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How to find a stolen or missing phone

Cell phone theft is an unpleasant situation from which no one is immune. But it can be found by presetting your device. In this review, we’ll tell you how to find your stolen phone and prepare it for a possible loss.

Finding your smartphone is easier than a simple cell phone, because it has a security feature. It requires pre-activation. Otherwise it is impossible to find a stolen device. Next we will tell about working and non-working ways of searching.

How to find your phone by number

There are no special services that allow you to instantly find the phone number. If they exist, they are fraudulent. cellular operators do not give out location data for nothing. As for operator geolocation services, they work only if you agree to search. Here is a list of services from Russian operators:

The service “Where am I” from MegaFon allows you to track even your own coordinates, but to do this you need to hold the phone. for our case it is not suitable.

If you use two handsets, set reciprocal search via one of the services. Disadvantages. subscription fee, low location accuracy. Advantages. they work without internet.

How to find phone by IMEI

Track the location of your cell phone by IMEI. this is the realm of fantasy. There are no open services with such functionality. This search is used only by law enforcement agencies, making requests to cellular operators. we will tell you about this later. If someone offers to find a stolen smartphone by IMEI, it is a fraud. This method does not work.

Android Device Manager” service

The correct name for this service is “Phone Finder. It searches for lost and stolen smartphones via the internet by determining the location on a map. To find your cell phone in the future, set it up immediately after purchase:

• Specify or register your Google account.
• Go to security settings, select “Find device”.
• Set the switch to “On”.

Done. now you can find your lost or stolen phone.

Search is performed on this page. Log in and select the device you’re looking for from the home page.

Enter the password again, on the page that opens, click “Find”.

After a few seconds, a piece of map will appear on the screen, showing the location of the device with the exact house.

Go to your specified address or notify police for a joint search with law enforcement.

• Caller. press the “Caller” button, the phone will activate a call that allows you to give away the location of the handset in a crowd of people.
• Lock your device. your phone will be a useless brick, unresponsive to intruders.
• Clearing your device. delete all sensitive or secret data.

All actions are performed with the phone turned on and an active internet connection. Don’t forget to turn on location detection in the navigation settings.

If the value of the stored data is higher than the value of the gadget, it is recommended to activate the device cleanup immediately. Use backups to save valuable data.

Search the phone by Google account through Google remote control

With the use of your Google account, such functions have become available:

• You can block access to your phone via Google. Now in order to start working you will need to enter the appropriate login and password.
• With GPS and Wi-Fi enabled, it is possible to activate a signal about the location of the smartphone. This will be done even if the SIM card is not in the gadget.
• It is possible to turn on a loud beep for 5 minutes, which will allow you to easily find the phone. If it was stolen, it will inform others that the person is using someone else’s smartphone.
• It is possible to delete all information and reset the gadget to factory settings.
• There is a “Chronology” function. This is a tracker that records where your phone is. When prompted, it will show the driving route at the time it was turned on. This feature is available in Google maps.

You can ensure that a pre-compiled message is always displayed on the Android screen.

How to enable a feature

You’ll need to pair your phone with a Google Account to enable the feature. This must be done before the phone is lost. If this has not been done before, you will not be able to make the necessary changes remotely.

Activation of the desired function is performed as follows:

• Sign in to your Google account.
• Open the “Security” section.
• Next, you enter the “Android Remote Control” subsection.
• We need to activate the “Remote device search” and “Remote settings locking.

Then in case of loss of the device it will be possible to use the specified functions.

How to find a phone through your Google account

You’ll need a computer or smartphone connected to the Internet. To search for a gadget you need to perform the following actions:

• Launch the browser.
• Sign in to your Google account.
• After entering the page you need to scroll down. Click on “Search Phone” link.
• On the page that opens, choose from the gadgets that appear the one you’re looking for. If only one device is tied, the choice is obvious.
• After that, there will be a choice of two ways to search. You will be prompted to make a phone call or search for its location using Google Map.
• The first method is suitable in the situation when you know that the phone is in the apartment. By calling it, you will be able to tell by the sound where he is.
• If the phone can be anywhere, you can choose the second option.
• As a result, not only the last location will be indicated, but also the travel route will be recorded.

Finding out where your lost smartphone is, you can pick it up.

If there is no way to search on a computer, you can use another smartphone for this purpose. You need to download the Find My Device program beforehand.

Applying the “Chronology” function.

Is it safe to search for your smartphone over the Internet

All data is transmitted to the Samsung server, from where the owner of the device receives a notification. The company assures that the data is encrypted before transmission, and only the owners of the gadget and no one else can have access to it.

To clarify and understand how the feature will actually work, Samsung has published a short video, which showed all the subtleties and features. Found gadget is actually displayed on the map. When a loss is detected, the owner can route to it or trigger a beep when they are already there. Augmented reality elements will be used to search in close proximity. The screen will display a colored graphic that will get brighter as you get closer to the gadget you are looking for.

If you have any questions about the smartphone’s features, ask them in our Telegram chat. This is an inexhaustible source of knowledge.

Using Google Photos functionality

This method will help if the phone was stolen by malefactors and the thief kept it for himself to use.

The essence of this method is simple. to find out if any new photos were taken with your gadget after it went missing, and to see the location of these photos. However, in order to use the tracking function via Google Photos, you must connect the device to backup files.

• Go to “Settings”.
• Find “Accounts” and select the Google account of interest.
• In the opened window activate the function of synchronization of the data of interest. In our case photos.

Once activated, all photos taken on your device will be saved in the shared cloud storage, which you can access from any device.

To see if any new photos are taken on the missing phone:

• Access the Google Photos site from any device.google.com.
• Enter the details of the account to which the smartphone is linked.
• View the photos taken and find the new ones.
• Select a photo and click on the “i” (information) icon.
• The right side of the screen will show the device location.

Do not rush to take the smartphone from the intruder yourself, it is better to report this information to law enforcement agencies.

Find My Mobile” service will help to find out the location of lost Samsung

For this native to Samsung phones, the following conditions are necessary:

• Your phone must have access to the internet;
• You need to have a Samsung account and be registered in it;
• This service must be configured on your phone, including the activation of remote control.

If you have your device, then you may be able to find your lost phone using your own “Find my mobile” tracking service. It requires a Samsung account and a registered phone before you lost it. So try to remember if you have a Samsung account and if you have previously registered your device. If not, then further steps do not make sense.

• Go to findmymobile.Samsung.com and by clicking on “Login” log in to your account;
• Check the left sidebar and make sure your device is connected to your account;
• Now all you need to do is select “Find my device” on the sidebar and click on the “Find” button. If your device is connected to the network and it has remote control enabled, you will see its approximate location ;
• The “Find My Mobile Phone” feature also allows you to perform other actions. For example, locking the device, calling it with a message, and erasing the data on it.

How to find a lost Samsung phone

A phone from any company can be lost by pure accident. For example, a misused device may be in a place where the user does not expect to find it. Samsung smartphones can also be lost in a minute. There are a large number of ways in which you can find the turned off device.

Usually a lot of locating options do not work with a deactivated device, so the user should understand that they have a limited number of ways to find an inactive phone.

Because a deactivated phone is hard to find. It does not give any signals, and the GPS or geolocation module may be damaged.

The user can with the phone turned off only:

Both variants have the right to exist, but it is worth contacting law enforcement authorities only if the user is 100% sure that the gadget was stolen. The police do not search for phones that have simply been lost due to carelessness. To file a report with the authorities, you need hard evidence of a kidnapping and attempted kidnapping.

Don’t go to the police if your phone was lost on the premises of your home or apartment. The statement will not be considered, it will be regarded only as a false call. Such a summons is subject to a fine of 1,000 to 200,000. It all depends on the extent of the money spent during the search for the missing person.

Also user can go to authorities only with the presentation of documents. In this case you need to show him the IMEI. This is an identifier. code, which consists of 15 values. Any phone has it. And in order to find it out, you need to dial a quick number. #06#. After that, his code will appear on the phone.

This is not the only way to find out the IMEI. It is also possible to find it:

Another way to find an inactive device is to contact the cellular operator. To do this, it is also necessary to collect a number of documents, namely:

Pay attention! Some companies can track the SIM card without the IMEI.

The appeal is made in any salon of cellular communication, which the person uses. If the user provides the documents, then it is the salon employee who will find the loss quickly and easily enough.

It is worth understanding that the error of determination is quite high. It’s about 100 or even 200 meters. In rural areas, this value can increase, as it is quite problematic to find the device there. This method of searching is great if the user accidentally lost the device. It is not suitable in cases of theft of phone, as SIM-card can be simply thrown away.

How to find the phone by IMEI

Finding the phone by IMEI is as follows:

• A request is submitted to the law enforcement authorities (documents for the phone are also provided there);
• Law enforcement agencies submit requests to cellular operators (along with IMEI);
• Cellular operators search in their databases and find out who owns the SIM card that is installed in this device;
• The data obtained is forwarded to the law enforcement authorities for further investigation.

Thus, it is possible to find the phone by IMEI, but satellite has nothing to do with it, because cellular communication has nothing to do with satellites.

What will the law enforcement bodies do after receiving the answer from the operator? They will find out who owns the SIM card and find out who is using the phone at the moment. Finding a stolen phone by IMEI is possible, but the police usually don’t do it. The exception is for complicated cases where the police are interested in solving the case and catching the culprit. In other cases, no one is looking for stolen phones, although it is technically possible.

over, operators are able to block lost phones at their level, depriving them of the ability to register in their networks (in practice, this feature is almost never used).

Is it possible to find the phone by IMEI, if it is just lost? The police or a cellular operator certainly won’t deal with it. The search is time-consuming, and the police are not a lost and found. Therefore you should search for the lost phone by yourself, not relying on somebody’s help.

Built-in phone search tools

A number of manufacturers offer their own way to track phones. Here are the options from Google (for any Android phone) and Samsung (for Samsung devices).

The easiest way to find your phone

The Google Find My Device app is a must for Android users and one of the most useful Android apps. If you’ve added a Google Account to your Android device, “Find My Device” will be automatically enabled. You can verify that the service is running by going to “Settings,” then select “Google” and open “Find My Device. Sometimes before the last item you will need to open the “Security” item. After that, you just need to make sure that the function is enabled.

So when you turn this feature on, you can find your gadget simply by going to the device search page. Not only phones, but tablets, and even watches can be searched this way. You can also remotely wipe and lock them.

To start searching, you will either have to download the app from Google Play, or go to a special website. In the first case, do not forget to log out of your account if you searched for your smartphone from someone else’s. Otherwise, that person will be able to track the position of your device.

If you use the WEB version, the functionality will be the same, but you won’t have to ask anyone to install the app and give you the phone. The problem is that often you simply do not have a computer at hand and have to resort to the help of other users.

How to find a lost Samsung

Samsung offers its own way for its users to find a lost phone. Find My Mobile. Only people with a Samsung account can use it.

To check if this option is enabled, open the phone settings. Now scroll down to “Biometrics and Security” and inside select “Device Search”. If the setting is not activated, this can easily be done by moving the appropriate switch.

You can also choose whether you want to enable remote unlock and send the latest locations. In the first case, Samsung will record your PIN, password, or picture key, allowing you to unlock your device even if you forget it. Once activated, you can even control your phone remotely. The Send Last Location option is important because it detects when the battery is about to run out and sends data about the phone’s last known position to Samsung’s servers.

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Track

Samsung doesn’t have an app you can use on another phone to track a lost device. Instead, you can use any mobile or desktop browser to visit.Samsung.com. Once there, log into your account and select the device you’re looking for.

If it’s powered on, you will see its current location and battery percentage. A popup will also provide a series of actions to take on the lost device:

• Ring
• Lock
• Erase data
• Back up
• Retrieve calls and messages
• Unlock
• Extend battery life
• Set guardian

Most of these are self-explanatory. There are a couple that are worth explaining a bit more. For example, retrieve calls and messages will sync with the phone and show you the last 50 calls and messages, complete with phone numbers.

The Extend battery option will provide the option to help you track it longer. Lastly, the Set Guardian option allows you to designate a friend or family member as someone who can log into Find My Mobile on your behalf to track or control your device.

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