The more we become advanced in technology, the more technology is required to take it one step further. Here we are talking about mobile phones. Today you can count on your fingertips the number of people who do not use a mobile. It has become a basic necessity with people as the mobiles are reasonably priced for common people to afford it. As it is carried around by almost everybody many people lose their mobiles or get it stolen. Once you lose it you lose a lot of important data which will take days to replace. Moreover those who carry the most advanced ones are highly expensive.

Thus you require technology to track your lost mobile. There are different ways to track different mobiles. For instance there is a unique tracking software developed for only Symbian 9.1 Series 60 3rd edition operating system. It has a Phone Guardian System which takes care of the mobile's security. You can lock and unlock the mobile with remote lock SMS. If someone steals the mobile and tries to put a different SIM, the phone emits a siren. When you call up on the mobile from a different number location information, SIM number and Cell ID is sent which can help in tracking the mobile. Once you lock the phone it cannot be restarted unless you feed a secure password.

If you get your GSM phone stolen you can give the IMEI number to the police to track it down. This can only be done if you have noted down the IEMI( International Mobile Equipment Identity) number which is given behind the battery of your phone. This number can be copied on the computer. Once your phone is stolen this number can be given to the police and service provider can trace it and inform the police. This number does not change even if the SIM is changed. Unfortunately this technology cannot be used in CDMA phone.

There is a unique application to track a Google phone. You create a Pintail on the G1 phone and set a pin number. If the phone is missing you just need to send an SMS to your Google phone with the PinTail pin number and you will get a return SMS back to the present phone.

With Lost mobile Tracking System software downloaded on your mobile it gives Micro Tech server to record your E-mail ID and two reference numbers. If you lose your mobile and a call is made with a new SIM the thief's mobile number and location is conveyed to you by E-Mail. It can also lock your data from being misused.

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