{"id":16626,"date":"2017-05-30T10:09:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T08:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=16626"},"modified":"2017-05-30T10:11:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T08:11:14","slug":"how-to-find-your-missing-android-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/how-to-find-your-missing-android-smartphone\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Find Your Missing Android Smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you lose your Android phone, tablet, or even your Android Wear smartwatch, there is a possibility of finding it, locking it, or erasing it from your Google account.<\/p>\n<p>Find My Device, Android&#8217;s version of Apple&#8217;s Find My iPhone, is switched on by default for Android devices linked with a Google Account.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-16629\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-9.59.10-AM-1024x627.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-9.59.10-AM-1024x627.png 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-9.59.10-AM-300x184.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-9.59.10-AM-768x470.png 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-9.59.10-AM.png 1332w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To use Find My Device, your lost device must be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Turned on<\/li>\n<li>Signed in to a Google Account<\/li>\n<li>Connected to mobile data or Wi-Fi<\/li>\n<li>Visible on Google Play<\/li>\n<li>Location turned on<\/li>\n<li>Find My Device turned on<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lost Android Wear devices must also be running Android Wear 2.0 and up.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Tip:<\/strong> If you&#8217;ve linked your phone to Google, you can find or ring it by searching for <code><strong>find my phone<\/strong><\/code> on google.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Remotely find, lock, or erase<\/h3>\n<p>When Find My Device connects with your device, you&#8217;ll be able to see its location, and the device gets a notification.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16627 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-9.46.28-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-9.46.28-AM.png 788w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-9.46.28-AM-238x300.png 238w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-9.46.28-AM-768x969.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open <a href=\"https:\/\/android.com\/find\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">android.com\/find<\/a> and sign in to your Google Account.<\/li>\n<li>If you have more than one device, click the lost device at the top of the screen.<\/li>\n<li>On the map, see about where the device is.\n<ul>\n<li>The location is approximate and may not be accurate.<\/li>\n<li>If your device can&#8217;t be found, Find My Device will show its last known location, if available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pick what you want to do. If needed, first click <strong>Enable lock &amp; erase<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Play sound<\/strong><br \/>\nRings your device at full volume for 5 minutes, even if it&#8217;s set to silent or vibrate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lock<\/strong><br \/>\nLocks your device with your PIN, pattern, or password. If you didn&#8217;t have a lock, you can set one. You can add a recovery message or phone number to the lock screen.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Erase<\/strong><br \/>\nPermanently deletes all data on your device. (It may not delete SD cards.) After you erase, Find My Device won&#8217;t work on the device.<br \/>\n<strong>Important:<\/strong> If you find your device after erasing, you&#8217;ll likely need your Google Account password to use it again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you&#8217;re using the Find My Device app on a friend or family member&#8217;s device to track down your lost device, here&#8217;s what you&#8217;ll need to do:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>On another Android phone or tablet, open the <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.apps.adm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Find My Device app<\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Find My Device app\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/yTAzE8h1UTOvLjJkRUHdgg9iunFWxI8QPvNzOng3q5jumuWOGmvFaOJb80uMagaFJnM=w18-h18\" alt=\"Find My Device app\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/>.<\/li>\n<li>Sign in.\n<ul>\n<li>If your own device is lost, tap <strong>Continue as [enter your name]<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re helping a friend, tap <strong>Sign in as guest<\/strong> and let your friend sign in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Follow the same steps as when using a browser to track down your device.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re trying yo locate your missing iPhone, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/2017\/05\/17\/lost-your-ios-device-heres-how-to-locate-it\/\">here&#8217;s<\/a> how to do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you lose your Android phone, tablet, or even your Android Wear smartwatch, there is a possibility of finding it, locking it, or erasing it from your Google account. Find My Device, Android&#8217;s version of Apple&#8217;s Find My iPhone, is switched on by default for Android devices linked with a Google Account. To use Find<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/how-to-find-your-missing-android-smartphone\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[155,2077,2078],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/original_images-Android.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16626"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16626"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16636,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16626\/revisions\/16636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}