Earlier I wrote about how smartphone users can use a software called Phone Guardian to protect their phones from unauthorised use should the phone get stolen (read it here). There hasn’t been such a great feature for normal mobile phones, but thankfully there is still something you can do to protect your phone from being used if it gets stolen.
You can disable your phone from being used simply by calling your mobile service operator or service provider. What you need to do beforehand is to jot down your phone’s unique serial number. When you call your service provider to report phone loss, give them your mobile phone’s serial number and they will be able to lock your phone immediately and prevent it from being used. A change of SIM card will not unlock the phone either, thus the phone will be totally useless to whoever who stole it.
To obtain your phone’s serial number, key in the following digits on your phone:
* # 0 6 #
Make sure you keep this serial number safe!
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My Nokia 7900 Prism phone with the serial number IMEI: 357682010882201 was stolen on the 2nd of October, 2009. All effort to recover it has proof abortive. I want it block and lock in order not be useful to the person that stole it. thank you