If your phone is on LTE can you still track it even if no phone calls or text messages were made?

Say for instance I did not make any phone calls or send any text messages which would trigger the nearby cell towers can you still track where the cell phone was even if its using LTE only

iPhone 6s, iOS 9.2

Posted on Mar 15, 2016 11:36 AM

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Posted on Mar 15, 2016 11:55 AM

I told you this in the other post you made regarding 2G, but for Find My iPhone to work, your device has to have had Find My iPhone activated, the device needs to be powered on, and it needs to have an active connection to the internet, whether Wi-Fi or cellular. You do not have to make a call, or text, or anything. If you know cellular technology, your phone is constantly pinging the nearby towers on a regular basis to allow the network to know your location to be able to deliver calls to you. How else do you think that the network would know what tower to route your call to?

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If your phone is on LTE can you still track it even if no phone calls or text messages were made?

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