I lost my N900, what can I do to recover it?
 

I didn't setup any tracking service or anything like that. I wonder if there's any service that will allow me to track it via GPS using IMEI number.

I should mention that I am in US.

Re: I lost my N900, what can I do to recover it?
 

nope sorry. best to report to police so if they find it they can contact u.

Re: I lost my N900, what can I do to recover it?
 

There have been at least 2 people on here talking about creating tracking apps (or something that could be used as such), but nothing exists yet AFAIK.

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That is awful. Such an expensive device should have such feature by default.

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Why? My car cost 20x as much and does not have such a feature by default. Does yours?

Re: I lost my N900, what can I do to recover it?
 

Sad to hear :(
Good luck getting it back.... maybe

Re: I lost my N900, what can I do to recover it?
 

well john ur hardly gonna misplace ur car r u?

Re: I lost my N900, what can I do to recover it?
 

I don't have a car. I would expect them to have it nowadays.

Anyway, any ideas?

Re: I lost my N900, what can I do to recover it?
 

John, your car may have cost 20x as much, but it isn't one of the best cars money can buy is it?
The n900 is the best phone (in my opinion) that money can buy, so i think it should come with tracking.. even the n96 has remote wipe & lock.

I'd text it before it runs out of battery and offer a reward for finding it, and then give your provider a call and see if they can trace it. In the uk they can pinpoint it to a street.

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I wouldn't expect a GPS transmitter in a 10.000$ car but at least one in a 600$ phone. Still its possible to make such stuff via software, most thieves are dumb anyway.

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I did not mean my comment to be taken this way. Regardless of the analogy with the car, you should not expect it for free. Think about the logistics of setting this up for everyone by default.

Normally these things are possible via third parties, but they are not cheap. It would be a premium subscription service. Would you have been happy to pay an extra $30 a month say?

As I stated earlier, there are people working on a way to do this. You could have done this yourself with a small script, if you had enabled GPS location on the phone, written the location to a file and sent the file to your home PC via SSH or similar. You would probably need a static IP address from your ISP which is why it is not for everyone, hence the reason subscription services exist or everyone would be doing it. There are ways to do this without static IP but it adds to the complexity of a one-size-fits-all solution.

A static IP address will normally cost you extra, so either way you are going to have to pay something for it.

It has the capability to do it. You just need to set it up.

When you bought the phone did you look into mitigating against its loss in any way? Did you investigate safeguarding measures, take out insurance or anything else? Let us know what you did and we can try to help if we can.

Re: I lost my N900, what can I do to recover it?
 

thats just like sayingthe Lacetti is the best car (IMO) that
money can buy. Does it come with tracking??

Re: I lost my N900, what can I do to recover it?
 

call your provider and they will lock the imei..
dont you have phone insurance in the states?? :confused:

Re: I lost my N900, what can I do to recover it?
 

how did u manage that? only thing i can suggest is getting the device blocked by operator and contacting your insurance company

Re: I lost my N900, what can I do to recover it?
 

or go out and buy another one!! :D

Re: I lost my N900, what can I do to recover it?
 

I've had these fears and put some measures in place to have a shot at recovery.
Your story gave me the boost to write it all up and give others that option. Here's the howto.