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Is a phone traceable without a SIM card?
Your mobile carrier has access to your GPS location at any time. Any phone, even phones without SIM cards, can make emergency calls. If emergency services can locate you when you make a call in any circumstance, even a phone without a SIM can be traced using geo-location.
Can IMEI be tracked with WIFI?
In general, No.
How does 911 work without a SIM card?
Emergency calls do not need any network authentication. Whenever you make an emergency call, the network directly connects you to the emergency desk without authenticating your identity thus bypassing the function of a SIM card.
Can we track phone with IMEI?
Track your Android phone with the IMEI number. To track your lost Android phone with the IMEI number, you need to download a third-party IMEI tracking app, such as IMEI Tracker-Find My Device. If your Android phone is ever lost or stolen, and you have no way to get it back, knowing its IMEI number will come in handy.
Is IMEI transmitted?
When you make a phone call, use data, or send a text, your IMEI is included in the information transmitted to cell towers and is available to your network operator, a company like Vodafone or AT. Some phones have an IMEI that can be reprogrammed, though it’s a crime to do that in countries like the US or India.
Can a cell phone dial 911 without a SIM card?
Even if your phone is deactivated and doesn’t have a SIM card, it still has the ability to call 911. This is helpful if people want to have a spare phone in a vehicle or bag with a charger to be able to call law enforcement in case of emergencies. This can be great for someone in an emergency situation.
Can you call 911 on a phone without SIM?
Phones must have their battery disconnected before being given away, as deactivated phones can still call 911 and connect to emergency services. Every cell phone in North America is required to be able to dial 911, even if there is no plan or sim card.
What happens if there is no SIM card or IMEI?
As you can see from many other responses here at Quora from me and others, the IMEI is only used when registering on a cellular network on initial power-on. So, if there is no SIM, it has not effectively registered and the IMEI is not used.
Is the IMEI number of a phone visible over the Internet?
That being said, the IMEI is not visible over the Internet, unless an app installed on the phone communicate it. If this event happens then the phone becomes traceable in two ways: if it is connected to the GSM network (see above) and through the geo-location of its IP address, as long as the app installed in it communicated the relative IMEI.
What is the difference between an IMEI and an IMSI?
In telephony, an IMSI identifies a SIM card and, hence, a user. An IMEI identifies the device itself. If an Android device does not physically have a SIM card slot, does it still have an IMEI? The documentation is not clear on this.
How many IMEI numbers can a device with 2 SIM slots have?
A device with 2 SIM slots can have 0, 1 or 2 IMSIs, depending on how many SIM cards are inserted. It will always have exactly one IMEI, independent of SIM cards.