Find out where a loved one is now is much easier thanks to modern technology. There are several ways to track a person's location by phone number. It should be remembered that the hidden tracking of a person is illegal. These technologies can be useful to parents or large companies.
Geolocation by phone number
Each modern smartphone is equipped with a special GPS-beacon, which can receive a signal from the satellite system of geolocation. This is one of the ways that helps the locate the phone number. The nearest towers of the mobile operator receive a signal and calculate the distance from which they received a response from the lighthouse. This method will work only when GPS and the Internet are on.
All major mobile operators have developed a special service. If you are interested in how to find a person's location by mobile phone number, you should choose one of the offers from your company. Now the following options are available:
- Beeline - "Coordinates";
- Megafon - "Radar";
- Tele2 - "Geo-search";
- MTS - "Locator".
Megaphone - location of subscriber
This company offers all its subscribers several options for determining the location of close people. Geolocation by phone number Megaphone is carried out using the option "Radar".There are several options for this function, one of them is free, but with a limited number of requests, others charge a fixed activation fee. The location of the subscriber is determined only with his consent, which must be obtained in advance. To conduct secret tracking with the help of "Radar" will not work. The activation of the service is as follows:
- Decide which package of functions suits you best. Radar light is free, but can only determine the coordinates of 1 person. To increase the number of subscribers for tracking, you need to pay 3 rubles a day.
- Activation requires sending a ussd request. For the light version, you need the combination * 566 * 56 #, for the standard version - * 566 #.To send a command, press the call button.
- Download the official program from the Megafon website or the application store, sign in to it.
- Use the special form to add numbers to be tracked. With their affirmative answer, you will be able to receive data about their location on request.
- You will receive a text message with coordinates and a link to the map, where you can immediately find the exact location of the owner of the phone.
How to find out where the person is by the phone number of MTS
A similar function exists for all major operators. The location of the MTS phone number can be viewed using the "Locator" option. To know where your loved ones are, after the service is activated, add them to the list and get permission to calculate the coordinates. One of the advantages of this option is to obtain the location data by using the SMS request. The function is not free, for the purchase of 100 requests you will need 100 rubles. Connect the option as follows:
- On the phone 6677 send a message in the body of which indicate the mobile person you want to discover.
- The specified subscriber will receive a request to confirm his consent to determine the location.
- You will just need to send the word "Where" to 6677 and you will receive coordinates.
How to determine the subscriber's location Beeline
This company has a service called "Coordinates". Determination of the location by phone number Beeline is also carried out only with the consent of the subscriber. It is convenient if you want to control the movement of the child. It should be borne in mind that in the city limits error in positioning accuracy is possible. You can set up locations and you will receive an alert if a person has left a certain zone. Connection of the service does not require payment, only pays for using 7 rubles per day. Activation of the function is done as follows:
- Activation of the tracking function is carried out using the ussd command 0783 and the call button. You will receive an SMS with confirmation of the connection.
- Install the special application "Locator".
- Complete the registration procedure, log in.
- Enter the mobile subscriber to be found. He will receive a notification, which he must confirm.
- After that you can at any time find out where this person is.
How to find the subscriber's location Tele2
The function "Geo-search" does not have high accuracy( especially outside the city), but it is still very popular. It is possible for the to find out the location of the subscriber Tele2 only if it is in the coverage area of the home network. The definition is carried out using a network of satellites, the same principle is used in navigation for cars. Only the navigator completely writes the route and indicates the direction, and "Geo-search" determines the actual location of the subscriber. To activate, you need to do the following:
- Dial * 119 * 01 # to activate the service.
- The service will be free for you for the first 3 days. Then for each day of use you will be removed 3 rubles.
- To start monitoring a person, dial * 119 * 1 * subscriber's phone #.He must give his permission to find his location.
- To you will come in the form of sms data with the address on which the client is found, a link to the map with the point.
How to track a person by phone number via computer
All of the above methods involve activating the service through an operator, but there are ways to be cheaper. You can configure to track a mobile phone from the computer. It is still necessary to carry it out only with the consent of the person, GPS-beacon and the Internet will be used to determine the coordinates. On the monitored smartphone must be installed in advance special software that will transfer to your PC all data.
There are many utilities in the official application store that help to track a specific device, but they all work in an open mode, and any user will notice them if you installed in secret. To break the coordinates of the subscriber without access to his personal gadget, there is no possibility. The following applications are popular:
- «Find my friends»( partially paid);
- «Phoneradar»( free of charge);
- "My Family"( partially paid).
Find out the location by phone number online
Some people at some point have a desire to test their soul mate or friend. They begin to look for the possibility of to find out the location by phone number online .There are a lot of services in the network that supposedly help to determine in real time the exact coordinates of the person you are looking for only by the number of his mobile. This possibility exists only among telecom operators, they perform such a search only at the request of law enforcement agencies.
No functionality has been implemented on one site that could fulfill such a request. All offers on the Internet boil down to what you are offered to download a paid version of the program that will be able to calculate the subscriber's online. At best, you just waste your money, at worst - you will receive an installer package with viruses that will harm your computer.
Sometimes right on the site you are asked to send sms, this will confirm that you are not a robot and this is not an automatic check. After sending the utility will produce some non-existent data or does not find anything at all, but it will not be possible to return the funds. More often after imitating the search, you will have some comic message that you should trust your loved ones or it's time to go to work, rather than mess around.