Thus, the mobile tracking works via a mobile communications Mast
Authorities, Provider or manufacturer can locate your phone easily. A possibility of locating a transmitter is.
- The so-called "cell method" works with all devices that have a connection to a mobile - Smartphones from Apple or Samsung, Tablets with mobile Internet, surf sticks, even old cell phones from Nokia or Sony Ericsson.
- This method is queried, to which mobile Mast the Smartphone has recently selected in.
- The data of a plurality of mobile radio masts authorities and providers are able to narrow down their position to within a few hundred meters.
- In big cities, the positioning is more accurate, since there are more pylons than on the Land.
How does cell phone location tracking?
Mobile phone tracking via GPS
The second method first, since Smartphones have set a location via the Internet and GPS.
- Since most Smartphones have a GPS function, the location today, on some meters to accurately determine the you make on a regular basis if you use your Smartphone as a navigation device.
Smartphone positioning by Wi-Fi
Also features Wi-Fi, your Smartphone can be tracked. For example, this works on commercial Wi-Fi Hotspots and, as a result, in cities very well. In many places they received at the same time several networks overlap.
- So your location can be calculated exactly - depending on how good or bad you receive certain networks.
- This also works for other devices, for example Laptops, which usually have no GPS or cellular connection.
In the case of some mobile provider, you can also create a movement profile. This allows you to understand where, for example, your Smartphone was when.
Read in our next practice tip, what you can do, if Android GPS is not working.
