How to Find Your Stolen i-Phone or Android Phone

First of all on any phone that is missing "Change Your Passwords", File a Police report with the police in the city where the phone was stolen, and Call Your Cell Phone Company

FOR i-PHONES...

 Track the iPhone... http://ipod.about.com/od/theappstore/The_App_Store_for_the_iPhone_3G_iPhone_and_iPod_touch.htm


There are a number of ways to use the iPhone's built-in GPS to track a stolen iPhone. Apple's free Find My iPhone service (the link above takes you to more information about it) and many third-party apps from the App Store will help you locate the phone geographically. Getting this data can be crucial for recovering the phone. Some of these apps, including Find My iPhone, also allow you to remotely change security settings.

FOR ANDROID PHONES...

Why is Plan B for Android Better Than "Find My iPhone?"
How to Use Plan B... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb

So how do you use Plan B? It's simple:

Go the app's page on the Android Market and click on the blue "Install" button next to the app's icon. (You must be signed in to your Google account first).

A pop-up box will appear asking you to confirm which device you're sending it to (if you have more than one) and displays the permissions the app is requesting. Click the "install" button again to complete the process.

Plan B will download directly to your phone and then emails you at Gmail with its location. (If that doesn't work, borrow someone's phone and text "locate" to your phone number).
That's it!

You'll initially get one email when the app starts and then up to five more when your phone's location changes over the next 10 minutes. Each location will have an accuracy rating next to it, to help you better determine the phone's exact location. If you aren't able to find your phone in the first 10 minutes, just text "locate" again to re-trigger the tracking process and emails.

Some users report annoyance with the frequency of emails sent, so for now, it's recommended that you uninstall the app after you find your phone. Also, it should be noted that GPS isn't implemented in the same way on all Android devices, it relies on your phone having access to a signal and it won't work if the phone is switched off. In tests, Plan B wasn't always accurate in some of its emails, but other emails (the ones with a higher accuracy rating), the location was more precise.

Plan B only works in the U.S. at present.

Plan B may not always be a free option for Android user, unfortunately. Lookout tells us that it's free for now because it's still in the experimental phase. That may or may not change in the future. Hopefully, you'll never have to use an app like this, of course, but if you ever do need one, Plan B is one is good to know about.

Sources.... http://readwrite.com/2011/03/04/how_to_find_a_lost_or_stolen_android_phone_for_free#awesm=~o96Pe2lgBofNfJ      
AND   
   http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/tp/What-To-Do-When-Iphone-Is-Stolen.htm  

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