Is there anyway to locate a lost cell phone. GPS, Triangulation, or something similar?
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call it if someone answers ask them to return it. if not call the cell phone company they can locate it for you.
No! You cannot locate a cell phone by gps or triangulation, or anything they do on TV. That's all a load of crap. Cell phones take a signal from towers that are close by. Usually a cell takes a few signals because the towers over lap. The signal however cannot pinpoint an exact location for your phone. Signals change in strength as well based on how many phones are accessing the signal from a tower. The more phones that are accessing, the signal gets weak. Therefore the cell company cannot tell you where your phone is. They may have a general idea but not a specific. If it's lost, it's lost. You can call it and hope for the best. But there is no such thing as triangulation to track the exact where abouts of the phone.
