Track your kids by cell phone?

... any different than calling your phone? That's what I always do. Doesn't work when the battery is dead or the ringer is on silent though

Evie

you go to the service site, type in your ID and passcode, type in the cellphone number you wish to locate, and hit the button marked ping. A signal is sent to the phone, but the signal doesn't ring throgh as a regular call would. When the triangulation program fixes the location a map display comes up, giving the address and a diagram of the building with a dot showing the location of the phone, or if it is not in a building it shows the street or other type of location with a dot at the appropriate space, i.e. Tannersville cemetary, and outline of the grounds, and a red dot in the northwest corner, approximately 3 feet from the northern boundary, and approximately 46 feet from the western boundary. The service claims to be accurate within 5 feet of the phone's actual location, though, as fugitives tend to move around a lot, we never found one precisely within 5 feet of the ping location. Still faily accurate otherwise.

... probably wouldn't help me much I'm always "losing" my phone in my house or car. Often when the battery is running down so it has lost power. If the phone is off does this work to at least tell I'm not wasting my time looking for it in the house?

Evie

package. Some cell phones will still receive in off mode, and will store any voicemail internally. Some won't. For those that won't, generally this will not work unless the cell phone is on. Also, if the battery is dead or has been removed, this method will fail as well. As it happens, my cellphone does store voicemail and text messages on the cellphone itself, and can be tracked when it's turned off.