Play detective with old cellphone

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flamtech

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In the January 2009 edition of Popular Mechanics, there is an article about exploiting the Look4me service to track your vehicle. You conceal an old cellphone with a pre paid sim that is permanently connected to the car’s battery, in the dashboard.

My question is, how would you connect the cellphone to the battery? I mean, won’t it cook the cellphone’s battery causing a fire hazard?
 
flamtech said:
In the January 2009 edition of Popular Mechanics, there is an article about exploiting the Look4me service to track your vehicle. You conceal an old cellphone with a pre paid sim that is permanently connected to the car’s battery, in the dashboard.

My question is, how would you connect the cellphone to the battery? I mean, won’t it cook the cellphone’s battery causing a fire hazard?
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lol, finding a 12v source in a car would be easy.. then just hook it up to a .... CAR CHARGER
 
bboy said:
lol, finding a 12v source in a car would be easy.. then just hook it up to a .... CAR CHARGER
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Is there electronics in the part that goes into the lighter socket. I don't have one that I can smash to have a look.
 
R20 at your local traffic light for charger,connect to a +12v and ground in the car,hide phone,put on silent,phone it once a month to keep active

All this is conjection but I suspect it would work - awesome find
 
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