Originally Posted by corcor
Eufo, could you please explain what you mean here? This is actually what perplexes me most. How exactly could the phone be ringing if it isn't on...do you mean that the thief put the sim card in a different phone? Or would there be another way to do this?
What baffles me is that the phone *seemed* to be on and ringing for several days, but it wasn't logging on to Edge to check my e-mail. Whoever took it knew what they were doing.
What I meant is this:
When you dial a phone number and hear the rings, it doesn't necessarily mean that the phone you're dialing is on and ringing. Case in point, I know with Sprint (my former carrier) that sometimes it has appearred to the caller that my phone was ringing even when the phone was completely off. Granted, most of the time it would go direct to voicemail, but just because its ringing isn't a guarantee that the phone is on, that's my point.
I used to work for AT&T Wireless before they merged with Cingular a long time ago, and I can tell you this:
We had detailed records of phone activity. We could tell you the
exact cell tower the phone last communicated with and when (if the phone is ON it is communicating with a cell tower even if you're not using the phone). If you wish to pursue the matter, ask AT&T for that information.