Sending commands to tablet without a SIM installed

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Probably a dumb question but I’ve not been able to find anything about it so far:

If you have a tablet which is wifi-only (no SIM installed) how can you send remote controls to it from another tablet or phone? As far as I can tell the commands are sent by SMS so a phone number is needed. I’m already aware of the web control panel available under my.avast.com but one of the phones I have registered to perform remote control is not a smartphone and does not have internet access.

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Hello,

you can send commands from my.avast.com if the tablet is connected to a WIFI network. If it gets stolen and used by the thief he will connect it to a wifi network aswell - a tablet without any internet access would be rather useless.

Werner

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Thanks for replying but as per my original post I am already aware of my.avast.com - I am asking for a different solution to remotely send messages from a phone that is not a smartphone. I want to know whether there is a way of being able to send a remote command from another phone/tablet to a tablet that does not have a SIM (and therefore no phone number) installed.

–edit–

The following may explain better what I am asking:

Remote source Remote control method Anti-theft secured tablet (no SIM)

  1. PC -------------------- my.avast.com -------------------- control messages sent by web
  2. smartphone -------- my.avast.com -------------------- control messages sent by web
  3. ordinary mobile ----------? ? ? ------------------------- can this send remote messages?

Is it possible in 3) above to send a remote message somehow? I can’t send an SMS as the anti-theft controlled tablet has no SIM and therefore no telephone number. The ordinary mobile cannot connect to the internet so I can’t access my.avast.com on it.

Hope this helps.

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not possible for now. you need my.avast.com for this.