Can I find or track my lost mobile device using the IMEI number?

Contact your service provider's Customer Care, e.g. Airtel, Vodafone.. Then say that you lost your Mobile. They'll ask your basic details to verify your identity. Then tell your imei no. They'll make your Mobile a solid brick, worthless for anyone. But you cannot find your Mobile

I doubt if YOU can, but the police can definitely try to track your phone. Don't get your hopes high though. I lost mine about 5 months or so back, but haven't heard from them. You should definitely file a complaint and visit your nearest police station. That way, should the thief misuse the phone, you are safe.

Police have to file your complaint and act on that. But we have seen that many policewala don't register the mobile loss complaint as it increases crime cases on books and imagine how many mobiles are getting lost in india everyday. However, you must pressurise them to register the complaint if you're carrying the original purchase invoice of your phone. Alternatively you can also check couple of articles on http://www.mobilereview.co.in to read more in such cases.

Actually No.. This can be done by police only with the help of your telecom operator. In today's world nobody has time to take a follow-up of the case registered with police for which a huge advantage is being taken. If you are ready to take pain and take the follow-up of the case you might get your handset. Firstly you have to be successful in getting complaint registered and then you have to follow-up with police. Later, when there is no result and if handset is really costly you should go to court and take order from there requesting police to submit the where abouts about your mobile.   If you are ready for all this pain probably you might land up with your own mobile in your hand again there is one more problem this all will happen subject to if the IMEI of mobile hasn't been swapped by someone.   Best of luck for your struggle..

@Omkar Gagare- How do you get the IMEI number by dialing *#06# when you've lost your mobile in the first place ?

Yes Its possible U can give it to your nearest police station And the trace your device for you Or U can find it if you have enabled your gps and androis device manager :-)

A tough problem. Once the SIM is removed, it is no longer registered on your provider’s network using the MSISDN (your telephone number), so you will possibly only have the last known location where that SIM and MSISDN was active.The IMEI is only used during the initial registration of a cellular device on the network, so is not a reliable to check for its location - would require active effort on the part of the network engineers and best if it shows up on the same carrier, probably.However, you can ask your provider to log that IMEI into the Equipment Identity Register (EIR) as a lost or stolen device. If somebody else then tries to use that phone with another SIM, it will get flagged and reported as such.This process does not always work, because it requires cooperation between the various carriers EIR systems. But it is about the only recourse you are likely to have - particularly if it is stolen. Ideally, the thieves will try to active on the same carrier as you, so that the EIR has a chance to catch it. This may allow the carrier to determine its location too, but if the SIM then gets removed again (because it did not activate), then the same location problem applies.

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How to Track/Locate Missing Mobile Phone with IMEI and Gmail for Android Smartphone Track your missing mobile phone exercising the below mentioned steps which are legitimate enough to locate your missing device although it is stolen or misplaced somewhere at your place. Step1: Register a missing complaint of your mobile phone initially which includes filing a FIR at your nearest police station and with the cops. Don’t forget to mention the IMEI number so that the police department can trace your mobile with IMEI number. Step 2: Submit a copy of your FIR as well as your IMEI number to your service provider so that they can trace your mobile phone using IMEI number. Step 3: Ask your network service provider to block and block your number so as to prevent it from misuse and get a new SIM with the same number or mobile with the same contact number it is CDMA. Step 4: Either the service provider or the Police Department’s nearby police cops would consult you once they track your mobile phone with the aid of IMEI number. If your lost mobile was an Android OS powered mobile phone, then you have greater possibility of locating a smart mobile easily by signing into your Google Account which is incorporated with the Android OS of your smart phone. Initially, you need to update and follow up your Google account which has all the devices connected to your Google account and provides you a platform to manage them. After signing in to the Google, Click Account option which can be witness in the drop-down menu after clicking your Google+ Profile Icon on the right side of the main toolbar or CLICK over here which will redirect you to the Google Account settings. Now, browse down and click and follow this path, Dashboard >Account Tools box>Android Users would get maximum details of their smart mobile which is powered by Android where details such IMEI Number, Model Name, Manufacturer, Carrier Details, Last activity seen activity, registered date area available which can be used to file an complaint with Police and service providers to locate your lost mobile phone. This ends your efforts to locate your lost or misplaced mobile phone and now its police and service provider’s job to locate your it. Be patient enough as this process may end up in a day or days while implementing all above mentioned steps would make you safe from the occurrence of unfortunate consequences. If you have something more important which is relevant to this article post then do share your views and queries with placing your comments below we would get back to you soon.