If in the phone is no SIM card, connection to cell towers is at my own behest. But what about the opposite way, can the local base stations search for a specific phone through its IMEI? Question extracted from this comment by yasserbn
Clarification: The phone does not have a SIM card and does not initiate any emergency calls. Can the base station find such phone by IMEI, say, by pinging it or otherwise tricking in to connect?
Answers at 1 only establish, that tracking is possible through emergency calls or internet connection. Can a smartphone be accessed only by knowing its IMEI? deals only with remote file access
base station find such phone by IMEI, say, by pinging it or otherwise tricking in to connect
there is no any device(chip) available on the phone which can be ping by base station