If you own an
Android phone, and you've misplaced it, chances are pretty good that it will
locate your phone if you've planned before, and if you didn't, then this
article is for you.
We'll go through different ways you can
configure your phone and your different accounts so that if you misplace it,
you'll be able to find it again with just a click of a button.
Fortunately,
there are many services that are easy to deal with, and you can take advantage
of them at this point, but all of these services require the preparation of
some things, which we will mention between the lines.
Locate a lost or stolen Android device via Find My Device:
The first service in this article, and it is well
known among users, that if you have an Android phone, you will surely have a
Google account connected to it,
That's why this service was built by Google, and in
short, it will help you find the location of your Android phone whenever you
want to, in turn, this service works exactly the way that the other service
Find My iPhone for iOS users does.
However, unlike iOS, the access point is iCloud,
generally as we mentioned earlier the easiest way for Android users is to use
the Google Find My Device service directly from Google Search.
Here, all you have to do is type "find my android"
on Google, immediately after that a map with a pin will be displayed on your
phone's location, noting that you must log into your Google account on the
computer from which you are searching for the location.
On the other hand, there are also many features that
will help you in this service. On its homepage, you will not only see the
location of the phone, but you can also ring your phone for five minutes (this
helps greatly when you lose it somewhere in your house), You will also be able
to lock your phone and wipe the device instantly.
Remotely locking your phone is an important security
measure that you should always take if you discover that your phone is in a
location where your personal information may be at risk, or if you suspect that
someone can access or access your phone and that there is sensitive information
on the phone. Remotely wiping it is a convenient option, but it can save you a
lot of headaches in the long run.
By using the smart watch:
This method is only available to those who own a smart
watch and regardless of its type, so with this method you will have another way
available to find your lost Android phone, in turn, and although every smart
watch is different from the other, but the concept is the same, where you must
have An app on your watch is called Find My Phone, and the name may vary from
watch to watch.
Overall the app is very simple to use, as it only
requires pressing the green start button in order to pair your phone, and while
your phone is ringing, you will see the status screen on the smartwatch that
shows that it is trying to make a connection to your phone by sending the
ringtone, and of course this method is not effective when The phone is far away
from you, so you can use it when you lose your phone in your office or home.
Use other applications
In addition to all the tools described above that you
have to find your lost Android device, there are also a number of great apps
available that you can install on your phone so that you can use any networked
computer or other smartphone to find your misplaced phone and here are some of
the best ones
Where's My Droid
If you really want maximum protection for your Android
device, this is the app to install, once you activate the full admin
permissions on your phone, you can use this app remotely to take pictures,
launch a ringtone, send an SMS with the phone's location, and even enable
Movement alarm.
Each feature has a configuration menu that you can use
to customize alerts and actions. For the purpose of this article, the area you
want to focus on so you can check the location of your Android phone remotely
is the GPS setting page, so make sure that GPS location is enabled, and you may
also want to enable GPS. Locations, with the feature of sending an alert either
by phone or through an email message stating that your phone battery is about
to run out.
After enabling the GPS feature, you can visit the
Where My Droid webpage, log into your created account and remotely connect to
your phone, from this website, you can see the location of your Android device
on the map, you can also control the camera or lock the phone Or clear it or
pull out contacts and call history from the phone as well.
Finally
This was the topic of our article for today, so avoid the hassles of losing your phone and make sure you set up some of the above apps or services on your phone so that you don't lose it at all, and the choice is first and foremost on you to use any service or app.