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Track your android phone via google. How to find a mobile phone - turned off and on. Blocking is done manually

If you have lost your Android phone or tablet (including within your apartment) or it has been stolen, there is a chance that the device can still be found. For this purpose in Android OS everyone latest versions(4.4, 5, 6, 7, 8) a special tool is provided, under certain conditions, which allows you to find out where the phone is located. In addition, you can remotely force it to ring, even if the volume is set to minimum and it has a different SIM card, block it and set a message for the finder, or erase data from the device.

To find a stolen or lost Android phone or use other functions remote control, go from your computer (or other device) to the official page https://www.google.com/android/find(formerly - https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager) and log in to your account Google (the same one used on the phone).

Once this is done, you can select your Android device (phone, tablet, etc.) from the menu list at the top and perform one of four tasks:


Unfortunately, if your device has been reset to factory settings or your Google account has been removed from it, you will not be able to perform all the steps described above. However, some small chances of finding the device remain.

How to find a phone if it has been reset to factory settings or changed Google account

If, for the reasons stated above, it is not possible to determine the current location of the phone, there is a possibility that after it was lost, the Internet was still connected for some time, and the location was determined (including by points Wi-Fi access). You can find out by looking at your location history on Google Maps.


If this doesn’t help you find your Android device, it might be worth contacting the competent authorities to search for it, provided that you still have the box with IMEI number and other data (although in the comments they write that they do not always undertake this). But I don’t recommend using phone search sites by IMEI: it is extremely unlikely that you will get a positive result on them.

Third-party tools that allow you to find, block or delete data from your phone

In addition to the built-in "Android Remote Control" or "Android Device Manager" functions, there is also third party applications, allowing you to search for a device, usually also including additional features(for example, recording sound or photos from a lost phone). For example, the Anti-Theft functions are present in Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Avast. They are disabled by default, but you can enable them at any time in the app settings on Android.

Then, if necessary, in the case of Kaspersky Anti-Virus, you will need to go to the website my.kaspersky.com/ru under your account (you will need to create it when setting up the antivirus on the device itself) and select your device in the “Devices” section.


After that, by clicking on “Block, search or manage device”, you can perform the appropriate actions (provided that Kaspersky Anti-Virus has not been removed from the phone) and even take a photo from the phone’s camera.


IN mobile antivirus Avast feature is also disabled by default, and even after enabling, location is not tracked. To enable location detection (as well as maintaining a history of the places where the phone has been), go from your computer to the Avast website with the same account as in the antivirus on your mobile, select the device and open the “Find” item.


In this item, you can simply enable location detection upon request, as well as automatically maintaining a history of Android locations with the required frequency. Among other things, on the same page you can make the device ring, display a message on it, or erase all data.

There are many other applications with similar functionality, including antiviruses, parental controls and not only: however, when choosing such an application, I recommend paying special attention to the reputation of the developer, since for the search, blocking and erasing of the phone to function, applications require almost full rights on your device (which is potentially dangerous).

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Fortunately, or unfortunately for me, my smartphone served me faithfully for 4 years. Probably it should have been changed a long time ago, well, what luck would it have been, but misfortune helped.

It was a pity not so much for the device itself, but for the data that was on it, and this is the most valuable data for me: access to electronic wallets WM and Qiwi, access to websites and my blog, not to mention a bunch of photos and home videos...(((Here I was of course scared.

But looking ahead, I’ll say that I later found the device in the yard in the March snow, it didn’t even turn off - this made my search easier. But first things first)))

Now I’ll tell you a little about the story...

Smartphones accompany us everywhere. They are at home with us, we take them to work, but sometimes it happens that you put it down, or left it in a place like me that we can’t remember. What then? How to find a phone and is it possible? Fortunately, every mobile platform: Android, iOS or Windows Phone has functions that allow you to track the location of gadgets.

Have you lost your phone? Now you can easily take a bearing on it

A service from Google has become available - to find your smartphone through your account, and which should become an antidote to “sclerosis”.)) Unfortunately, it is not perfect, and, most likely, will not help people who have been robbed by thieves.

How to track equipment with android?

A mechanism for tracking lost Android smartphones or tablets has been developed Google service called Android Device Manager. Android application is a tool from Google that allows you to track or block your phone from the mobile system.

It is closely linked to your Google account, which, in turn, is the digital identification of the owner of an Android smartphone or tablet.

But that's not all: without included software GPS cannot track the device. So you should in Android settings go to the location folder and launch GPS.

How to track an Android smartphone using an app

If your smartphone has been stolen, then launch the Android application on another device with this system as quickly as possible. After that, sign in using your Google account and password. The application will display all existing Android devices. Now you just need to select one of them and the manager will show the approximate location.

Note: The application tracks the gadget via GPS only if it is turned on and connected to the network via 3G or Wi-Fi.

How to track an Android smartphone from a browser

In cases where we don't have another Android device, you don't have to worry. The tracking service also works from a web browser.
Just go to the website Android control link. You will be prompted to sign in to your Google account.

After you do this, the page will display a map with the location of devices with operating system Android.
If your smartphone is nearby but you can't see it, use the Call command. The device will start ringing high level, and will ring for five minutes.

How to block an Android smartphone

Just because you can't find your lost or stolen phone using geolocation doesn't mean everything is lost. Maybe you just forgot where you left your smartphone and it wasn't stolen.

Using the dispatcher Android devices you can block it from another device running Android system or from a computer using an Internet browser. Just select a function "Block".

Also you can install New Password for your gadget, which is not limited to a four-digit PIN code. In addition, you can set a message that will be displayed on the screen of a locked device. This could be your second number or the number of a friend whose courtesy you will use.

In this case, if your smartphone is in the hands of an honest person, he can call you from a locked device.

How to erase data from an Android smartphone?

If the device is not connected to the network, the information will be erased the moment it is connected.

When you no longer have any chance or hope that your device will be found, then, first of all, you need to protect your personal data stored on your smartphone. Using Android Device Manager, you can erase all data and restore it to factory settings.
Just click on the menu item "erase" and agree with the consequences of such a step.

Unfortunately, this is a rather harsh measure. By erasing data, you will lose everything: files, applications, documents, photos, music. Although the data that was intended to create an account Google posts will be restored later, other data will disappear forever.

Maps are often used for smartphones external memory(MicroSD), where various data is stored. The function of erasing information from the phone may not work on such a card.

Alternative: Lookout

Today, almost every operating system for mobile devices It has additional functions protection.

A good example is the Lookout package. In addition to built-in antivirus and phishing detection systems and malicious applications Lookout is able to track a lost or stolen phone. In order to be able to use this option, it is simply necessary to have GPS and the Internet on your device.

If lost, you need to go to the Lookout page and the position of your phone or tablet should appear on the map. In this case, you can set an alarm and send a message to your locked screen.

The Lookout service will send a message by email about the location of the device. All features are free.

If you want to lock or erase your phone with Lookout, you must have a premium account. Within paid services There is also an option to take a photo of the person who is in this moment holding your phone. Additionally, Lookout will send an email the moment someone tries to remove the SIM card and turn on airplane mode.

Alternative: Avira Antivirus Security

Avira Antivirus Security Mainly used as an antivirus scanner. However, it does have a phone tracking feature. In order to use it, you must subscribe to the Avira service.

Every person has lost a phone at least once in their life and thought: “It would be nice if it left traces by which the device can be found.” And, oddly enough, these traces remain - not on the surface of the earth, of course, but in the memory of Google servers, if your device is controlled by the Android system.

Finding a phone through a Google account from a phone or computer is quite simple, but it must satisfy a number of conditions:

  • the device must be included;
  • it must be logged in Google account, and the smartphone must be tied to it;
  • at the time of searching, the smartphone must be turned on Internet;
  • the device must be registered in the Play Store, and the functions " Location" And " Find device» must be activated.

Only if these conditions are met will you be able to see where your lost device. Otherwise, you will be able to understand as much as possible where he was the last time he accessed the Internet.

How to find an Android phone using a computer

To find a phone through your Google account from your computer, go to the Goolge website and log in to your account. This can be done by clicking on the icon in the upper right corner « Google Apps» , where you can find the account icon and, by clicking on it, enter your data into the login form.

To find your device from a PC, you must first log in to Google

Once you log into your account, you need to scroll down the page. In the very last row of functions you will see a tab “ Phone search" You should go there.
If several phones are linked to your account (for example, yours and your child's), then at this stage you need to choose which one interests you.

After additional confirmation that this is your account, you will be asked to choose a method for searching for a smartphone: you can ring or find on the map.

The first can work if the smartphone is lost somewhere in an apartment, office or, for example, inside a car.

If you or a loved one want to find a Goolge phone on a map, you will need to use the second function. By the way, you can also see here Device IMEI. To do this, click on the icon with the letter I. We recently learned how to use this information.


You can ring the phone or find it on the map

This way you can not only find your smartphone, but also see your entire movement history, which can sometimes be very useful.

How to find a phone using another smartphone

Firstly, this can be done using the application " Find My Device" After downloading and launching the application, you will see the owner’s Google account to which this device is linked. But you need to go to your own profile, so you need to click on the “ Login as guest».

To enter a program installed on someone else’s smartphone, you need to “Log in as a guest”

When your smartphone asks whether to share your location data, allow it. As we remember, this is a prerequisite for your smartphone to be found.

If the smartphone was on the Internet at least some time ago, you will see where and when it was, what network it is connected to and how much percent of the battery is left.
Then you have to choose what to do: block your smartphone, delete all data, or call it.

You can also try to find your device from someone else's using Google portal web interface. This may be relevant if the owner of the donor phone does not want you to install any applications on it.

If this is the situation, you need to go online and use the built-in browser to go to Google website or directly to android.com/find. You will see a mobile-friendly device search page where you should log in. After this, you need to repeat all the steps as you need to do to search for a smartphone through a computer.

Important. If you are logged into Google, simply write “Where is my phone” in the search bar and the search engine will show its location on the map

As you can see, Google has provided a good opportunity for lost gadgets to be found. In addition, we must be aware that when we diligently hide from “Goolge surveillance” (I’m not saying that it doesn’t exist), we cut off the possibility of finding our phone through our Google account. You have to hide, of course, but wisely.

Sometimes you need to find your phone on a map. This can be caused by various reasons: you don’t remember where you left it, you lost it, or it was stolen from you. You can also track where your child is. A phone running the Android operating system can easily cope with this task.

In order to find stolen or lost phone(running Android) or use other remote control functions, go to the official portal https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager(you need to sign in with your Google account). The first time you visit the site, you will need to agree to the terms and conditions that allow Device Manager to use location data. Then a window like this will open.

If you have multiple devices registered, you will be prompted to select one of them. It is important that the phone must be online, data permission must be activated (or connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi), and “Access to location data” must be enabled. Also in your account settings Google+ you need to enable precise location detection (this can be done through “My Account”, but it’s faster to find through G+).

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I’ll look at a pressing question today: how to find a lost Android phone, and in very cool and cool ways.

All smartphones work via Android or iOS. The iOS security system is known to everyone and is carried out using special program, which allows you to track and find your phone. But what should Android owners do? Is there protection here and is it possible to find a lost phone? Let's figure it out further.

How to find a lost android phone when the phone is lost

Unfortunately, situations often occur when a phone is stolen or lost, and the question arises of how to find a lost Android phone. Many of you will immediately go to the nearest police station with a statement, but at the same time you know that the possibility of a positive result is minimal.

Now I will tell you about reliable and effective ways finding a smartphone rather than going to the authorities. In order for you to be able to find a smartphone and track its location, complex actions are not required. However, you must have a Google account. If your data is not entered into the phone, you will not be able to find it.

You need to independently activate the “Remote control” item, in other words, set all the parameters. To do this, go to “My location” in the smartphone settings and check the “Allow tracking coordinates” box.

As you can see, everything is easy and simple. Google takes the issue of protecting personal information very seriously, so by checking this box, your smartphone will always be connected in case of loss.

How to search via computer

There is an Android Device Manager service specifically for searching through a computer, but if the gadget is turned off or all settings have been reset, then the capabilities are not so functional. However, no one claimed that thieves would be masters of this business, did they? To search for a device using this method, you must do the following on your computer:

  • Follow the special remote control link https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager.
  • Enter your username and password, and then log into your account. If you don’t have an account yet, be sure to create one, as it is very useful and necessary (after creation, also log into your account via your smartphone).
  • Next everything happens in automatic mode, and you will see a window with the following information.

As you can see in the example, here you can remotely block your smartphone through your computer by pressing the appropriate button. You can also make a call or clear all data from the device’s memory.

If your phone is lost at home

Due to forgetfulness or his own absent-mindedness, a person can easily lose his phone at home. In this case, you can call yourself using this program via the Internet.

Within a few minutes your phone will ring, and this does not depend at all on established mode. This way, even when on silent, the phone will ring loudly and you can easily find it.

Send a message to a lost or stolen phone

If you have lost a gadget, and the person who found it wants to return it to the owner, because even in our time there are responsible people among us, then this can be contributed to. You can send a message to the number that will appear on the screen of your lost smartphone. We use the same service and the “Configure data blocking and deletion” button.

In the window that appears, you can do the following:

  • Enter a password with which you can lock the device.
  • Write a message, after reading which the person will return the mobile phone.

If it is not possible to return the gadget, then it is recommended to protect your personal data. To do this, click the “Clear” button. In this case, everything will be deleted and the phone will go to standard factory settings.

Additional programs

Besides remote access There are many other programs with similar functionality. The best of them is Lost Android. It is installed on the phone in the same way as other programs, that is, using the Play Market.

Helpful tip: after installation, the program will appear as Personal Notes with the appearance of a regular notebook. This is done so that thieves do not suspect anything. So don't worry if you don't find this program as recorded in the Market.

After running this program, give it administrator rights. To do this, press the appropriate button. How to do this can be seen from the screenshot below.

Then go to the official website of the application and log in again via Google. Enter your username and password, and then log into your account. All available functions are listed there.

These two methods I listed, through Google and the program, allow you to find even a turned off smartphone. This is achieved by the fact that Google services record the moment when the device was last turned on, and accordingly the location.

Find a phone by imei (via satellite) and by SIM card (by mobile phone number)

Here I hasten to disappoint, none of these methods will give results even through a computer using a phone number. Only law enforcement agencies, and even then the most advanced ones, can track the imei number via a computer. Those in the provinces may not rely on this method.

Of course, through a computer using a SIM card, you can determine extremely vague data like “Your phone is located in the city of Ivanovo.” Modern search services will not provide correct and accurate information; only the police have such technologies.

By phone number, also unlikely. Because as soon as they find the phone and want to keep it, they immediately throw away the SIM card, which makes tracking more difficult. You can’t even find it through the computer if it’s turned on (phone), mobile operators They don’t bother themselves with such actions, although they are obliged to.

Do not waste time on these methods, but more about them below, at the end of the article.

Protection with avast! Anti-Theft for Android

In case of loss, you can pre-set your phone. To do this, I found a very interesting program that caught my attention. Here's what to do:

  • Download avast antivirus! Mobile Security and open it.
  • Go to the settings menu and check the “PIN code protection” and “Deletion protection” checkboxes. If a person detects an antivirus, he will not be able to get rid of it until he enters the PIN code.
  • Then create an avast account.
  • Let's go to official service antivirus and click Create Account Now, set the email and enter the password.

From now on, your phone is protected.

Setting up the avast app! Anti-Theft in the gadget

The advanced settings menu in this program provides the following functions:

  1. Protective, that is, what needs to be done to the phone if it is lost. You can lock the gadget, set an alarm, block access to settings, and notify about low battery charge.
  2. Blocking text, information deletion and GPS tracking. Here you can enter text that will be displayed on the phone screen. Your device is now completely protected.

Last method

If the previous methods did not produce results for one reason or another, for example, you forgot the login and password for your Google account or did not create an account at all, then there is one more, as they say, as a last resort.

It is impossible to find your smartphone using your phone number. But you, as a victim, can come to the police station, write a statement and attach evidence that this is really your phone. Among them are the following:

  • Warranty card.
  • Purchase receipt.
  • Gadget box.
  • IMEI code.

Advice for those who have not yet lost their phone: be sure to write down your IMEI code. You can find it out using the command *#06#.

Based on the previous text, finding a phone by imei address is not very easy, more precisely, it is 0.5%, as statistics show, and less every year. But if you decide to go with this method, then I don’t envy you, it’s very difficult, the only worthwhile means is the police.

Finally

That's all, dear friends! I have listed the most reliable methods for finding a stolen phone. In conclusion, I want to give two main and useful tips:

  1. If possible, turn on the Internet on your smartphone to access data in case of loss.
  2. Set a screen lock. This is done like this: security - encrypt the device - set the lock type - password or pattern.

I hope my advice will be useful to you and you will find the answer in the article to the question of how to find a lost Android phone, although it is better not to encounter this situation at all. Subscribe to my blog, leave comments and share the link on social networks.