2 Ways to Setting Find My Device on an Android Phone (100% Easy)
Smartphone It has become a part of people’s daily lives and really helps us in our activities. Smartphones are not new because until now smartphone users have mushroomed everywhere.
Not only as an ordinary communication medium, in smartphones also stored various important or personal data such as files, images, videos, audio, contacts, and others.
In addition, the smartphone also stores applications that contain personal accounts such as LINE, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter. Of course it will be very annoying and risky if someone else manages to enter the application using your account or misuse your personal data.
Well, what if you lose your smartphone? Generally, people will panic and worry if their smartphone is lost. But, you don’t just give up. You can still track it, lock it and wipe its data remotely.
How to Setting Find My Device on an Android Phone
Google has provided features Find My Device which can help you solve problems like this. For more information, let’s see the explanation below.
Settings Find My Device on an Android phone is very easy and simple. However, you must be connected to the Internet to be able to use this feature. Here below are the steps how settings Find My Device in smartphones:
1. First, activate the location feature on your cellphone by:
- Tap menu Settings > Location.
- Shift Location to ON as indicated by the arrows in the image below. Then, set Mode to High accuracy.
2. Next, you should make sure that Google Play visibility You are active because if you hide your device on Google Play then your device will not be shown in Find My Device. How to check it?
3. To find your device, there are 2 ways that you can use, namely through the Find My Device application and the browser.
I. Browser
a. open browser You can use your smartphone or PC.
b. Copy link android.com/find in browser You. Then, sign in to your Google account.
c. Well, the result will look like in the image below. You can see the current position of your phone. If you have more than one device, click the device you want to track at the top of the screen.
You need to know, there are three main functions on Find My Device, that is:
- Play Sound to ring the device very loudly for 5 minutes.
- Secure Device to lock the device remotely as well as provide a special message.
- Erase Device to wipe data on the device remotely.
d. For example, if you select the menu Play Sound, then a page will appear as shown in the image below. Automatically, your cellphone will ring for 5 minutes. Click/tap the button Stop Ringing to stop your cellphone ringing as indicated by the arrow in the image below.
e. If your cellphone’s automatic location detection is not active, then when you track your cellphone, it will only display the last position of your cellphone as marked by the red box in the image below.
II. Application Find My Device
a. Download app Find My Device on Play Store or Google Play.
b. Open the app, then sign in to your Google account.
c. Then, tap the button Continue as
d. After that, you can see the current position of your cellphone as shown in the image below. If you have more than one device, click the device you want to track at the top of the screen.
You need to know, there are three main functions on Find My Device, that is:
- Play Sound to ring the device very loudly for 5 minutes.
- Secure Device to lock the device remotely as well as provide a special message.
- Erase Device to wipe data on the device remotely.
e. For example, if you select the menu Play Sound, then a page will appear as shown in the image below. Automatically, your cellphone will ring for 5 minutes. Click/tap the button Stop Sound to stop your cellphone ringing as indicated by the arrow in the image below.
f. Another example, if you select the menu Secure Device, then a page will appear as shown in the image below. You can send messages lock screen or a phone number so the person who found you can contact you. Then, tap the button Secure Device.
A few discussions about how settings Find My Device in Android Phone. Well, hopefully the discussion that has been described above is useful and good luck. Thank you!
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