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Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off

From Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off
Date 2026-08-08 19:06 +0000
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Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
> Frank Slootweg wrote:
> 
> > I would take this article with a grain of salt. Note that the header
> > of the paragraph mentions "switched off", but the actual paragraph only
> > talks about "misplaced or lost", i.e. not neccesarily switched off.
> 
> Here it is from the horse's mouth
> 
> <https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/9338817#zippy=%2Cstep-find-offline-devices-and-devices-without-power>
> 
> If "step 4" doesn't automatically open up, then click on the twisty to 
> expand it ...

  FTR, I don't doubt your/the_Pixel story in any way, I doubt the OPPO
story.

  As Carlos explained, what an item-tracker can do with a button cell, a
phone can do when it's (not quite) 'powered off' with a near-empty
battery.

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Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2026-08-07 09:34 -0800
  Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-07 19:53 +0200
    Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-07 19:05 +0100
  Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-07 18:57 +0100
    Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-08 13:49 +0100
      Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-08-08 16:17 +0200
        Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-08 15:37 +0100
          Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-08-08 19:08 +0200
            Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-08 19:28 +0200
            Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-08 18:35 +0100
              Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-08-08 19:51 +0200
              Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-08-08 20:50 +0200
      Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-08-08 14:52 +0000
        Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-08 17:20 +0100
          Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-08-08 19:06 +0000
            Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-09 15:58 +0100
              Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-09 16:10 +0100
                Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-09 18:43 +0100
              Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-08-09 17:49 +0200
                Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-09 22:23 +0200
  Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-07 19:14 +0100
  Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-08-07 19:32 +0000
  Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-08-07 22:37 +0200
  Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-08-08 19:06 +0200
    Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-08-08 19:06 +0000
      Re: Google Wanting to Track Phone When Phone Is Off "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-08-09 17:03 +0200

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