Missing Android Phone? It's To Do

Forgot where leaving favorite Android smartphone can create panic, especially coupled with a concern if the smartphone is lost or stolen.

What to do if you lose your Android smartphone, well behind, tucked or stolen? Find out how to locate and recover the following Android phones KompasTekno summarized from various sources.

Using the Google search site

Open the browser (browser) on your computer and go to the main page of the Google search engine. Next, enter the keyword "find my phone" and press Enter. You will be prompted to enter account and password Google (Gmail) are also used in Android phones.

As a result, the Google search engine will show a map indicating the location of a mobile phone with blue circle icon. The map appears at the top of search results.

Notice at the bottom right of the map, or right next to the name of the phone. You will see a phone icon and menu "Ring" or "Ring". Click on the menu to make the phone ring for five minutes.

When the phone is tucked just inside the room, the ringing sound will help you find it. After finding the location of the phone, just press the on / off button to turn off the ringer.

The next menu is the "Recover" or "Restore". This menu can be used to secure the phone that is being sought, so as not accessed or opened by people who do not want.

Recover menu when clicked will create a lost cell phone is locked to display the lockscreen reads "This phone is lost please help give it back", or "this phone is missing please help refunded".

You can also include other phone numbers that can be reached through the screen to get a call from the lockscreen by anyone who finds your smartphone. This menu is optional only.

Another way

There are other ways to track the whereabouts of your phone is lost or stolen, by using the Android Device Manager (ADM) which features a more complete, namely track, delete data, and honk your Android phone remotely.

How to access it when your Android phone is lost or tucked, www.google.co.id/android/devicemanager URL access from your PC or laptop. The page will be "passed" into an application-specific maps ADM. On the left side of the screen are tabs bearing the name of the phone that uses your Gmail account.

Under the column name / code smartphone, you can find three tabs menu logo phones, namely the "Ring", "Lock" and "Erase". The function of the "Ring" is used to turn the ringer on your phone, handy if you misplaced your phone.

Menu "Lock" can be used to lock the phone remotely. Similar to Recover menu, you will be prompted to enter a new password to lock the phone, following the message you want to display, and a phone number to call.

While the menu "Erase" can be used as a weapon to erase all the data on your phone is lost, so that can not be accessed by another person who finds your phone. This menu will reset the phone remotely.

Keep in mind, all of the above can only be made for the Android phone is lost, remain in light conditions (not switched off or runs out of battery), and connected to the internet (Wi-Fi / cellular data plan).