Android find my phone
#2
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I don't have personal experience in this area because I don't download useless apps, as a matter of policy (I.e. why degrade phone performance for the sake of a pipedream).
I have lost 6 phones during the course of the past ~20 years, and recovered 1.
My SOP is to call it, and hope that the taxi driver is kind person. If he is, I can meet him, and get it back. If he isn't, I buy a new phone.
On the surface, you might assume an app that has the ability to pinpoint his house will aid your cause, but the phone will not be at his house by the time you get your act in gear, and it will no longer be traceable.
#3
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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There are numerous "find my phone" apps, so I'm guessing that at least some of them work in China.
I don't have personal experience in this area because I don't download useless apps, as a matter of policy (I.e. why degrade phone performance for the sake of a pipedream).
I have lost 6 phones during the course of the past ~20 years, and recovered 1.
My SOP is to call it, and hope that the taxi driver is kind person. If he is, I can meet him, and get it back. If he isn't, I buy a new phone.
On the surface, you might assume an app that has the ability to pinpoint his house will aid your cause, but the phone will not be at his house by the time you get your act in gear, and it will no longer be traceable.
I don't have personal experience in this area because I don't download useless apps, as a matter of policy (I.e. why degrade phone performance for the sake of a pipedream).
I have lost 6 phones during the course of the past ~20 years, and recovered 1.
My SOP is to call it, and hope that the taxi driver is kind person. If he is, I can meet him, and get it back. If he isn't, I buy a new phone.
On the surface, you might assume an app that has the ability to pinpoint his house will aid your cause, but the phone will not be at his house by the time you get your act in gear, and it will no longer be traceable.
And the issue isn't theft, but reuniting party members. I would not expect to recover a lost phone in China.