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can i get my smartphone back

sris

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Oct 11, 2013
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my phone has been stolen by some bikers can i track the phone when it is switched off??
 
Can't do anything if it's switched off.

What phone is it? If iPhone, you have a few options of at least locking/wiping it--retrieving it is probably not something you want to be doing on your own; report it stolen, keep yourself save, and get another phone.

If it's android, and you enabled device manager, if it's turned on and connected to a data network, you can locate, ring, erase the phone remotely. Again, I would not bother trying to retrieve it yourself. No use risking your safety for a phone.