I just read in a paper that a car accident victim was found after 7 days
by pinging her cell phone. This pinging is new to me. Can they ping a
phone even when it's turned off? P. R.
On 2007-09-30, R. P. <r_pol12gar@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I just read in a paper that a car accident victim was found after 7 days
> by pinging her cell phone. This pinging is new to me. Can they ping a
> phone even when it's turned off? P. R.
I doubt it, but if it's not in use, it's possible that the battery lasted
that long. Unlikely, but possible.
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Steve Sobol, Victorville, California PGP:0xE3AE35ED
"Drench yourself in words unspoken / Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins / The rest is still unwritten"
- Natasha Beddingfield
No, not if it's off. But if it's on they can "ping" it by calling the
number and seeing which tower found it. As you move about your phone, if
on, is always scanning for the strongest signal so that it is, in
essence, connected to a tower. ID the tower and you know the general
area of the phone. If the area is sparsly populated with one main road
running through then that's likely where you'll find the phone. I read
the same article but the timing in the article itself seemed to be less
than 7 days.
R. P. wrote:
> I just read in a paper that a car accident victim was found after 7
> days by pinging her cell phone. This pinging is new to me. Can they
> ping a phone even when it's turned off? P. R.
"BruceR" <razrbruce@NOgmailSPAM.com> wrote:
> No, not if it's off. But if it's on they can "ping" it by calling the
> number and seeing which tower found it. As you move about your phone,
> if on, is always scanning for the strongest signal so that it is, in
> essence, connected to a tower. ID the tower and you know the general
> area of the phone. If the area is sparsly populated with one main road
> running through then that's likely where you'll find the phone. I
> read the same article but the timing in the article itself seemed to
> be less than 7 days.
"DevilsPGD" <spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net> wrote:
> My Sony Ericsson can easily handle a week of battery life of standby
> time without any airtime being used in the mean time.
She was probably lucky that her phone battery was pretty much fully
charged when the accident happened. Otherwise it may have not had enough
juice for a week even in a standby mode.
In message <8e6dnfhBlsyn1JzanZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@comcast.com> "R. P."
<r_pol12gar@hotmail.com> wrote:
>"DevilsPGD" <spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net> wrote:
>> My Sony Ericsson can easily handle a week of battery life of standby
>> time without any airtime being used in the mean time.
>
> She was probably lucky that her phone battery was pretty much fully
>charged when the accident happened. Otherwise it may have not had enough
>juice for a week even in a standby mode.
Yup, not many phones can go beyond a week of standby, although there are
a few out there -- My parents had an older Nokia that could do 10-12
days.
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You can get more with a kind word and a 2x4 than just a kind word.
my Phone a sanyo katana the orginal one lasts up to 2 weeks on stand by with
little or no use:)
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"Steve Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote in message
news:slrnfftrvs.vdk.sjsobol@amethyst.justthe.net.. .
> On 2007-09-30, R. P. <r_pol12gar@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I just read in a paper that a car accident victim was found after 7 days
> > by pinging her cell phone. This pinging is new to me. Can they ping a
> > phone even when it's turned off? P. R.
>
> I doubt it, but if it's not in use, it's possible that the battery lasted
> that long. Unlikely, but possible.
>
>
> --
> Steve Sobol, Victorville, California PGP:0xE3AE35ED
> "Drench yourself in words unspoken / Live your life with arms wide open
> Today is where your book begins / The rest is still unwritten"
> - Natasha Beddingfield
>
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:07:40 +0000 (UTC), Steve Sobol
<sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote:
>On 2007-09-30, R. P. <r_pol12gar@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I just read in a paper that a car accident victim was found after 7 days
>> by pinging her cell phone. This pinging is new to me. Can they ping a
>> phone even when it's turned off? P. R.
>
>I doubt it, but if it's not in use, it's possible that the battery lasted
>that long. Unlikely, but possible.
They can definitely tell what tower you're registerd on if your phone
is still active on the network. They should be also able to tell the
last tower your phone was registered on even after it goes dead, but
whether they actually retain that info as a rule, I couldn't tell you.
Technologically speaking, it's possible to do it.
"Steve Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote in message
news:slrnfftrvs.vdk.sjsobol@amethyst.justthe.net.. .
> On 2007-09-30, R. P. <r_pol12gar@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I just read in a paper that a car accident victim was found after 7 days
> > by pinging her cell phone. This pinging is new to me. Can they ping a
> > phone even when it's turned off? P. R.
>
> I doubt it, but if it's not in use, it's possible that the battery lasted
> that long. Unlikely, but possible.
>
>
> --
> Steve Sobol, Victorville, California PGP:0xE3AE35ED
> "Drench yourself in words unspoken / Live your life with arms wide open
> Today is where your book begins / The rest is still unwritten"
> - Natasha Beddingfield
>
It's possible that she had the car charger plugged in.
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