- The phone's location can be tracked with Google's Find My Phone feature
- You can also send a message on the screen of your lost phone by following some settings
Now you don't have to worry if you often forget to put your mobile phone somewhere. Even if your phone is stolen, you can easily find your Android phone by following a few steps with the help of technology.
Find My Phone feature
If you have forgotten your phone somewhere or your mobile phone has been stolen, you can track its location and even lock the phone using Google's 'Find My Phone' feature. To protect your data, you can delete all of your phone's data in the blink of an eye, no matter how far away you are.
This is how to track your Android smartphone and delete its data
If you want to use this feature of Google, you need to have your phone turned on, have a Google account signed in, mobile data or phone connected to the network. The phone also needs to have the Location and Find My Device feature turned on. If all these things are on in your mobile phone then you can find your smartphone by following these steps.
- https://www.google.com/android/find Sign in with your Google Account by clicking this link. Once signed in you will have to select your phone from the top left corner. Here you will find information about the battery and when it was last online.
- Google will then tell you where your phone is. It will tell you the last location of your phone.
- If you are aware of the last location of the phone, you can go there and make a call on your mobile phone. Using this feature the phone rings nonstop for 5 minutes even if your smartphone is on silent.
- If you find the phone's location in an unfamiliar place, don't try to find the phone alone. Get help from the police. Give them your phone's serial number and IMEI number.https://support.google.com/store/answer/3333000?hl=en You can get your phone's serial number by clicking on this link.
- Select the 'Secure Device Option' if you want to lock the phone. It will lock your phone and sign out of your Google account. It allows you to send your other mobile number or even a message on the lock screen of your lost phone. So if someone gets the phone they can contact you.
- You can also use a third party and eras device. This will permanently delete the entire data of the phone. So no one can steal your phone data. Even if your phone is offline, you can delete data when someone turns on the phone and comes online.
