To prevent your stolen phone from being used by thieves, you can lock the SIM card to the phone. After you report the stolen phone and deactivate the SIM card via your operator, the thieves will not be able to insert a new SIM card and continue using the phone.
On a Series 60 phone, you can do that via the Settings>Security>Phone and SIM>Lock if SIM changed menu. Again, you will need to enter the SIM password obtained from the operator.
No solution is completely secure. An experienced hacker can still reflash your phone via a data cable and get rid of the SIM lock. But the SIM lock does make it more difficult for ordinary thieves to resell the stolen phone.
On a Series 60 phone, you can do that via the Settings>Security>Phone and SIM>Lock if SIM changed menu. Again, you will need to enter the SIM password obtained from the operator.
No solution is completely secure. An experienced hacker can still reflash your phone via a data cable and get rid of the SIM lock. But the SIM lock does make it more difficult for ordinary thieves to resell the stolen phone.
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