You can then use the website to locate, block or delete the phone. Most operating systems use internal GPS trackers and GSM functions.
Find your phone: an overview of apps and services
You can find tutorials on the topic of mobile phone locations for many operating systems on the overview page. Below we introduce the corresponding services of the most important operating systems:
Android: How to find, lock or delete smartphones and tablets Find, lock and delete data If you lose your Android device or the device is stolen, Android will provide tools provided by the factory. We will show you how to easily locate, lock and …
iPhone: How to locate iPhone through iCloud or lock it if lost
Blackberry Protect: How to lock, locate or delete a smartphone External smartphone management Have you lost your Blackberry smartphone or stolen it? We showed you how to use the mobile phone location service Blackberry Protect to easily find your smartphone and lock it …
Windows Phone: How to find, delete or block Windows Phone Use a browser to manage Microsoft devices Like Apple and Google, Microsoft also provides services for remotely locating, locking, and deleting Windows Phone. We will explain how this works …
Many smartphone manufacturers also provide their own mobile phone positioning services, such as Sony, Motorola or Samsung.
If the location service is not available because the manufacturer does not provide it, you can find a mobile phone through the provider. The biggest advantage is that, usually, you must activate the location in your phone to find the device if you lose it. This step is not required to locate the phone through the provider because Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom or O2 can locate the phone based on the inserted SIM card. These providers provide mobile phone locations:
Many users often ask themselves a question: Can I find my phone through WhatsApp? You can, but only with location sharing. Mobile locations using Google Maps work similarly. The phone ’s real location app works differently, and the efficiency of viewing the phone ’s location is significantly higher. Below, you will find some recommended free apps to target:
You can find more programs for finding lost devices in our download file.
By the way, the mobile phone location can also be used abroad and provides all services, so if you want to find a mobile phone during your vacation, you can also use it. It is worth reading our travel preparation article.
If you just misplaced your phone [for example, in a holiday home] and are using a smart watch or fitness tracker, you can also try to locate the phone with this phone. Many wearable devices have a feature called "Find My Device". This will make the phone sound so you can find it again. However, there must be a Bluetooth connection for this, and the phone must be near you.
Find phone: How to find phone?
Technically, anyone who wants to locate a phone has different options to determine the location of the phone:
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Mobile location via mobile network
No matter which network operator you use, you can locate your smartphone or mobile phone through the mobile operator's GSM network [Vodafone, O2, T-Mobile]. In this case, the location is determined by the radio cell to which the smartphone is currently connected.
The prerequisite is that the phone must be turned on, the SIM card must be inserted and activated. Depending on the network operator, the location of this phone is not very precise. Because according to the density of the transmission rod, the difference from the actual position of the mobile phone may be hundreds of meters. However, in large cities, this method is usually very reliable because there are many transmission rods in a small space.
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On the Internet, you will also find pages that provide mobile phone location fees. For example, Handy-Ortung.org, it can locate almost all mobile phones through the GSM network. You can read the exact location and the features that the platform still offers in the test report on Handy-Ortung.org.
Use location services to find your phone
If the onboard resources of your iPhone or Android smartphone are no longer helpful to you, you will find a lot of location services on the Internet. These provide a location where you can find any device with a SIM card almost anywhere in the world. Is an empty promise really effective? Netzwelt has found it for you.
To this end, we tested various location services online, and it seemed like we lost our phones on the road. If you want to learn more about location services, click on each test of the provider.
Phone found: Can't find phone-now?
If a stranger calls or surfs the Internet at his own expense, losing the phone may cause a lot of damage. In our guide "The phone is lost, what should you do?", We tell you what to do to keep the damage within limits. The following table also outlines the provider ’s most important blocked phone numbers and the cost of purchasing a new SIM card.
Important provider blocked new SIM card number and fees
| provider | telephone number | cost |
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| SF | 0800 33 02202 | 30 Euro |
| Vodafone | 0800 172 1212 | 10 Euro |
| Oxygen 2 | 0176 88 85 52 22 | 35 Euro |
| Cardinality | 0163 16 31 14 0 | 5 Euro |
| 1 and 1 | 0721 9600 | 23 euros |
| smart phone | 06181-7083044 | 15 to 30 euros |
| Hello Mobil | 06181-7083044 | 15 to 30 euros |
| Discotel | 06181-7083044 | 15 to 30 euros |
| Maxim | 06181-7083044 | 15 to 30 euros |
| Simply | 06181-7083044 | 15 to 30 euros |
| Maxim | 06181-7083044 | 15 to 30 euros |
| telephone number | 06181-7083044 | 15 to 30 euros |
Important provider blocked the number of the new SIM card and its fees
Locating mobile phones without consent: legal framework
People who want to find their cell phone usually have no legal problems. When you want to find a third-party mobile phone [such as your partner or family member ’s smartphone], the situation becomes more complicated. Usually external devices can only be found with the owner ’s consent. But there are exceptions to how to place the phone without consent. You can read the content here:
Phone positioning: Prevent phone positioning
If you want to hide the location of your phone, you should follow our tips and tricks to prevent your phone from being located. Here, you gradually turn off the functions that can be used to locate the device.
The latest news about the location of the phone: for iPhone, Android and Windows
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