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Lost Sony Xperia J

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roady Original post #1
Mar 10, 2013 at 2:28 PM
Hey guys,

my friend just lost his phone and he didn't install any such app with which he could wipe data or track.

Is there STILL any way to find a lost phone when there are no such tracking apps installed .. in 2013?

I heard there's a way via IMEI no. but Google isn't helping me much.

Can something be done via Sony's website itself?
randomuser111
Mar 10, 2013 at 2:49 PM
No. Register a FIR with Police. :)
arsenalfan001
Mar 10, 2013 at 8:10 PM
I know a friend who got her stolen phone back with the help of AVG. It was installed in her phone and it detected a change of sim card and send the sim number via sms.
If you have any such anti-virus software installed, you can track that. Else its gone I am afraid.
shreymittal
Mar 10, 2013 at 8:43 PM
Register a FIR with Police. for peace of mind
And just Forget it like a bad dream
"Bhuljao usse ab kuch ni ho skta"
ithehappy
Mar 10, 2013 at 10:53 PM
Yeah, only two ways to get back a cellphone in this country.
You know someone who is police. Tracking an imei number is not that hard, especially for them.
If you don't, depend on your luck.
NoasArcAngel
Mar 11, 2013 at 10:42 AM
Hey guys,

my friend just lost his phone and he didn't install any such app with which he could wipe data or track.

Is there STILL any way to find a lost phone when there are no such tracking apps installed .. in 2013?

I heard there's a way via IMEI no. but Google isn't helping me much.

Can something be done via Sony's website itself?

you can also register the lost phone with the telco, see what they have to say...
Zangetsu
Mar 11, 2013 at 3:28 PM
if its stolen then forget about FIR...police will not log it.
Nerevarine
Mar 11, 2013 at 3:29 PM
you have my sympathies dude..
Only someone who has had similar experience can feel the pain :(
Zangetsu
Mar 11, 2013 at 3:31 PM
you have my sympathies dude..
Only someone who has had similar experience can feel the pain :(

for few days or may be months then things will move on as it is
shreymittal
Mar 12, 2013 at 7:55 AM
you have my sympathies dude..
Only someone who has had similar experience can feel the pain :(

Which phone u lost and when??
i have losted my two phones
1. Nokia 5800 XM 8 months old in 2010
2. Nokia 7210 SuperNova 6 months old in 2009
Nerevarine
Mar 12, 2013 at 11:55 AM
me too , Nokia 5800 XM.. only 1 month old
shreymittal
Mar 12, 2013 at 12:14 PM
Might friend lost his 2 week old Note and is still paying its emi. Has 2 emi's pending. :(

"Itni badi cheez koi kaise ghumaa sakta hai"
"Note ka size hi itna bada hai"
lywyre
lywyre #15
Mar 12, 2013 at 1:01 PM
@Log an FIR with the police along with the IMEI. You can get your phone back (only) if you know somebody high up (in the police dept) who could push some buttons.
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #16
Mar 12, 2013 at 1:34 PM
guys, let me tell u this fact.

if a phone is stolen (in bus/train or whichever place) police consider it as a missing activity & not stealing so thats y they dnt waste time on it & simply log a complaint & not FIR.
But If the person says that it has been snatched in front of his eyes..then police are bound to lodged a complaint.

a similar case was happend with my frnd's frnd..his SGS3 was snatched by bikers..so he logged a FIR and got his mobile back after 2 months
pratyush997
Mar 12, 2013 at 1:41 PM
Might friend lost his 2 week old Note and is still paying its emi. Has 2 emi's pending. :(
How the hell can one forget to take that huge thing with him?
Hrishi
Hrishi #19
Mar 12, 2013 at 9:58 PM
How the hell can one forget to take that huge thing with him?
"It wasn't lost , it was stolen."
But technically it was lost according to Police , who refused to accept the fact that is stolen. They were asking for name of suspect in case if its stolen , o/w report it as lost.Now how the hell will you name someone from unknown place.
Damn , it crossed the heights when they refused to take the application written in English.


[It was stolen ,while he was in Mathura , in a temple.]
shreymittal
Mar 12, 2013 at 10:01 PM
"it wasn't lost , it was stolen."
but technically it was lost according to police , who refused to accept the fact that is stolen. They were asking for name of suspect in case if its stolen , o/w report it as lost.now how the hell will you name someone from unknown place.
Damn , it crossed the heights when they refused to take the application written in english.


[it was stolen ,while he was in mathura , in a temple.]

lol i am from mathura
and i know it very well there are sign boards written on the please take care of your belonging

"jeb keteron se saavdhaan"
Hrishi
Hrishi #21
Mar 12, 2013 at 10:07 PM
"Itni badi cheez koi kaise ghumaa sakta hai"
"Note ka size hi itna bada hai"
"Stolen inside a temple ,"I think t'was Govardhan Temple."."
shreymittal
Mar 12, 2013 at 10:29 PM
Thats it where my 5800 XM was lost please next time you or any one of your friends/relatives vists mathura please keep these points in mind

1. Don't pay money to
anybody on the road barriers. if anyone shows you charity slips and tell you to pay xxx amount just shout at them. (except parking lots one/if you buy any thing from the shops :D )
2. always buys sweets from brijwasi and say no to others
3. always put your phones, gadgets, spects, shades, footwear in the car if possible inside the glove box (for gadgets) when visiting a temple.
4. never left your car keys with parking lot guys
5. never drive your car fast in mathura, Vrindavan, Goverdhan

ask me any question about mathura will tell every detail
which temple to visit in hotel to stay anything:D
theserpent
Mar 13, 2013 at 6:31 PM
If you loose a phone, the police will tell you to file a complain like "You were going in a AUTO and mobile fell outside" trust me they told this to my parents once