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[M30]

Hey, there is something in the blackberry protect application which I think in my opinion makes it useless...when the sim card changes in the blackberry...the blackberry protect notifies that the sim card is changed and password is needed to be entered in order to make the blackberry protect active again... of course when the mobile is stolen the thief wont keep the sim card, it would be changed...and when its changed then blackberry protect is useless...i cant find my mobile location also cant lock it or wipe the data on it (important data) because of the developer who made this update.    

[JSanders Resident Expert]

... and once the battery is dead or the device is even turned off, or water damaged... etc., and so on.

Correct, once the SIM card is removed or changed in the device, the Protect website can't communicate with the device. So, it is useFUL, only until the SIM is removed or battery is good.

Or lost in your house, at a restaurant and many many other circumstances.

[M30]

And no one would steal the mobile and close it and wont use it...whats the point of finding my location if its not when the mobile is stolen...and what about locking or wiping device....that also wont be available in this case

[JSanders Resident Expert]

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M30 wrote:

whats the point of finding my location if its not when the mobile is stolen

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When the device is lost... one good example.

[M30]

i mean if someone stole it from me...and the other point is that when he changes the sim card i wont be able to lock the device or wipe the data from it

[JSanders Resident Expert]

Correct.

It just goes without saying that it won't communicate when all means of communication have been removed. Right?

You wreck and total your auto, and very likely the ignition won't work either. The latter is just a consequence of the former.

I don't think RIM/BlackBerry has ever stated Protect will work when the SIM card has been removed.