Mobile phones increasingly are becoming an indispensable tool for vacationers. It is not just to satisfy the desire to be communicable. Now with the new WAP services and positioning wins another useful instrument for travelers.
But, unfortunately, increased communicability is directly proportional to the risk of theft. For many, seeing their mobile phones "usurped" while on holiday in Turkey or the Costa del Sol can be a real nightmare. But even if this happens, does not tremble, because the road will help.
Avoiding theft
What must be done before more to prevent theft or to mitigate its effects is to activate your PIN. Activate your PIN code and disconnect whenever the phone away from him. If the crooks are perceiving that your mobile phone is locked against the immediate use, may choose not to steal. The second step, if you're really worried, is moving to block your SIM through the "security code" so that it can only be used with your card, possibility in some brands. Unfortunately, the thief will only realize this when you try another SIM, and two things will happen: If you are a professional mobile theft is released, if not throw it away, which will give you the same, financially but at least have the consolation of knowing that the thug did not enjoy his larceny.
Because there are methods of unlocking more or less complicated for most phones, these two strategies will not get him out safely, although they may deter the casual thief.
Other suggestions mundane are the obvious: Do not leave the set on top of the table in the bar and essentially Avoid carrying in his hand, this behavior increases the likelihood of forgetting it on public transport, cinemas and other places, which certainly will lead to a type theft that unfortunately is not frowned upon in our society that is characterized by the famous phrase "found not stolen."
Mitigating the consequences
If the theft has already occurred, while you were distracted or absent, if you can not always choose to run after the thief and see what happens, the wisest course is to contact your operator to block your SIM card. This procedure is more urgent and necessary if you have a monthly contract with the operator, because, unlike what happens with prepaid cards, in which the thief could only spend two or three thousand pesetas usual, under contracts no spending limit.
Furthermore, with this complaint the operator can identify your phone as stolen, so that is not accepted in any national network. This file is only possible thanks to an identification code, the IMEI, which enables identification of all phones by the operator. This code is usually printed on the battery and has 15 digits. I'd better write it down in a safe place before going on holiday. The IMEI can also be displayed on the screen of your phone, being enough to dial * # 06 #.
This code will allow you to enter the second stage of the proceedings, which will be to notify the police. It is very unlikely but not impossible for your mobile is caught occasionally in a police raid on a gang of criminals a year and a half after his misfortune.
Eventually, if your mobile is really valuable, you can choose to make an insurance.
If your mobile has been stolen abroad does not serve anything that national carriers blocked the entrance to their networks, so we must resort to another solution called Celltrace, an entity that provides services to those unfortunates who have left without mobile phone. This is a service for members who may know more on celtrace.com. The operators worldwide are using this base dice and if your IMEI to register here as fact is that thieves can not do anything with their mobile phone stolen ... provided they do not know any illegal method to change the IMEI of the device.
