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The person who found my deactivated phone sent me a threatening E-mail from my own mailbox. He suggests he is has been reading my recent mail and says he found the phone in front of my house, suggesting he knows where I live. I have changed all my passwords so he won't get new mail but can access anything already downloaded.

Can I track this guy through the phone if he's using wifi or by IP address? He likely lives near me.

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  • In what sense is the phone "deactivated"? Do you just mean that you told your carrier it's stolen so they've disconnected its SIM card?
    – Dan Hulme
    Commented Jun 10, 2014 at 9:01
  • Also, you'll find a lot of information in the tag wiki for the lost-phone tag you've used, and the existing questions with that tag.
    – Dan Hulme
    Commented Jun 10, 2014 at 9:01

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Yes you can if a) the phone is on b) wifi is on c) location is turned on (through settings)

As an experiment (using Android Device Manager through Google Dashboard) I tracked my phone with SIM card (cell towers) and with the card removed (WiFi). The wifi results were much more accurate.

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If he can still access your email, you could send some url or image in a mail and check the ip or location from where its being accessed.

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  • The questioner states that passwords have been changed so that new emails can't be accessed from the phone.
    – Chenmunka
    Commented Jun 10, 2014 at 11:46
  • I got a new phone and was only usin my old phone as a music player. It is not an active phone but still works through wifi. I'm pretty sure GPS is off because it was a battery drain. That leaves IP address or wifi signal as a way to locate it. I wouldn't care about it if the person who has it wasn't being creepy and threatening.
    – user63617
    Commented Jun 11, 2014 at 15:09

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