Finding a lost cell phone is a just not an easy process. Informing service providers and lodging police FIRs don't really help you to trace your lost phone. So here is how you can yourself do the policing of your handset. Jayprakash's mobile was stolen last month. But MicroTec's Lost Mobile Tracking System (LMTS) or got it back.
Till now, a new SIM in a stolen mobile is all that thieves needed to hide their crime. Try that with a LMTS phone and this is where you could land up. Parag Sapra, LMTS says, "We have cases where people have got their phones back." Here's how it works. Download the software on to your mobile and MicroTec's server records your number, two reference numbers and your e-mail ID.
If a thief makes a call with a new SIM, it messages and e-mails you his phone number and location. Impressed? It's up for grabs at www.microlmts.net. Other players like Samsung take the game one step further. Their phones cannot only be tracked; they can be locked to prevent data misuse. And if for a change, you are kidnapped with your phone, a single key fires text messages to your closest contacts.
Anti-theft and tracking features are useful. But in India, simply finding the thief doesn't guarantee getting your phone back. That's why brands like Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson stress more on data security than just mobile tracking. They let you lock your phone, or just your SIM or just specific files so no one messes with your precious data. But since even they support downloadable tracking software, today, your phone's security is quite literally in your own hands.
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