Modify cell phone frequencys

[diablo416]

Hey

Im wondering how can i change a cell phones frequency? i have no experience with this so if somebody could explain id appreciate it?

[drmsucks]

Why?

[diablo416]

to avoid tracking, i already know police can track cell-phones and have been able to for a long time, im just protecting my privacy im not hiding from police.. but i dont need anybody else watching me

[fireballs]

A few things... changing your frequency would mean you wouldn't be able to communicate with your phone line provider, making your phone useless. I'm not sure how it works in your country but here the police contact the phone line provider they don't tap directly into a personal phone call. in short you can but it'd be pointless.

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[drmsucks]

A few things... changing your frequency would mean you wouldn't be able to communicate with your phone line provider, making your phone useless.

That was my thought as well - how would the handset communicate with the cell tower?

As far as 'random' (just for the fun of it) tracking by the police goes, even a small jurisdiction would have too many cellphones, I would think, to track your location, if they weren't otherwise concerned about you.

However, I am fully aware that just because I'm paranoid does not mean they're not after me.

Best of luck.

[Zylstra]

If you are trying to avoid police, or if something happens to you and you fear being traced by such means (which, is against the constitution, I believe, since that would be considered entrapment...) turn your cell phone off, and remove the battery, and SIM chip if you can.
Or just completely destroy your cell phone...

Other than that, police can not "tap" into your phone, nor can anyone else, unless you are in Analog mode, and voice privacy is unavailable.
Your phone will usually notify you if privacy isnt available.

It might also be useful for you to know:
They can only find out what cell phone tower(s) you are connected to... which, is only an approximate location... in some cases, its about as good as using an IP address to find where someone is.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Don't you ever watch the movies? 

[kpac]

If they wanted to find you that badly, I'd say there would be an easier way of finding you.

[diablo416]

thanks for the information , i heard the police had a program called switchback way back in 1993 that used triangulation to find cell-phones

[fireballs]

Don't you ever watch the movies? 

lol you realise switchback is a movie...?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119210/

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[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Don't you ever watch the movies? 

lol you realise switchback is a movie...?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119210/

FB

Haha! Nice.