Daniel C Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 I may look like a bit of a retard saying this but it is worth a try i was wondering, ive been told that police can track your sim card and find out where you are?so i was wondering if i stick a sim card in where my bottok bracket is on my bike and glue it to the side so it dosent rattle, if i get my bike stolen, wich i hope i dont, would the police be able to track were the sim card is and find my bike?please dont abuse me on this if i am wrong :$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbanPoet Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 I may look like a bit of a retard saying this but it is worth a try i was wondering, ive been told that police can track your sim card and find out where you are?so i was wondering if i stick a sim card in where my bottok bracket is on my bike and glue it to the side so it dosent rattle, if i get my bike stolen, wich i hope i dont, would the police be able to track were the sim card is and find my bike?please dont abuse me on this if i am wrong :$They may be able to track a sim-card, as long as it's inside a working phone. So no, don't tape a sim-card to your bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggy Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 I may look like a bit of a retard saying this but it is worth a try i was wondering, ive been told that police can track your sim card and find out where you are?so i was wondering if i stick a sim card in where my bottok bracket is on my bike and glue it to the side so it dosent rattle, if i get my bike stolen, wich i hope i dont, would the police be able to track were the sim card is and find my bike?please dont abuse me on this if i am wrong :$BOTI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Hahah!Do you think they'd make expensive tracking devices if you could just hide a sim card in your frame? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 If Aristotle were alive today, He'd be spinning in his grave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Nichols Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Haha, poor lad! It has to be inside a phone thats turned on! And as far as Im aware it Triangulates (possible wrong word?) your loaction using masts.. For example..Purple is your phone and crosses are the masts..So the green is actual signals from your phone to the independant masts.. Red si signals between masts.. So they figure out which masts are recieving your signal directly and work out an area that your phone is in. Im pretty certain its not a pin pointed type thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Campbell Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 I would just like to say thank you for making me giggle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamness™ Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 My mother used to work for a company that built tracking systems for mobiles phones and as far as I know it does triangulate, the phone has to be switched on and it has to have a signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extreme_biker0 Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Funniest thing i've read all day You wont get any abuse don't worry, it's too damn funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials_pimp Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 You would have more luck tying a peice of string to the frame of your bikeAnd the other end on your nob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extreme_biker0 Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 You would have more luck tying a peice of string to the frame of your bikeAnd the other end on your nob.Hahaha yeah, so true, just what I was thinking when I read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Ahahaha! Jesus Christ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 on a more serious note; for security purposes, write your postcode on something, then waterproof it and stick it into the BB shell/seat tube and make note of the serial number, because it makes it easier to prove that things belong to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 I usually keep my frame no. on my phone, which reminds me - new frame = new code to put in.BRBBBBBBBBB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 I have heard of people doing this with motorbikes. You buy a crappy pay as you go mobile, keep it under your seat and if the bike's ever stolen you can track its location using services such as mobile locate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
club_card Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 I have heard of people doing this with motorbikes. You buy a crappy pay as you go mobile, keep it under your seat and if the bike's ever stolen you can track its location using services such as mobile locate.Solved, make a seat out of a phone and some gaffa tape just wrap loads of layers of tape around the phone so it looks like a seat then know one will know. That way youll be able to track your bike down if they nick it, if they change the seat your buggerd though....super glue on the seatpost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extreme_biker0 Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 (edited) Solved, make a seat out of a phone and some gaffa tape just wrap loads of layers of tape around the phone so it looks like a seat then know one will know. That way youll be able to track your bike down if they nick it, if they change the seat your buggerd though....super glue on the seatpost?By the looks of it, that service is only able to loacate your phone to within around 500m radius (the nearest cell tower at the time?). Not particularly useful for tracking the bike down in an urban environment.For some just deserts, re wire the phone so that the wires to the vibration motor instead go to some kind of electrical ignitor. Have it blow the petrol tank if you phone it. You'll get the bike on insurance anyway.Make sure the phone doesn't vibrate when the battery gets low or you're going to want to keep that f**ker charged while it's in the garage. Edited July 17, 2008 by Extreme_biker0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti-mig-guy Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 DataDot for security. It's not a tracking system, it's pepper flake sized wafers with a 16 digit #. They can be sprayed into BB, handlebars, inside rims, and hubs. It is readable by a 6X scope, and most law enforcement carry them in there cars. They put this stuff all over all new Toyota vehicles, and Nissan HID lights. So small you can hardly see them, hit it with a black light they show up, pick one off, check the # and "wammo" you get your bike back. This requires finding the culprit, or pawned bike, so it's not exactly fool proof. Just the only way to get past a ground off serial #.Not what you asked for, but it is my best invention ever-I made the original adhesive, (but I don't make a dime so I'm not advertising.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 For some just deserts, re wire the phone so that the wires to the vibration motor instead go to some kind of electrical ignitor. Have it blow the petrol tank if you phone it. You'll get the bike on insurance anyway.That's some GTA S**t. Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 That's some GTA S**t. Haha.Do that and you'll end up in prison, especially if the culprit ends up in a boxx under the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extreme_biker0 Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Do that and you'll end up in prison, especially if the culprit ends up in a boxx under the ground.So what i'll just break out yeah? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Clarke Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Anyone notice how OP hasn't posted in here yet after his embarrsement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti-mig-guy Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 There are some very small GPS tracking systems for pets. Regional service so I can't find anything for the UK when I search from here. I would think if it can be added to a cat collar then it would be small and lite enough for most people. There are several services here that you anly pay for when they switch it on to locate the animal, so there is no monthly membership fees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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