My phone is lost, what should I do? Losing a phone can be very painful considering smartphone prices. This event, which can happen to any of us in an unexpected situation, not only means a great financial loss, but also the loss of contacts, messages, photos and videos, documents and all important data if a backup is not taken. Fortunately, it is possible to find the lost phone. Although there are different lost phone finding applications for iPhone and Android, alternative methods you can follow to find a lost phone are explained here.
Finding lost phone 📍
Be careful when contacting the person who found your smartphone. Avoid sharing personal information, such as your home address, until you’re sure you’re talking to someone you can trust.
How to find lost Android phone 📲
- Go to android.com/find from your internet browser.
- Log in to your Google account.
- A notification is sent to the lost device.
- You can see the approximate location of the phone on the map.
- If you get a prompt, click enable locking and deleting.
- Choose to play audio, set a passcode or delete all data on the device.
Be sure to enable the Find My Device feature on your Android phone. Using this feature is quite easy. You can now ask Google for the location of your lost Android phone. Find My Device offers the ability to call you, create a new passcode, have your phone ring remotely, as well as a variety of notification functions.
By the way, you can now ask Google about the location of your lost Android phone. When you search for “Find my device” on Google, you will see the Maps screen. You can see where the phone is, ring it remotely, or send a command to delete all data on it from any web browser.
How to find a lost or stolen Xiaomi Redmi phone? Go to the Find My Xiaomi Device page. When you log in to your Mi account, a list of connected devices will appear. Select your phone and put it in lost mode, delete data on it or play audio.
How to find a lost Huawei phone? Go to Huawei Mobile Cloud (https://cloud.huawei.com/) and log in with your Huawei ID linked to your lost phone. Tap Find My Device or Find My Phone. By selecting the device, you can see its location. Choose the option that suits you best: locking the phone, playing sound, deleting data.
How to find lost iPhone 📲
- Open iCloud.com/find in the browser.
- Sign in with your Apple ID by tapping Sign in.
- You will see your iPhone on the map.
- If it is nearby, you can ring it, if it is lost, you can lock it with a password.
How to find a lost phone at home? If your iPhone is lost at home, you can locate it using your Apple Watch. You can make the phone ring by opening Control Center on the watch and tapping “Ping iPhone.” It doesn’t matter whether the iPhone is on silent or not. If you are an Apple Watch Series 9 or Watch Ultra 2 user, you can get directions to your phone’s location directly on your watch.
One of the ways to find out where your iPhone is is to check Google location history. Just like iCloud and Find My, Google tracks your whereabouts with the Maps app. To see location history and find a hope lost iPhone phone, just go to Google timeline page. However, this way may work if location history is turned on.
How to find a switched off phone 📴
Google Find My Device and Find My iPhone applications provide the last location information before your phone turns off. You can see on the map where your phone was last before it completely shut down. Under Find, Find My iPhone and Send Last Location must be turned on.
Finding a lost phone with IMEI 📱
Can I find a lost phone from its IMEI number? In other words, there is a lot of curiosity in determining the phone’s IMEI. Operators not only help you find a lost phone by IMEI. Do not believe applications and sites that claim to find the lost phone from its IMEI number, such as IMEI tracker.
If you want to lock your phone via IMEI number, you can call BTK (0312 294 94 94) and provide the 15-digit IMEI number to have the line blocked. You can report loss/stolen via e-Government using the IMEI number.
Smartphones are a part of our daily lives as they help us communicate with our environment, manage our schedule, make payments, listen to music, store photos and videos, work and do many other tasks. So, do you know what to do if your phone, where you keep everything, is stolen or lost? Here’s what you need to do to find your lost phone. We explained how to find a lost or turned off phone for iPhone and Android.