Oh.. sorry.. you needed to install that *before* it got stolen...
my bad
:(
On 26/02/14 16:49, David wrote:
smartphone = android?
have a look at airdroid... it is supposed to do exactly this. Not
only, but also take a photo of the person as they try to unlock the
phone, and then you log in remotely from any browser and download the
photo, and after that you can remotely delete everything from the
phone for privacy.
it then gives you a massage and sends a sympathy card and a get well
soon and makes a nice cup of tea.
I'm not aware of any such thing for fruit phones.
I haven't tried all these functions, but it seems like a nice app for
the things I have used it for, namely accessing files via USB or wifi
or internet.
David
On 26/02/14 16:38, William Bennett wrote:
I've just had my smartphone stolen.
I asked a friend to dial the number: I can hear it ringing.
Asked the police forensic expert - can it be triangulated? Yes, but
(always
there's a but). In the cities, where the uprights are in high
concentration, triangulation can be accurate to within a couple of
metres.
In the country (where I live), with the uprights widely spaced, accuracy
goes out to a couple of kilometres.
So I got to thinking. Isn't there an app, which, when installed on the
phone, enables you to contact the phone (ie., it must merely be on),
send a
password/code (whether the phone is answered/not): the phone then
takes a
GPS reading and transmits it to the caller?
Or have I been reading too many sci-fi novels?
Any help etc.
Somewhat disgustedly,
William Bennett.
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