How To Find, Locate Or Track Your Lost Smartphone

Losing your phone is more painful and many have in one way or the other fallen a victim. At this point you will be totally confused because you are stranded.

I will be throwing a little hint and guide on how to locate your missing phone without much hassle.

There are many way one can Track a Missing device using Third Party Apps and also with use of IMEI Number. All these method are working perfectly but you might not be conversant with the use of Google search, Anyway Let Proceed!

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1. Google Search

If your lost phone is linked to your Google account you can simply type “Find my device” on Google Search and select the first result. Then, you can make it or ring or use other recovery options like add a recovery message, use map to find it out and set password.

Google will then send a notification if your device has been located.

2. IMEI NUMBER

If your device is stolen and the person perform a factory reset and turn it off, it may be impossible to use the above or previous methods in locating the phone. So, IMEI number method will be the only option in tracking up that device.

IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number method may need the help of your network operators and the law enforcement agencies to get this done successfully.

IMEI number can be gotten from the back of your smartphone pack near the battery compartment or simply dial *#06# and Viam!!! Your IMEI will pop up.

3. Android Device Manager (ADM)

Google is one of the best tool used worldwide. Inasmuch, you have another phone, your e-mail address used in the lost phone, you have location turned on, internet access and device connected to Google, you will be able to locate your lost or missing smartphone.

Go to this website Android.com/find on your PC or other portable smartphones, log-in to the e-mail account connected to the lost phone and select the lost device in the list of smartphones.

Now, you can make the lost device ring or set password or pattern on it. You can also add a recovery message on the device e.g “If you have my device, please return it.“. You can also erase your data.

Moreover, you can download “Find my Device” app on Google playstore if you don’t have PC and this same method can be used on Apple to find missing phone.

4. Third-party Apps

Apart from the popular Google find my device feature, you can also make use of third-party Apps other than the in-built Android device manager.

Most of the Third-party Apps can help you locate, lock and erase your data and set password on the lost phone. Some interesting features are also attached to make your search easier and faster. Family locator, Cerberus Anti-theft and Lost Android are some popular apps used in searching for lost or missing smartphones.