Sometimes inattentive treatment or theft causes the loss of a smartphone. In this case, it is usually recommended that you contact the police. But few users know how to find a lost or stolen Android phone on their own.

Meanwhile, there are a lot of possibilities for remote control over your smartphone, and if you lose it, you can find its location in a matter of minutes. Moreover, this can be done even if the gadget is turned off and the attacker threw out the SIM card. Here are some tips on how to find a turned off phone on Android.

How to Find a Stolen or Lost Android Phone | Track Location

Search using Android Device Manager:

Most smartphones running Android come with this useful program. It allows you to control your gadget remotely from another mobile device or home computer.

To configure Android Device Manager, you must perform the following operations in the device settings:

• open the menu in the "Security" section;
• go to the "Administrators" section;
• familiarize yourself with the program’s functions and activate the “Find device” option.

Then you should go to the page through the browser . Using its functionality, you can determine the location of the disappeared device immediately after the loss, but provided that attackers or a person who accidentally finds your phone does not reset or change the software settings.

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In the first hours after the loss, you still have a chance using the program to find your smartphone. To do this, open the program on your computer, activate your Google account and select "Phone Search" from the menu.

By clicking on the “Find” icon, you can determine on the map of your settlement the place where the gadget is currently located. This program has another useful feature. If you accidentally lose your mobile device at home, then activate the Call function, and after a while your smartphone will notify you loudly.

The program also allows you to lock the device and send a message to the finder.

Search with Android Lost

The previous manager allows you to control the smartphone remotely, but has a limited set of functions. To find an Android phone through a computer, it is better to use a full-fledged specialized software. Such a program is Lost Android.

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By installing and activating the application, following the step-by-step instructions, you will receive a powerful tool for monitoring your smartphone. In addition to options for determining the place of loss via a GPS connection, the ability to lock and format data, you will get a unique opportunity to take pictures using the cameras of a lost phone remotely.

Thus, just a few minutes after the theft of the device, you can get a portrait of the criminal on your e-mail.